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Monday, November 24, 2008
No. 1 goal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Three quick items today…
Here are the early Vegas lines for Saturday:
Georgia favored by 11 to 11.5 over Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech favored by 9 to 10 over Virginia
You surprised to see the lines so high on both games?
Georgia Tech improved its bowl standing with the big win on national TV last Thursday.
ESPN’s Bruce Feldman has the Jackets playing West Virginia in the Jan. 1 Gator Bowl, a rematch of the 38-35 loss from two years ago.
ESPN’s Mark Schlabach has Tech playing Iowa in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando.
(Both have LSU-Boston College in the Chick-fil-A Bowl).
Scout.com projects the Jackets will go to the Dec. 31 Music City Bowl in Nashville and play Kentucky.
Of course, Tech still could make the Orange Bowl if things break right….
The Jackets set goals before the season and posted them in the locker room as daily reminders. Senior Darryl Richard talked about those goals after the 41-23 win over Miami.
He noted the No. 1 goal was to beat Georgia and break the seven-game losing streak. It had a higher priority than winning the ACC, than going undefeated at home.
What do you think of Tech’s order of priorities?
