College Football Week 12 Odds, Picks & Predictions: North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech
Let’s take a look at the College Football Week 12 odds, picks, and predictions for this weekend’s game: North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech.
And check out our other game previews and picks for Week 12 of the College Football season:
- Middle Tennessee vs. Florida Atlantic
- Auburn vs. Western Kentucky
- Navy vs. UCF
- Utah vs. Oregon
- Maryland vs. Ohio State
- UCLA vs. USC
- Louisiana vs. Florida State
- Vanderbilt vs. Florida
- LSU vs. UAB
- Appalachian State vs. Old Dominion
- Fresno State vs. Nevada
- UConn vs. Army
- Duke vs. Pittsburgh
- Houston vs. East Carolina
Check out Thor Nystrom’s Week 12 College Football Power Rankings >>
College Football Week 12 Odds, Picks & Predictions: North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech's top-two quarterbacks - Jeff Sims and Zach Pyron - are out for the year with injuries. That means that Georgia Tech will likely turn back to Zach Gibson, the transfer from Akron. You remember him. Gibson was last seen running out of bounds on a Hail Mary attempt against Virginia, explaining to the media after the game that he chose to turn the page to the next opponent because there wasn't a receiver open downfield.
Gibson completed 49% of his passes for a 1/2 TD/INT rate while getting sacked nine times before Georgia Tech pulled the plug for the freshman Pyron following Sims' injury. The only other scholarship quarterback is undersized scrambler Taisun Phommachanh, who hasn't taken a snap this year. Which is saying something considering GT's quarterback play this fall.
UNC's defense is awful. GT's offense, in the aggregate, is just as bad. But that includes the times the Yellow Jackets were at full strength. They sure won't be on Saturday. This will be the second or third time this season that UNC's defense is better than the offense it opposes.
Flipping the field, UNC's No. 2 SP+ offense is going to shred GT's No. 85 SP+ defense. Georgia Tech has no chance of keeping the Tar Heels off schedule.
Adding to the Yellow Jackets' woes, the Heels have extra motivation factors in darkhorse CFP and Drake Maye Heisman bids. The Heels will pour it on late if they get the chance.
The pick: UNC -21
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