Taking my mom to the Miami game and we’ve always talked about doing a tailgate as a family for years. I finally want to be able to make that happen for her. I’m used to flying solo and taking MARTA so What’s the best lot for a smaller, low key tailgate? Meaning: we don’t have a generator or anything huge but need power and good bathrooms nearby. TIA

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GEORGIA TECH (1-0, 0-0 ACC) vs. NORTH FLORIDA (2-0, 0-0 A-Sun)​

Sunday, November 10, 2024 | 1 p.m. EST | Atlanta, Ga. | McCamish Pavilion

Live Stream: ACC Network Extra | ESPN+ (Announcers: Wiley Ballard, Jon Babul)

Radio: Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports (In Atlanta: 680 AM/93.7 The Fan) | SiriusXM app

Other ways to listen: Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn

Announcers: Andy Demetra, Randy Waters

Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com



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THE FLATS – Beginning its second season under head coach Damon Stoudamire, Georgia Tech opens its 2024-25 season with four games in 10 days, continuing with a Sunday afternoon date against North Florida at McCamish Pavilion (1 p.m. tip).

The stretch continues with a Nov. 12 contest against Texas Southern (7:30 p.m.). Those two games are part of the Peach State Classic, an early-season home multiple-team event (MTE) in which those opponents also will play Georgia.

North Florida, a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, is coming off a 16-16 campaign a year ago, including a 9-7 mark in conference play.

Texas Southern, a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, went 16-17 overall in 2023-24 and 12-6 in SWAC competition.

Both games will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, available on the ESPN app. Radio coverage is on the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports and flagship station 680 the Fan (680 AM/93.7 FM). The Tech broadcast is also available in the SiriusXM app.

JACKETS OPEN IN STRONG FASHION

Georgia Tech opened the 2024-25 campaign with a 85-62 rout over visiting West Georgia on Wednesday evening at McCamish Pavilion.

Playing his first game in the White and Gold, Oklahoma transfer Javian McCollum led Georgia Tech (1-0) with a game-high 18 points. Kowacie Reeves, Jr., added 15 points and Baye Ndongo chipped in 10 to round out three scorers in double-figures for the Yellow Jackets. Ten different players scored for the Jackets, who never trailed in the opener.

Thanks to five points from McCollum and four from Reeves, Tech raced out to an early 11-2 lead and never looked back. The Jackets closed the first half with a 26-13 run and led by 21 at the break, 50-29. The advantage never shrank to less than 20 in the second period, despite making just one field goal in the final nine minutes of the game.

Georgia Tech’s 23-point win was aided by seven assists from Naithan George and 10 rebounds from Colorado transfer Luke O’Brien, both game highs. McCollum had four steals to go along with his 18 points.

NOTABLE

• Tech is playing its first seven games of the season at McCamish Pavilion. The Jackets do not play away from home until Dec. 3 (ACC opener at North Carolina).

• Tech posted its largest margin of victory under Damon Stoudamire – 23 points. Tech’s largest margin of victory last year was 22 points in the Yellow Jackets’ season-opener vs. Georgia Southern (84-62).

• Tech shot 63.4 percent inside the arc (26-of-41) against UWG.

• Tech assisted on 20 of its 33 made field goals (60.6 percent).

• Javian McCollum’s 18 points against West Georgia got him over 1,000 points for his career. He began the season with 990 (590 in two seasons at Siena, 400 in his one season at Oklahoma).

• McCollum has scored in double figures 45 times in his career.

• McCollum’s four steals against West Georgia were one more than any player had for Tech last season.

• McCollum stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals against West Georgia.

• Naithan George had seven assists vs. West Georgia, the ninth time in his career he has dished seven or more. His career high in assists is 11 vs. Notre Dame, Jan. 9, 2024.

• Luke O’Brien posted his sixth career double-figure rebound game with 10 vs. West Georgia (the previous five all in the 2022-23 season). Career high 14 vs. Seton Hall on March 14, 2023.

• Kowacie Reeves, Jr., scored 15 points against West Georgia, his 14th double-figure game as a Yellow Jacket and 33rd of his career.

• Reeves, Jr., has started all 33 games Tech has played with him on the team.

• Baye Ndongo scored 10 points (on just 5 FGA) with seven rebounds, four assists and three blocks against UWG. It was his 20th career double-figure scoring game.

