Bobby Maxwell:
Tuesday's winner... 1,000-Unit College Bowl Max Bet Game of the Year - GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS
OK guys, this has been a game I’ve been looking forward to since the bowl matchups were announced. This game is so one-sided, it’s time to jump on it and hammer the man.
Iowa was living a charmed life this season, winning with absolutely no offense and with some miracles at the end. Then that caught up to them with a home loss to Northwestern on Nov. 7, falling 17-10 as a 14-point favorite. Then the following week they went to Ohio State and lost in overtime, 27-24, with the Buckeyes dominating them with the rushing game, running for 229 yards to just 67 for Iowa.
The Buckeyes’ Brandon Saine ran for 103 yards on 11 carries with two TDs and Daniel Herron ran for 97 yards and a score. That was an average rushing attack, what is the potent attack of Georgia Tech going to do to this Iowa defense?
The Yellow Jackets averaged 35.3 points a game this season, 442.7 yards per game and 307.2 yards per game on the ground. This is the second-ranked rushing attack in the country and they completely dominate the time of possession, averaging more than 34 minutes of possession per contest.
Georgia Tech QB Josh Nesbitt has progressed in this offense and he looked like a master in the ACC title game against Clemson, leading the ‘Jackets to a 39-34 win as a one-point favorite. He threw for 136 yards and a touchdown and ran for 103 more yards and another score. This season Nesbitt has thrown for 1,689 yards, 10 TDs and just four INTs and rushed for 991 yards and 16 scores.
Iowa has scored just 15.3 points a game over its last three and managed just 250.7 yards of total offense. They have scored 21 points or less in five of their last nine games and managed more than 30 points just once.
The Yellow Jackets have scored 30 points or more in seven of their last nine contests. They are on ATS streaks of 8-2 overall, 6-2 as a favorite, 4-1 against winning teams and 5-2 following a spread-cover.
Iowa will have no idea how to stop the triple-option rushing attack of Georgia Tech. Go ahead and lay the chalk with the Jackets