Georgia Tech Football vs. West Carolina
Saturday, September 10 7 p.m. ET Atlanta, Georgia Bobby Dodd Stadium
In his first significant action as a Yellow Jacket since moving to Georgia Tech ahead of the 2021 season, DL Keion White (6 – above) recorded two sacks against No. 4 Clemson on Monday. Since the start of last season, he’s one of only three Jackets to record at least two sacks in a game, joining Charlie Thomas and Kyle Kennard, who both accomplished the feat in the 45-22 win. of last season against the No. 21/20 North. Caroline at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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• After a hard-fought loss to No. 4 Clemson in the Chick-fil-A season opener on Monday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Georgia Tech football makes its 2022 debut at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday when it hosts West Carolina Saturday night.
• Tech opened the season with a 41-10 loss to Clemson on Monday night. The Yellow Jackets trailed only 14-10 more until the middle of the third quarter before the fourth-ranked Tigers retired.
• So. QB Jeff Sims headlined Georgia Tech’s top performers in Monday’s loss. The Sims went 23 of 36 passes (64.8%) for 164 yards and a touchdown against Clemson’s vaunted defense.
• Defensively, Tech were led by a pair of sixth-year LB seniors Ayinde Eley and DL Keion White. Eley led all players with 11 tackles to go along with a forced fumble and a recovered fumble while White recorded two sacks in his first significant action as Yellow Jacket.
• Georgia Tech and Western Carolina, whose campuses are only 150 miles apart, are meeting for the sixth time. Tech leads the all-time series, 5-0. In their last meeting, the Yellow Jackets outscored the Catamounts, 63-21, on September 1, 2011 at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
• The WCU are coming off a 52-38 win at Charleston Southern in their season opener last Saturday. Head coach Kerwin Bell’s explosive offense, which ranked in the NCAA Division I FCS’s top 10 last season in total offense and passing offense, amassed 616 total offensive yards and 433 passing yards in his season opener at CSU.
• Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins is a former Western Carolina (1994), where he played outside linebacker and defensive back from 1989-1992.
BROADCAST INFORMATION
Saturday’s TV show will air live on ACC Network Extra and ESPN+. There are two ways to watch (both on the ESPN app or on watchespn.com):
- ACC Network Extra – available on the ESPN app and watchespn.com. For viewers whose cable/digital/satellite provider carries the ACC network (there is no additional cost beyond cable/digital/satellite subscription to view content on ACC Network Extra).
- ESPN+ – available on the ESPN app and watchespn.com. For viewers whose cable/digital/satellite provider does not carry the ACC network (must have a separate ESPN+ subscription to view).
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