Georgia Tech at Florida State Odds
Written by Kyle Hunter - Google +
The Seminoles and the Yellow Jackets will do battle in Tallahassee on Saturday. Florida State comes in 2-3 on the season and Georgia Tech at 4-1. The rumors surrounding the future of Bobby Bowden are swirling around the campus at Florida State and no one knows exactly how this Seminole team is going to respond. Georgia Tech and its head coach, Paul Johnson, are fully expecting to see the Florida State team that wiped the field with BYU and not the team that has lost 3 of its 5 games. This game will be an interesting battle between two ACC schools that appear, at least for the time being, to be going in different directions.
There isn’t a single team in the country that is tougher to figure out than Florida State. The Seminoles crushed BYU in Utah, but lost to South Florida and Boston College. The offense has been good, most of the time. The defense has plenty of talent, but has been ripped apart on numerous occasions this season. The defense is giving up 405.6 yards per game through its first five games, far too many for a team with so much talent. Christian Ponder is having a very good year throwing the football with a 67% completion percentage and 1,423 yards. The running game is very inconsistent, at times it appears to be great and at other times it sputters. The team needs to find its identity quickly.
Georgia Tech definitely has its identity. Georgia Tech is an option football team that wants to run the ball every single play if they can. The Yellow Jackets are all about ball control and wearing defenses down. Josh Nesbitt is definitely a runner first at quarterback, but in this system that works just fine. Jonathan Dwyer is a very shifty running back that averages over 6 yards per carry. When the team is forced to throw the ball or play from behind they have a lot of difficulty having success. Nesbitt is completing less than 51% of his passes and has only thrown the ball 65 times all year. Basically, for the Yellow Jackets it is establish the run or lose the game. Up to this point they have been great at getting the run game going. The defense is average, giving up 354 yards per game, 228 of that through the air.
According to the latest lines the Seminoles are favored by 3 points in this ACC battle on their home turf. The posted total has been set at 54.5. Considering the inconsistency of the Florida State team it is very difficult to get a read on exactly how they will play week in and week out. Georgia Tech will do what it always does, look to run the football. If Florida State is able to strike first and get a decent lead the Yellow Jackets will have a tough time, but if the Jackets get the option game rolling then Bowden and the Seminoles could be disappointed once again. Expect the unexpected in this one!
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