Florida State vs. Georgia Tech prediction, odds: 2024 college football picks, Week 0 bets by proven computer
By CBS Sports Staff,
2024-08-19
The 2024 college football season kicks off in Dublin, Ireland as No. 10 Florida State is a 10.5-point favorite over Georgia Tech in the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic on Saturday. FSU won the last meeting between these teams in 2022 by 25 points, narrowly covering as 23.5-point favorites, but the Yellow Jackets had covered in the previous seven meetings against the Seminoles.
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Though FSU's offense is replacing a lot of production, the defense is in a strong position to limit Georgia Tech's offense. GT's offense has struggled to gain any traction against top-10 teams as it has scored 14 or fewer points in nine of the last 10 of those matchups.
Georgia Tech led the ACC in rushing yards per game last year, but ranked third-worst in the entire nation in rushing yards allowed per game. FSU is well aware of its opponents struggles and should lean on its own run game after losing its starting QB and three leading pass-catchers from last year's team. See which team to pick here .
Why Georgia Tech can cover
The Yellow Jackets have a lot of playmakers returning to the team for the 2024 season under head coach Brent Key. Key is heading into his second season as the full-time head coach and he pulled off a winning record in 2023 at 7-6. Junior quarterback Haynes King provides Georgia Tech with a dual-threat weapon. King does a superb job getting the ball into the hands of the best options offensively.
King has compiled 4,421 passing yards, 887 rushing yards and 48 total touchdowns in his career, which also includes three seasons at Texas A&M . Sophomore wide receiver Eric Singleton Jr . and junior wide receiver Malik Rutherford both had 500-plus receiving yards last season. Singleton Jr. had 48 receptions for 714 receiving yards and six scores last year. Meanwhile, Rutherford totaled 46 catches for 504 yards and four touchdowns. See which team to pick here .
How to make Georgia Tech vs. FSU picks
SportsLine's model is leaning Under on the total, projecting 52 combined points. The model also says one side of the spread hits well over 60% of the time. You can only get the model's pick at SportsLine .
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