• Bruce Evans, assistant coach at North Florida since 2016, was Tech’s director of player personnel under head coach Brian Gregoryfrom 2012-16.

GENERAL STORYLINES FOR 2024-25

• 110th season - Georgia Tech is playing its 110th season of basketball in 2024-25, having compiled an all-time on-court record of 1,451-1,324 (22 wins and one loss from the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions).

• Tech in the ACC - Tech will play its 46th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, having won the conference championship in 1985, 1990, 1993 and 2021. Prior to that, Tech competed in the Metro Conference for three seasons from 1975-78, was an independent from 1964-75, and was a member of the Southeastern Conference for 32 years from 1932-64, winning one title in 1938.

• Tech was projected to finish 12th in the ACC standings last season by a vote of the conference’s official media panel. Tech has finished ahead of its media projection seven of the last eight seasons.

• Tech has a total of seven scholarship newcomers on its roster, including three freshmen who were judged the nation’s 20th-best recruiting class (247Sports composite), and four transfers in a class ranked 53rd.

• Tech opens the 2024-25 season with seven consecutive home games, its longest homestand to open a season since 1980-81. After three straight games away from home (Oklahoma, North Carolina, Northwestern), the Jackets will have five more in a row at McCamish Pavilion, including conference tilts against Duke, Notre Dame and Boston College.

• Tech will play 19 regular-season games at McCamish Pavilion, the most since the 2016-17 season, when the Jackets played 21 total home games, including two on the NIT.

• Of the three new members of the ACC, Tech has faced SMU the most (8-6 all-time, last meeting in 1986). The Jackets are 0-3 vs. California (last meeting 2012) and 1-2 vs. Stanford (last meeting 2000).

• Damon Stoudamire is one of 19 head coaches at the NCAA Division I level that played in the NBA. (courtesy of Stephen Gorchov at Hofstra)

TECH AT A GLANCE

Second-year head coach Damon Stoudamire began a re-build the Tech roster last season and guided the team to 14 victories (seven ACC wins), including big wins over top-25 teams Mississippi State, Duke, Clemson and North Carolina, all of whom played in the NCAA Tournament.

Tech returns a strong core of four players, including 6-3 senior guardLance Terry (College Park, Ga.), who redshirted last season with an injury after averaging in double figures for the Yellow Jackets in 2022-23. Also back are three of Tech’s top four scorers from last season, 6-7 senior wing Kowacie Reeves, Jr. (Macon, Ga.), 6-3 sophomore point guard Naithan George (Toronto, Ontario) and 6-9 sophomore forward Baye Ndongo (Mboro, Senegal).

The three returnees from the 2023-24 team accounted for 42 percent of that team’s points, 40 percent of its shots taken and 56 percent of games started. If Terry’s numbers are added, those percentages become 55 percent of the points, 53 percent of the shots taken and 69 percent of the starts.

Stoudamire and his staff have built around those four by signing the 20th-ranked recruiting class in the nation (247Sports composite) - 6-5 guard Jaeden Mustaf (Bowie, Md.), 6-11 center Doryan Onwuchekwa (Dallas, Texas) and 6-8 forward Darrion Sutton (St. Louis, Mo.).

They also brought in four transfers who are expected to be key contributors in 6-2 guard Javian McCollum (Fort Myers, Fla./Oklahoma), the 31st-ranked player in the portal, 6-8 forward Luke O’Brien (Littleton, Colo./Colorado), 6-8 forward Duncan Powell (Dallas, Texas/Sacramento State) and 7-2 center Ryan Mutombo (Atlanta, Ga./Georgetown).

What is y’all’s favorite moment of that year? Mines was the fg against uga but they were so many more though!!!

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You get to see me push back some on their fan narratives. Lol

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For those of you interested in GT merch, Homefield Apparel releases a new Georgia Tech collection this upcoming Saturday at 10 am EST.

They are extremely comfortable t-shirts and fleece sweatshirts and specialize in utilizing retro logos for colleges.

Here is a link to their current Tech lineup of clothes.

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Info, stats, players to watch, analysis and predictions included.

I genuinely feel like Tech has arguably the worst fan base in major college football. South Carolina isn’t great, but that place was absolutely electric. What does Tech need to do to get BDS to that place? Is it even possible?

