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Jackets-Hokies set for ESPN at noon

Sept 13, 2014

Georgia Tech will play Virginia Tech on ESPN at noon next Saturday. The network and the ACC had already determined that the game would be played at noon either on ESPN or ESPNU.

Despite the Hokies’ 28-21 loss to East Carolina Saturday and Georgia Tech’s near-upset loss to Georgia Southern, the game will be on the ESPN’s main channel. It will be the Yellow Jackets’ first appearance on ESPN's main platform for a regular-season Saturday game since the North Carolina game last September.

The teams’ history for compelling games perhaps played a factor in the decision. Since coach Paul Johnson came to Georgia Tech, five of the six games have been decided by a touchdown or less and all six were decided in the fourth quarter.

About the Author

Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.

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