Georgia Tech Football at Virginia Tech
Saturday, Nov. 5 · 12:30 p.m. ET · Blacksburg, Va. · Lane Stadium
TV: ACC RSN (In-Georgia: Bally Sports South) | Channel Listing | Watch Online (In-Market: BallySports.com | Out-of-Market: WatchESPN.com)
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Information: Game Notes/Depth Charts | 2022 GT Football Info Guide | News Clippings | Multimedia
LB Charlie Thomas (1 – above) is the only NCAA Division I FBS player this season and one of only three FBS players since 2000 with as many as 70 tackles, eight tackles for loss, a sack, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble through his team’s first eight games of the season.
Top Storylines
• Georgia Tech opens the final month of the regular season and closes a two-game road stint when it visits longtime Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division rival Virginia Tech on Saturday.
• The Yellow Jackets (3-5, 2-3 ACC) have lost consecutive ACC games for the first time this season, but remain in fourth place in the Coastal Division, only a half-game behind second-place Duke (2-2 ACC) and Miami (2-2).
• Virginia Tech (2-6, 1-4 ACC) is riding a four-game skid under first-year head coach Brent Pry. However, three of the Hokies’ six defeats have come by one score or less, including last Thursday’s heartbreaking 22-21 loss at No. 24 NC State. In that contest, VT led the Wolfpack, 21-3, late in the third quarter before NC State rallied for the one-point win.
• Georgia Tech is making its first trip to Virginia Tech since 2018, thanks to the team’s regularly scheduled even-year matchup in Blacksburg in 2020 being nixed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• The Jackets have won three-straight at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium (2014, 2016 and 2018). When Georgia Tech drubbed VT, 49-28, in Blacksburg in 2018, the Yellow Jackets became the first team to win three in a row at Lane Stadium since Clemson won five-straight at Virginia Tech from 1977-89 (the feat has since been matched by Clemson and Miami, who have both equaled GT’s current three-game winning streak at VT).
• Georgia Tech remains home to perhaps the best linebacker duo in all of college football in r-Sr. Ayinde Eley and Sr. Charlie Thomas, who have combined for a whopping 152 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries, seven passes defended and seven quarterback hurries this season.
Competitive Drive Initiative
In a unified endeavor, Georgia Tech, the Georgia Tech Foundation, Georgia Tech athletics and the Alexander-Tharpe Fund have come together to accelerate funding for student-athlete scholarships with the launch of the Competitive Drive Initiative. The initiative kicks off with the Accelerate GT Match Program, where any new gift to the A-T Fund’s Athletic Scholarship Fund made through Dec. 31 will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Georgia Tech Foundation, up to $2.5 million. Should Accelerate GT reach its $2.5 million fundraising goal, the matching gift would result in a $5 million impact for Georgia Tech athletics. To learn more and to contribute online, visit atfund.org/accelerate.
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