KQ- GT is in a tough spot because of its location (being in Atlanta) and the student body demographics compared to most of the programs that play big boy football so they will always have to work harder. Believe it or not, there are many far worse and poisonous fan bases.

South Carolina is a real outlier they've always supported that team despite it mostly being a shitshow.

Kelly, be honest with us, will Tech ever win another football game? And what’s the chance we will sign more than zero 3 star recruits this year? Just seems like the world is falling apart and we should all give up.

KQ- I think luckily for Georgia Tech, Florida State is setting the GOLD STANDARD for bedshitting so it is only up from here.

Let’s say we beat Miami on Saturday. Who do you think plays in the ACC championship game? If Miami, Clemson has one loss and SMU has none or say they all have One Conference loss?

KQ- That is an interesting question. I think Miami and Clemson probably get in. The tiebreaker is this according to CBS sports story before the game on Saturday and the loss. If they each have one loss this would still be the tiebreaker I think. Someone else can chime in if there is something else that comes into it if they each have one loss. Here is the story

As it stands right now, if Miami, Clemson and SMU all finish with 8-0 records, the deciding tiebreaker would likely be the winning percentage of each team's conference opponents in conference games.

Does removing as assistant coach two years straight affect CBKs ability to hire? Or are coaches like recruits and ultra confident it won’t happen to them.

KQ- Technically he didn't remove any coaches last year during the regular season. He demoted Andrew Thacker and promoted Kevin Sherrer to DC, but he didn't fire Thacker or Travares Tillman until after the season was over. Mike Daniels who got fired when he was the interim coach was fired for something that was completely outside of Key's control.

I think injuries this year exposed our depth we were very lucky last year, depth takes a few years for a coach to build do you agree or disagree.

KQ- Haynes King played like 99% of the competitive snaps last year at QB. I pretty much have never seen that happen ever in my entire career. They got pretty lucky because even guys who were hurt like Brett Seither were still able to play some. Other than Dontae Smith and Leo Blackburn there were not many two-deep injuries of consequence and they got Dontae back rolling after missing a bit of time.

Do you think this is a revenge game for Miami for what happened last year and will they do there best to embarrassed us?

KQ- I am very curious to see how they come out. That is a double-edged sword for Mario Cristobal to play this week because it really exposes his terrible coaching decision and how pissed the team was at him especially the defense after the game. I would assume Mario is going with more of a this is the next team on the agenda and they need to keep going. If they are worried about revenge that helps Georgia Tech in my opinion because they are turning the game into more than it is.

Do incoming Recruits know they’ll be redshirted ahead of time say during recruitment or is it a process of not catching on during Spring/Summer practice? Like Jameson Riggs came in highly recruited but is a likely Redshirt.

KQ- So it depends entirely on the situation. A quarterback is generally going to know where things stand like Graham Knowles. Knowles knew that Haynes King was the starter and Zach Pyron was going to be QB2 so it was very likely that both he and Aaron Philo were going to redshirt. Once he was QB4/5 then it is pretty clear to the kid. With the OL/DL kids, they are pretty clear with them it is up to them to get into the two-deep and if they don't they prefer to redshirt those kids and not waste their shirts because those are the players who need the most development time. For skill guys it really may come down to how many special teams units they are on or camp injuries. Also, it depends on how much weight they need to add or muscle, so that is why Nehemiah Chandler is likely to redshirt as well instead of playing on special teams.

Usually the position coach and Key will sit down with each kid before the spring, after the spring and around camp time and lay out an idea of what they are doing.

You’ve mentioned how we don’t have a big body receiver on the roster to be opposite the field of Singleton. Has Canion assumed that role?

KQ- Canion could be one of those guys, but he is still learning how to use his body and get separation. That is where Leo Blackburn and Abdul Janneh also have some issues. Getting off defenders and creating that window to catch the ball has been an issue. You saw the long catch that Janneh had the other day as a great example of doing that correctly and running a good route.

Are we looking to add bigger receivers from hs or is that a portal add? And what’s been going on with Leo?

KQ- Yes and I expect they will look in the portal as well for a bigger WR. As far as Leo goes, he is down in the rotation. Canion has taken his reps basically and Janneh is getting all the other outside WR reps right now so there isn't much space for him to play. It is unfortunate but he also has been through a lot physically and is probably not fully back to being his best version of himself. He needs to get a shot of confidence as well and I'm afraid I don't see that happening this season with the way the WR rotation is working right now.

