Battle of the Techs

For the second year in a row, the Jackets will travel to Blacksburg, Va. to face the Virginia Tech Hokies. Georgia Tech enters the game ranked for the first time this season after a three game winning streak.

This will be the Jackets third trip to Blacksburg and the first without the ESPN GameDay crew being present. Last year, the Hokies thumped the Jackets 51-7 en route to the Coastal Division title. The first trip resulted in the game being cancelled because of a lightning storm. Just like last year, the game will determine who is in the driver's seat for the division title and a trip to Jacksonville to play for the ACC Championship this December. The Jackets and Hokies are the only schools in the division without a conference loss.

Georgia Tech's only victory over the Hokies came on Nov. 10, 1990. In the game, Scott Sisson kicked a game-winning field goal with eight seconds left to give the Jackets the 6-3 victory. The week before, Sisson kicked the game-winning field goal against then No. 1 Virginia in Charlottesville. The 1990 Jackets would go on to win the National Championship.

Since Sisson kicked the field goal to give Georgia Tech the 41-38 edge over Virginia in 1990, the Jackets have not won a game in the state of Virginia. Georgia Tech will look to break an eight-game losing streak in Virginia and even up the all-time series with the Hokies at two wins a piece.