Updated standings:

Bronston 34-29 (5-4 last week)
Kelly 31-32 (5-4)
Sed 29-34 (3-6)
Alex 22-41 (6-3)

Week 7 games:

-Clemson (-20) at Wake Forest
Clemson: Bronston, Kelly, Sed ✅
Wake: Alex ❌

-Stanford (+23.5) at Notre Dame
Stanford: Bronston, Kelly, Sed, Alex ❌
ND:

-California at Pittsburgh (-3)
Cal:
Pitt: Bronston, Kelly, Sed, Alex ❌

-Louisville (-7.5) at Virginia
Louisville: Kelly, Sed ❌
UVA: Bronston, Alex ✅

-Syracuse (-4.5) at NC State
Cuse: Bronston, Kelly, Sed, Alex ✅
NC State:

-Georgia Tech (-4) at North Carolina***with score prediction
GT: Bronston (42-28), Kelly (34-17), Sed (31-17), Alex (43-27) ✅
UNC:

With info on several impressive performances over the last few days, including Jayden Barr's five-TD effort.

JFC guys I get it wasn’t a clean game, but we’re ****ing 5-2. Some of you actually thought this shit is transiative and we were going to put up JMU numbers on them, didn’t you? We beat the damn spread.

How many of you people knew who Tylee Craft was before today, and why UNC would play their hearts out until the end?

The ****!

Which will simultaneously excite and trigger select JOLers, bc it's so kewl and important to be ranked.

A little content for you Hoopheads on a football Saturday. Like I said with McVey the other day, I'm not exactly sure which way he is going to go, but I'd guess that Georgia Tech is closer to the top of his final four schools than the bottom.

assuming no delays flying home tomorrow drop your questions here.

Here's some of my thoughts on the win over UNC.

Greetings from a sleepy Chapel Hill. No traffic driving in.

Opinion time:

What color should the team wear? I think White navy white would be interesting against ND

What color should fans wear? I’m wearing gold most likely

Pretty bad look on us today. Not a fan.

I like the idea where a player has to sit for the remainder of a drive or at least certain number of plays. Not sure if you could implement this with a certain time threshold (ie under 5 minutes at end of half).

I purchased tickets for the Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech game back in August, planning for my family from Tampa to join us. However, due to the hurricane, that no longer seems possible, so I'm looking to sell the tickets.

I have 9 tickets available for the Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech game in Section 314, Row 27 (Seats 3-11). I originally paid $105 per ticket (including fees), but I see comparable tickets are going for around $85, so I'm happy to match that price. If you're interested, payment can be made via Venmo or PayPal, and I will transfer the tickets through StubHub. I'd prefer not to sell fewer than 2 tickets at a time.

The Chanticleers are fighting well.

We gashed them for 371 rush yards and 41 points despite their D playing at an elite level with relentless effort. Kudos to the entire offense and especially the OL.

What is the story here? I heard Geoff Collins almost cut Jamal Haynes, is that accurate and is there anything more to this?

Still remember all the Collins apologists that were ok with 3 wins a year. KGB included.

Highlight of the run but more importantly who’s the GT fan falling out of her white dress?