Does Maddox make it back this season or he fully on ice?

KQ- I would be surprised to see him again before a possible bowl game.

What’s the key to the game on Saturday for tech to win? Also forecast looks like rain, is that better for us since they air it out with Cam?

KQ- I think rain helps slow the pace down which benefits Georgia Tech some. They have to keep Cam Ward from extending plays and they have to shut down their slot receiver. The offense has to be able to avoid 3 and outs and sustain some drives and have a run game.

Bad buyouts are a problem right now in CFB with NIL and the settlement coming.

Somehow I missed this yesterday, but another big add for the Class of 2026 for the Diamond Jackets.

From the little info I've gathered on the kid, apparently he's a pretty darn good player. Left-handed hitter and can do a bit of everything. He's played outfield and third base during his prep and travel-ball career.

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Swipe to relive it. Atmosphere was amazing.

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Receivers coach Trent McKnight went to see Allen play at Buford last Friday. McKnight also saw some of Sam Turner's game with Southwest DeKalb.

Haynes King, Jamal Haynes, Kyle Efford and Tren Tatum...

I stole this from the Duke beat

Leading scorer - Baye Ndongo
Rebounds - Ndongo
Assists - Nait George
Def. MVP - Ndongo
6th man - Lance Terry
MVP - Ndongo
1st loss - 12/7 at UNC
ACC finish - 9th
NCAAT level reached - 1st round

Honors the top college football player in the nation that started his career as a walk-on.

-From Georgia Tech Athletics

THE FLATS – For the third time in his career, Georgia Tech offensive lineman Joe Fusile (Richmond Hill, Ga./Richmond Hill H.S.) is a nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy, which honors college football’s most outstanding player that began his career as a walk-on.


A redshirt junior, Fusile has started all nine games at left guard for Georgia Tech (5-4, 3-3 ACC) this season and is a main cog for an offensive front that ranks second nationally in fewest sacks allowed (four total - .44 per game). He’s also helped pave the way for the Yellow Jackets to rank among the top 50 teams in the nation in rushing (176.8 ypg) and total offense (422.3 ypg).


In all, Fusile has made 30 starts, including 22-straight since the beginning of the 2023 season, since arriving at Tech as a walk-on in 2021. He was awarded a scholarship following his redshirt freshman campaign in 2022, when he made the first eight starts of his career.


A civil engineering major and ACC academic honor roll honoree, Fusile is a Burlsworth Trophy candidate for the third-straight year, after also earning the honor in 2022 and 2023.


The Burlsworth Trophy was introduced in 2010 and will be presented for the 15th time this year. Like Fusile, the inaugural winner of the award was a Georgia Tech offensive lineman, center Sean Bedford.

Got caught up at the house this morning and missed media viewing of practice as you can see from my pic of the gate to the practice field. But we got some good stuff from the three players (Rutherford, Powell-Lee, Height).

Ready to rock and roll...

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Damon Stoudamire

Javian McCollum and Kowaice Reeves

West Georgia Coach Dave Moore

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GEORGIA TECH (0-0, 0-0 ACC) vs. WEST GEORGIA (0-0, 0-0 A-Sun)​

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 | 7:30 p.m. EST | Atlanta, Ga. | McCamish Pavilion

Live Stream: ACC Network Extra | ESPN+ (Announcers: Wiley Ballard, Jon Babul)

Radio: Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports (In Atlanta: 680 AM/93.7 The Fan) | SiriusXM channel 383

Other ways to listen: Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn

Announcers: Andy Demetra, Randy Waters

Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com



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THE FLATS – Beginning its second season under head coach Damon Stoudamire, Georgia Tech opens its 2024-25 season with three games in six days, beginning with a Wednesday night date against West Georgia at McCamish Pavilion (7:30 p.m. tip).

The stretch continues with a Nov. 10 Sunday afternoon tip against North Florida (1 p.m.) and a Nov. 12 contest against Texas Southern (7:30 p.m.). Those two games are part of an early-season home multiple-team event (MTE) in which those opponents also will play Georgia.

West Georgia, in its first year as an NCAA Division program and a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, has played in the NCAA Tournament three of the last four seasons in Division II and posted a 27-6 record a year ago.

