2008 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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Game Notes

Jacksonville State

Pregame Line: Jacksonville State +27.5The Hokies needed a penalty-aided, fourth quarter drive to put away the Jackets in 20-17 loss for Georgia Tech, the first loss of the season for GT. On Virginia Tech's second to last possession, the Hokies only managed 38 yards of offense but with key defensive penalties moved the ball 76 yards to the Georgia Tech 4 yard line and kicked the go ahead field goal with 4:37 remaining on the game clock. Georgia Tech rushed for 278 yards in the game lead by quarterback Josh Nesbitt's 151 yards and slotback Lucas Cox's 63 yards. Nesbitt also added 109 yards passing with a 41 yard touchdown strike to slotback Roddy Jones followed by a two point conversion. The Tech defense held VT to only 48 yards passing but gave up 200 yards on the ground. Safety Morgan Burnett added 13 tackles to his total for the season increasing his average to 9 tackles per game for the season. Michael Johnson and Derrick Morgan combined for Tech's lone sack on Virginia Tech QB Tyrod Taylor. ABC took a 6 day option on the time of the Mississippi State gametime and with the loss relegated Tech's home game to a 12:00pm EST time slot the following week.

Mississippi State

Pregame Line: Mississippi St. +8Georgia Tech started true freshman Jaybo Shaw at quarterback for ailing Josh Nesbitt and rolled over Duke 27-0. Shaw passed for 230 yards and a touchdown all to one receiver sophomore Demaryius Thomas. Thomas caught one pass for a career long 88 yards. Jon Dwyer and Roddy Jones added balance to the Georgia Tech offense accumulating 203 yards on 33 carries. Jones scored Tech's lone rushing touchdown. Georgia Tech's defense held Duke's offense to 0 points and 132 yards after Duke averaged 31 points and 373 yards per game coming into the contest. Tech defenders racked up two sacks and an interception. This was the twenty-sixth shutdown since 1961 for Georgia Tech. The last shutout for a Georgia Tech defense was the 2006 North Carolina game in which Tech won 7-0 and clinched the Coastal Division seat in the ACC Championship Game.

Gardner-Webb

Pregame Line: Off the boardGeorgia Tech is 14-15-1 all time against the Cavaliers. Although Georgia Tech has not won in Charlottesville, Virginia since 1990, the Cavaliers have only won once in Atlanta since 1996.

Florida State

Pregame Line: Florida St.Georgia Tech has defeated Miami three consecutive years. With a victory, Tech would join Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Kentucky, Notre Dame, and Virginia Tech as the only schools to defeat Miami in four consecutive years. Tech leads the series all time 9-4.

Georgia

Pregame Line: GeorgiaGeorgia Tech has lost seven straight to the Bulldogs and a win against Tech would give UGA head coach Mark Richt the longest winning streak in Georgia football history over Tech. Chan Gailey, the coach proceeding Paul Johnson, lost six straight to the Dogs and George O'Leary lost to the Dogs in 2001 in his second to last game as a Georgia Tech head coach. Tech is 38-59-5 all time against the Bulldogs and 15-29-1 all time in Athens.

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