Syracuse vs. Georgia Tech
Time/TV: 12:30 p.m./ESPN3
Records: Georgia Tech (3-3, 2-2 ACC), Syracuse (3-3, 1-1 ACC)
Series record: Tech leads 2-0
Last meeting: Georgia Tech won 51-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl in 2004. Jackets quarterback Reggie Ball threw two touchdown passes, ran for another score, while P.J. Daniels also ran 17 times for 119 yards and two scores.
About the Jackets: Paul Johnson is in his sixth season coaching the Jackets. Tech's average of 421.3 yards of total offense per game ranks as the sixth-highest in Georgia Tech history. The Yellow Jackets are 26th nationally in total defense, and have allowed just five running plays of 20 yards or more.
About the Orange: Scott Shafer is in his first season coaching Syracuse. Syracuse is one of two ACC teams ranked in the top three in both rushing offense and rushing defense. They have lost just one fumble all season. Running back Jerome Smith, a redshirt junior, leads the ACC with eight rushing touchdowns, and he is fourth in the league in rushing with 482 yards.
The skinny: Syracuse has played once in Atlanta and won. The 1989 Peach Bowl at Fulton County Stadium saw the Orange defeat the Georgia Bulldogs 19-18. Georgia Tech is the early favorite by 9.
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