North Florida, also a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, is coming off a 16-16 campaign a year ago, including a 9-7 mark in conference play.

Texas Southern, a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, went 16-17 overall in 2023-24 and 12-6 in SWAC competition.

All three games will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, available on the ESPN app. Radio coverage is on the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports and flagship station 680 the Fan (680 AM/93.7 FM). The Tech broadcast is also available in the SiriusXM app.

TECH AT A GLANCE

Second-year head coach Damon Stoudamire began a re-build the Tech roster last season and guided the team to 14 victories (seven ACC wins), including big wins over top-25 teams Mississippi State, Duke, Clemson and North Carolina, all of whom played in the NCAA Tournament.

Tech returns a strong core of four players, including 6-3 senior guardLance Terry (College Park, Ga.), who redshirted last season with an injury after averaging in double figures for the Yellow jackets in 2022-23. Also back are three of Tech’s top four scorers from last season, 6-7 senior wing Kowacie Reeves, Jr. (Macon, Ga.), 6-3 sophomore point guard Naithan George (Toronto, Ontario) and 6-9 sophomore forward Baye Ndongo (Mboro, Senegal).

The three returnees from the 2023-24 team accounted for 42 percent of that team’s points, 40 percent of its shots taken and 56 percent of games started. If Terry’s numbers are added, those percentages become 55 percent of the points, 53 percent of the shots taken and 69 percent of the starts.

Stoudamire and his staff have built around those four by signing the 20th-ranked recruiting class in the nation (247Sports composite) - 6-5 guard Jaeden Mustaf (Bowie, Md.), 6-11 center Doryan Onwuchekwa (Dallas, Texas) and 6-8 forward Darrion Sutton (St. Louis, Mo.).

They also brought in four transfers who are expected to be key contributors in 6-2 guard Javian McCollum (Fort Myers, Fla./Oklahoma), the 31st-ranked player in the portal, 6-8 forward Luke O’Brien (Littleton, Colo./Colorado), 6-8 forward Duncan Powell (Dallas, Texas/Sacramento State) and 7-2 center Ryan Mutombo (Atlanta, Ga./Georgetown).

TECH CONNECTIONS

• Roger Kaiser, Georgia Tech’s first All-American in 1961, was the head coach at West Georgia from 1970-90 and lead the Braves, as the athletic programs were known then, to the NAIA National Championship in 1974.

• Tech senior guard Lance Terry’s father (Lance) and sister (Kierra) both attended West Georgia and played on the basketball teams there.

THE TIP-OFF

• 110th season - Georgia Tech is playing its 110th season of basketball in 2024-25, having compiled an all-time on-court record of 1,451-1,324 (22 wins and one loss from the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons were vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions).

• Tech in the ACC - Tech will play its 46th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, having won the conference championship in 1985, 1990, 1993 and 2021. Prior to that, Tech competed in the Metro Conference for three seasons from 1975-78, was an independent from 1964-75, and was a member of the Southeastern Conference for 32 years from 1932-64, winning one title in 1938.

• Tech was projected to finish 12th in the ACC standings last season by a vote of the conference’s official media panel. Tech has finished ahead of its media projection seven of the last eight seasons.

• Tech has a total of seven scholarship newcomers on its roster, including three freshmen who were judged the nation’s 20th-best recruiting class (247Sports composite), and four transfers in a class ranked 53rd.

• Tech will open the 2024-25 season with seven consecutive home games, its longest homestand to open a season since 1980-81. After three straight games away from home (Oklahoma, North Carolina, Northwestern), the Jackets will have five more in a row at McCamish Pavilion, including conference tilts against Duke, Notre Dame and Boston College.

• Tech is 38-7 in season-opening games in its ACC Era, 36-5 when the opener is at home. The Yellow Jackets’ most recent losses in season openers - back to back in 2020-21 (Georgia State) and 2021-22 (Mercer).

• Tech will play 19 regular-season games at McCamish Pavilion, the most since the 2016-17 season, when the Jackets played 21 total home games, including two on the NIT.

• Of the three new members of the ACC, Tech has faced SMU the most (8-6 all-time, last meeting in 1986). The Jackets are 0-3 vs. California (last meeting 2012) and 1-2 vs. Stanford (last meeting 2000).