The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets host the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday night. Georgia Tech comes into this came sitting in last place in the ACC at 1-4, with their lone win coming against Duke. The Cardinals still hold out hope for the ACC championship game, but with two losses already, they need help. They can’t afford any letdowns the rest of the way, and they probably need to win games like this by margin. This is a tough matchup for the Jackets, and I expect Louisville to cruise. Favored by 14.5 on the road is the books daring us to take the home dog; I’m not doing it. Give me Louisville to cover.
The strength of this Louisville team is its running game, and Georgia Tech is near the bottom of FBS against the run. Allowing 219 rushing yards per game has the Yellow Jackets ranked fifth-worst against the run. That by itself is enough reason to back the Cardinals, who should just run the ball right down the throats of Tech. On the other side, Georgia Tech has been okay on offense, but they have really struggled with teams that have a good pass rush. That should be the case this week too. One last nugget—the win against Duke is the only game in which Georgia Tech has covered the spread. They won’t do it here either.
Louisville vs Georgia Tech Prediction: Louisville Cardinals -14.5 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable to -16.5.