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Team Notes

• Georgia Tech moved to 5-2 overall and 3-2 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
• North Carolina fell to 3-4 overall (0-3 ACC).
• Georgia Tech’s 5-2 record is its best through seven games since it started 5-2 in 2014.
• The win was Georgia Tech’s first true road win of the season (1-2).
• The win was Georgia Tech’s fourth-straight and sixth in its last seven games versus North Carolina.
• The win was Georgia Tech’s third-straight at UNC’s Kenan Stadium.
• Georgia Tech moved to 34-22-3 all-time versus North Carolina.
• Georgia Tech’s 371 rushing yards were a season high (prev.: 245 vs. Duke – last Saturday).
• Georgia Tech’s 371 rushing yards were its most since it ran for 377 vs. Duke on Nov. 28, 2020.
• Georgia Tech had two 100-yard rushers (RB Jamal Haynes – 170 and QB Haynes King – 107) for the first time since QB Jeff Sims and current San Francisco 49ers RB Jordan Mason had 108 and 105, respectively, vs. Duke on Nov. 28, 2020.
• Georgia Tech’s field goal block in the second quarter was its fourth of the season (tied for first nationally) and its 11th in 28 games since Brent Key’s first game as interim head coach on Oct. 1, 2022 (the most in the nation during that span).
• Georgia Tech had a season-high two takeaways (prev.: 1 – three times).
• Georgia Tech, which did not commit a turnover, moved to 3-0 this season and 10-3 under Key when it wins the turnover battle.
• Georgia Tech’s three sacks defensively matched a season high (prev.: 3 vs. VMI – Sept. 14).
• North Carolina RB Omarion Hampton (137 yards), who entered the game ranked No. 4 nationally with 764 rushing yards, became the first player to run for 100 yards against Georgia Tech this season (prev. high: 83 by Syracuse’s LeQuint Allen – Sept. 7).
• North Carolina’s punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter was the first allowed by Georgia Tech since Nov. 5, 2022 (at Virginia Tech).

Individual Notes

• r-Jr. RB Jamal Haynes rushed for a career-high 170 yards, including the game-winning 68-yard touchdown run with 16 seconds to go in the game.
• Haynes’ 170 rushing yards shattered his previous career of 128, set last Saturday vs. Duke and in the 2023 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl vs. UCF (Dec. 22, 2023).
• Haynes’ 100-yard rushing game was his second of the season (prev.: 128 vs. Duke – last Saturday) and sixth of his career.
• Haynes has rushed for 100 yards in back-to-back games for the second time in his career (prev.: 119 at Virginia – Nov. 4, 2023 and 104 at Clemson – Nov. 11, 2023).
• r-Jr. QB Haynes King’s 107 rushing yards were a season high (prev.: 67 at Syracuse – Sept. 7).
• The 100-yard rushing game was King’s second at Georgia Tech (prev. 150 vs. Boston College – Oct. 21, 2023).
• r-So. DB Syeed Gibbs’ sack and forced fumble in the first quarter were both his firsts at Georgia Tech.
• r-Jr. DL Jordan van den Berg’s recovery of Gibbs’ forced fumble was his first at Georgia Tech.
• So. RB Chad Alexander’s 3-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was the first of his career.
• Jr. DB Rodney Shelley’s field goal block in the second quarter was his first of the season and second of his career (prev.: at Clemson – Nov. 11, 2023).
• Sr. LB Trenilyas Tatum’s forced fumble in the fourth quarter was his first of the season and second of his career (prev.: vs. Virginia – Oct. 20, 2022).
• r-Jr. DB Ahmari Harvey’s recovery of Tatum’s force fumble was his first of the season and second of his career (prev.: vs. Virginia – Oct. 20, 2022).
• r-Jr. WR Malik Rutherford caught a pass for the 23rd-consecutive game, the ninth-longest streak in Georgia Tech history.
• Fr. TE Luke Harpring, who had one reception for 7 yards coming into the game, caught two passes for a team-high 36 yards.

Apparently, Tylee Craft, the Carolina player being honored after the 1st quarter, passed away sometime during or after the game. UNC and GT X accounts both with an announcement.

Sorry for the delay but I was pretty wiped out by the travel the last two days getting all the way home to Atlanta.

Next Saturday night is a trap game (A La BG)-what’s Keys messaging to the team to keep everyone focused after a big emotional victory?

KQ- Key worked for the King of Trap Game messaging Nick Saban at Alabama and he is employing many of Saban's theories on his team this week, but the reality of them losing to Bowling Green and Boston College is still fresh on their minds. That should help a lot. The fact they know these kids, some date girls who go there and stuff like that will bring added motivation IMO.

How big is this win for recruiting?

KQ- It got Christian Garrett to pop (not really) but yeah they've had a lot of kids positively reaching out and kids like Katrell Webb yesterday from the 2026 class tweeting GT stuff and tagging the school and coaches. That is not normal in my experience here.

