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Monday, October 2, 2006
Miami game looms large
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The rankings say the Georgia game will be the toughest remaining on Georgia Tech’s schedule. Games and highlights I’ve seen on TV suggest the Clemson game will be tougher.
If you ask Georgia Tech players and coaches, they’ll point to Maryland — it’s the next game, after all.
But the key game is the Miami game. Say what you want about how mediocre the Hurricanes have looked this season. I won’t disagree.
But the fact remains that Miami is the only Coastal Division team other than Georgia Tech that controls its own destiny. If Tech beats Miami, it can lose one of its other five games and still have a guaranteed spot in the ACC championship game. My prediction: Miami will come to Bobby Dodd Stadium Oct. 28 2-1 in the ACC, 5-2 overall, after betating North Carolina, Florida International and Duke. The Hurricanes will have regained their confidence.
Tech might be 6-1, 4-0 ACC; it might be 5-2, 3-1. Either way, that’s the key game on the Yellow Jackets’ march toward an ACC title.
