ACC Rivals Collide in Thursday Night Football Betting Affair when Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Host Clemson Tigers
By Jason Lucas • Sep 9th, 2009 • Category: NCAAF Clemson Tigers (1-0/1-0 ATS) +5 |
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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (1-0/0-0 ATS) -5 |
A Thursday night ACC CFB betting battle takes center stage on ESPN when the Clemson Tigers and #15 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets collide at Bobby Dodd Stadium at 7:30 ET. You can find the host Yellow Jackets favored by 5-points with a game ‘total’ of 43 at JustBet Sportsbook right now.
The Clemson Tigers picked up a college football betting home win and cover last week against Middle Tennessee State, but it was hardly of the dominant variety. QB Kyle Parker completed just 45% of his passes for 150 yards and a pair of TDs, but he and his WR corps looked to be on completely different pages throughout the game. Stud RB C.J. Spiller limped off the field with another injury after toting the rock just four times for 12 total yards. The Blue Raiders amassed 299 total yards of offense (92 on the ground), and if not for three interceptions, the game could have been a lot closer than the final indicates.
As for GTECH, it got off to a fabulous start to its 2009-10 NCAAF betting campaign. It took a total of 17 seconds for the Yellow Jackets to put their first ’09 tally on the scoreboard when RB Jonathan Dwyer scampered 74-yards to pay dirt. He finished the night scoring a pair of TDs while running for 95 yards on seven carries. QB Josh Nesbitt also had a solid outing completing 6 of 11 passes for 141 yards with a TD pass and added another 93 yards on the ground with another score. All in all, the duo accounted for 329 of the 497 yards Georgia Tech gained on the night. Defensively, the Yellow Jackets surrendered just 3.0 YPR and 5.1 YPP; not too shabby!
Many are of the belief Clemson will have a much better season in ’09 with the spotlight turned off the program. They failed to live up to the hype a year ago, and I seriously don’t see them all of a sudden turning up the intensity now that they’re forgotten. Do teams really have to feel slighted to always play their best? In CU’s case, I guess so. HC Paul Johnson is a winner, bottom line! He completely changed the landscape of GTECH football last season to allow the program to have its eye on the bigger prize in ’09. While Clemson boasts a ton of talent up and down its roster, the chemistry just isn’t there right now; at least offensively. The Yellow Jackets attack is purring like a finely tuned Mustang, so don’t let the series trends of the underdog and road team domination scare you away; GTECH will knock the Tigers off both SU & ATS for the third year in a row.
Selection: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (-5)
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Jason Lucas is a first year staff writer for North Shore Sports, INC. The easiest place to find Jason is in the stands at University of Central Florida basketball and football games where he has spent many days since his childhood. Jason has attended thousands of sporting events in his life including the 2008 World Series and 2007 Daytona 500.
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