What’s the story on Chad Alexander? You may have mentioned him over the summer but if you did I missed it.

KQ- I've written about him a lot over the last two years. He was one of their best special teams players a year ago especially on punt team. He was on kickoff, kick return, punt return and punt coverage last year playing almost 170 snaps on those units over nine games (missed time with an injury). They've always been excited about him as a player. He was committed to Army and backed out to walk-on at Georgia Tech and it should pay off as he will get a ship IMO this year. He had a half dozen smaller offers like Army and Air Force and some FCS schools. He was Chadrick back then. He would've definitely been a guy CPJ would've recruited out of HS as a slotback.

In your mind what does a win like that do for the program long term, do you think this was the beginning of the turn around for Tech football?

KQ- Depends on what they do this year. This was something they needed badly with the way the schedule sets up so now they control their destiny and need to win the games they will be favored in and steal some others. If they do that then it will mean something.

I’m a fan of Jim Phillips, as he I believe he is forward-thinking and solutions oriented for the ACC. For example he has already mentioned the idea of going back to an 18-game schedule instead of 20 for mens basketball and has finally jumped on the propaganda train on par with the SEC in football. My question is do you seem him changing anything with the mandatory Notre Dame games every 3rd year for all the football teams?

Let’s use FSU as the example. They still have a great shot to be 10-2 and rep the ACC in the playoffs. But they play Notre Dame this year, so if they lose and go 9-3 they aren’t getting in. Since ND being a Top 10 team in football has no benefit to the ACC like it would in other sports, all it’s doing IMO is making it harder to get multiple ACC teams in the new CFP format. Thoughts?

KQ- Jim is a really nice and genuine guy who is trying his best in a difficult situation. I talked to him for a bit before the GT-FSU game on the sideline and you can tell he is putting a lot of thoughts in how to both fix things and make things work. I think he believes he can hold the league together.

As far as the ND thing goes, they want to play GT and will push so even if that altered GT would somehow get shafted into playing them MORE often. The playoff bit is sort of the luck of scheduling. GT has a really favorable schedule on paper next year especially if things implode at Colorado. So not playing ND that year helps GT, but say GT is rolling and they beat ND this year and lose to UGA and are 12-1 with an ACC title, that ND win could give them a top 4 spot and a bye. It cuts both ways.

How many consecutive Natties will we win? Are you excited about getting to cover the CFP in January?

KQ- Love the optimism. I'd like to cover a bowl game not within +/- 3 days of Christmas to start with.

Oddly enough, the experience of the BG game last year makes me more confident for the State game. I’m guessing Key and the team learned their lesson. Just wishful thinking or something to that?

KQ- I agree that the game against BG should be a learning lesson, but the truth is this is a very different team and staff than that one. That should make a big difference as well and you hope that Haynes King makes better decisions as well.

Luginbill and others place the FSU “loss”, not the Tech win, at the feet of DJU. What do you say?

KQ- You play with what you got. I didn't hear a lot of pundits giving GT a pass on losing to UVA in 2022 when Jeff SIms was hurt and they threw Zach Gibson in who shit his pants in that game with a bad game plan for him. Good teams win regardless of the challenges. FSU's vaunted defensive line couldn't stop GT from running their asses over. That is why they lost. Their lack of belief in the QB also falls on Mike Norvell like that two-minute drill before the first half.

Do you think Key and the training staff will take the same approach as they always do with recovery or try to optimize as much as possible? I guess there may not be much to change. But after this physical game in another country in week 0 and the traveling and what not, you’d think they may just emphasize on this.

KQ- They've worked on this stuff for a full year and knew what the issues would be with the travel. The beauty of the last game is neither side played anywhere near as many snaps as they did in most games in 2023. That should help.

If you’re the coach at another school watching yesterday’s film, how would you be game planning to beat Tech?

KQ- Loading the box and making Haynes King beat me over the top and spying him with a safety speed level guy and not a LB or a DE who he will outrun to the edge. The defense is harder to figure out because what Tyler Santucci did was very specific to what FSU was doing with DJU and their run game and that is different than how most teams play.

Here we go.