Georgia Tech Football Preview 2025: A True Breakthrough Year for the Yellow Jackets
X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFNGeorgia Tech Offense BreakdownGeorgia Tech Defense BreakdownSeason Prediction, Win Total, Keys to SeasonOutside of ending Florida State's season before September, 7-6 Georgia Tech didn't get the right mix of things needed to be fantastic. But to be fair, there were plenty of forgivable losses..Lose at Notre Dame? No shame there. Lose a tough fight at Syracuse and have problems at Louisville? That's the cost of doing business in a Power Four conference.Lose in eight overtimes at Georgia? Yeah, there's no dogging that.
But the offense didn't get going in a loss to a mediocre Virginia Tech, and to close out with a bowl loss to Vanderbilt when things didn't quite work right … no.This year, there's no Notre Dame. There's no Miami, or SMU, or Florida State, or Louisville. The ACC road games are Boston College, Duke, NC State, and Wake Forest. All of them are landmines, but that's about as reasonable as any big-school away slate can get.
Star quarterback Haynes King is still around - it only seems like he started his career in the Bill Curry era.The portal should fix a few problems - be stunned if there isn't more of a pass rush and a lot more of a downfield passing attack - there's more depth, more talent, the coaching staff knows what it's doing, and this should be a true breakthrough year.Georgia Tech Offense BreakdownGeorgia Tech Defense BreakdownSeason Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season
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