Louisville Cardinals vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 09/01/2023

Game Time: 7:30 pm ET, Friday, September 1, 2023

Venue:  Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA

Where to Watch:  ESPN

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Louisville -8, GA Tech +8; Over/Under:  49.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Louisville -8, GA Tech +8; Over/Under:  49.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Louisville -8, GA Tech +8; Over/Under:  50.5 points

Louisville Cardinals:  0-0 (ACC)

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets:  0-0 (ACC)

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Louisville Cardinals:  N/A

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets:  N/A

Louisville finished last season with an 8-5 record overall and they had a 4-4 record in their conference games too.  They were 5-1 in their home games, 2-4 in their road games, and they were also 1-0 in their neutral site games last season, where they will be for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 26.9 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 19.2 points per game. Their offense also averaged 406.2 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 330.2 yards per game. Malik Cunningham led the team in passing yards with 1568, Jawhar Jordan led the team in rushing yards with 815, and Tyler Hudson led the team in receiving yards with 1034.

 

 

 

Georgia Tech finished last season with a 5-7 record overall and they had a 4-4 record in their conference games too.  They were 2-4 in their home games, 3-3 in their road games, and they were also 0-0 in their neutral site games last season, where they will be for this season opener. Last season, their offense was averaging 17.2 points scored per game while their defense was allowing an average of 28.4 points per game. Their offense also averaged 324.8 yards per game while their defense was allowing an average of 401 yards per game. Jeff Sims led the team in passing yards with 1115, Hassan Hall led the team in rushing yards with 521, and Nate McCollum led the team in receiving yards with 655.

The current betting odds have Georgia Tech listed as an 8 point underdog in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Georgia Tech didn't have a great season last year with their losing record while Louisville was a lot better with their 8-5 record overall, but despite coming out above .500 on the year, Louisville still wasn't great in their conference games as they finished with the same 4-4 record as GA Tech did. Louisville did make some improvements in the transfer portal and they should be a lot better this season while GA Tech didn't do much to get better, but Louisville has also had a really tough time playing on the road against Georgia Tech over the years and as bad as GA Tech is, they are going to put up a good fight in their home state for this conference game to start the season. Louisville is supposed to be better this season but they could stumble out of the gate here in their 1st game of the season, especially being on the road in a state where they haven't played well in their last few meetings. This game will be at a neutral site as they are playing where the Atlanta Falcons play their games but GA Tech will still have more of a home advantage here and the size of the building could also put some nerves in both teams playing here. The best way to place a bet here is on Georgia Tech to cover the spread in this game. 

Louisville Georgia Tech Prediction:  Our NCAAF Pick for Friday, September 1, 2023 (7:30 pm ET start time) is Louisville 28 GA Tech 24.

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Louisville Cardinals: 3-1 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points. 8-5 ATS as a neutral field favorite. 10-3 UNDER as a favorite. 23-11 UNDER as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: 3-6 ATS on a neutral field where the total is between 49.5 and 56. 18-26 ATS in games played on turf. 6-2 UNDER in the first month of the season. 8-4 UNDER in the first half of the season.

Louisville Cardinals:  M. Griffin (DB) out for season - Leg.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets:  B. Seither (TE) Prob Sept 1 - Back. L. Blackburn (WR) out for season - Knee.

"All the positivity now is because we haven't lost a game yet. I've been around some good days here, and there's been tremendous fan support at all levels when you're doing great things. We want to get that going as fast as we can." - Jeff Brohm on the support coming into this new college football season.

“We feel like he gives us the best chance in the first game to go out and play the game we want to play.” - Brent Key on Haynes King winning the starting QB position.

WR Thrash, Jamari 

WR Thompson, Jadon 

WR Huggins-Bruce, Ahmari 

TE Lifson, Josh 

QB Plummer, Jack 

RB Jordan, Jawhar 

WR Moore, D.J. 

WR Blaylock, Dominick 

WR Rutherford, Malik 

TE Seither, Brett 

QB Pyron, Zach 

RB Smith, Dontae 

Passing: N/A

Rushing: N/A

Receiving: N/A

Touchdowns: N/A

Passing: N/A

Rushing: N/A

Receiving: N/A

Touchdowns: N/A

Coaches:

Louisville Cardinals: Jeff Brohm (1st season)

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets: Brent Key (2nd season)