We’re not a very physical team. We looked very soft today.

Greetings from the Benz.

At Cass High tonight as they host North Cobb and senior Tech DL commit Kam Cullins.

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Fire away. I will answer either Sunday or Monday

My story on the #GaTech loss to #12 Notre Dame 31-13 in MBS on Saturday.

Big week 1 win against Texas A&M with a horrible loss to Northern Illinois. Nothing else on the their schedule is too convincing. They’ve blown out some bad teams in Purdue and Stanford.

According to Pete Thamel, who is almost always spot on.

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Team Notes

• Georgia Tech fell to 5-3 on the season, while No. 12/11 Notre Dame moved to 6-1.
• The defeat evened Georgia Tech’s record against nationally ranked opponents under head coach Brent Key at 5-5.
• Georgia Tech fell to 6-31-1 all-time against Notre Dame. The loss was Georgia Tech’s fourth-straight in the series.
• Georgia Tech’s 64 rushing yards were a season low (prev.: 98 at Louisville – Sept. 21). The Yellow Jackets, who had 616 rushing yards over their previous two games (245 vs. Duke, 371 at North Carolina), entered the game ranked No. 1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and No. 25 nationally in rushing offense (204.4 ypg).
• For the second-straight week, Georgia Tech was plagued by miscues on special teams. The Yellow Jackets did not convert on two field goal attempts (one bad snap, one block), allowing Notre Dame to convert a fourth-down-and-8 with 22 yards on a fake punt and a fourth-down-and-4 with 4 yards on a fake field goal.
• Georgia Tech was without arguably its top players on offense (QB Haynes King) and defense (LB Kyle Efford), who were both out of action due to injury. King had his streak of 20-consecutive starts snapped (he had started every game since he arrived at Georgia Tech in 2023) and Efford had streaks of 21-straight games played and 14-consecutive starts snapped.

Individual Notes

• Making the third start of his career (first since No. 12, 2022 vs. Miami), r-So. QB Zach Pyron had 314 yards of total offense (269 passing, 45 rushing). He was the Yellow Jackets’ leading passer and rusher.
• Pyron’s 269 passing yards marked a career-high (prev.: 253 at Virginia Tech – Nov. 5, 2022).
• r-Jr. WR Malik Rutherford (4 rec., 32 yds.) caught a pass for the 24th game in a row, which is tied for the 7th-most consecutive games with a reception in Georgia Tech history. It is Tech’s longest streak since Demaryius Thomas had a reception in 29-consecutive games from 2008-09.
• r-Sr. WR Abdul Janneh, Jr.’s 60-yard reception in the third quarter was his longest in two seasons at Georgia Tech (prev.: 33 at Wake Forest – Sept. 23, 2023). The 60 receiving yards were also his single-game high as a Yellow Jacket (prev.: 47 at Wake Forest – Sept. 23, 2023).
• Pyron’s 60-yard completion to Janneh was also his career long (prev.: 56 to Nate McCollum at Virginia Tech – Nov. 5, 2022).
• Sr. DL Zeek Biggers’ five tackles were a season high (prev.: 3 – 2X, most recently at North Carolina – last Saturday).
• Biggers’ two tackles for loss were a career high (prev.: 1.5 vs. Bowling Green – Sept. 30, 2023).

JOL TV: Georgia Tech football coach Brent Key post Notre Dame
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Shocked by the line. Truly thought it would be 14ish due to Kings injury.

According to sources, Jackson Hawes is probable today, and Josh Beetham is available as an emergency tight end.

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Does anyone else still have their "Rudy Was Offsides" shirt? I think they originated from one of the other sites years and years ago. I don't even recall the details of how they came to be, but I ordered two. I'm wearing mine today.

Going up to Blacksburg Friday am with my buddy. Coming from Birmingham. Y’all got any good golf recs between huntsville and Nashville/East Tennessee. We are trying to play Friday am on the way up. Less than 100 a round Can’t drop 200 for example to play Macklemore. Any advice appreciated.

Is anybody having trouble logging on to the mbs website to get parking permit print out. I’ve tired but it just keeps buffering. My internet is just fine

I really enjoyed writing this one and am looking forward to seeing how Luke develops and becomes an impact player the rest of this season and over the next few for the Jackets.

Also (in the trust tree), I guess since I was pretty young and Georgia Tech basketball wasn't really on my radar back then, I didn't realize exactly how great of a player Matt Harpring was. I obviously knew he was a good one and played in the NBA, but I didn't realize until doing background for this story that he was a three-time All-ACC pick and had his number retired while he was still there. Now I know to put some more respect on Matt Harpring's name.

Anyway, here's the feature. Hope everyone enjoys it.

Has anyone else had issues adding a jersey to your cart?

THE FLATS – The Brent Key Coach’s Show, Georgia Tech football head coach Brent Key’s weekly radio show, will air live from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Georgia Tech’s campus this Thursday, Oct. 17 from 6-7 p.m.



Bringing the Brent Key Coach’s Show on campus ahead of Saturday’s showdown versus No. 12/11 Notre Dame at Mercedes-Benz Stadium is in thanks and recognition of Tech students’ unprecedented support of the Yellow Jackets this season. Georgia Tech sold out its entire allotment of student season tickets prior to the first home game of the year, and the full amount of single-game tickets dedicated to Tech students have been claimed for each home game of the season to date.



Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) led all Georgia Tech student groups in football attendance in 2023 and is among the leaders in 2024.



Thursday’s show at the SAE house (221 4th Street NW) is open to all Georgia Tech students, but due to space limitations and safety considerations, is not open to the general public.



Fans can hear the Brent Key Coach’s Show live on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets app and on Georgia Tech Sports Network stations across Georgia, including 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan in Atlanta. Following the Brent Key Coach’s Show from 6-7 p.m., the live programming will continue from the SAE house with The Good Word, which can be heard exclusively on the GT Yellow Jackets app and 680 The Fan from 7-8 p.m.

Not a bad backdrop for a showdown between a pair of undefeated teams in a de facto region championship game as the Cedartown Bulldogs host the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes.

Kickoff at 8 and this place is already packed.

Here to see Cartersville senior receiver and Georgia Tech commit Jamauri Brice as well as several big-time prospects on both teams.

I’ve got a bet with a buddy who thinks Tech is only winning one remaining game: NC State. I took the over on that.

What is the boards thoughts on the O/U?