Georgia Tech went up to Blacksburg and continued its streak of beating Virginia Tech in its home stadium with a backup quarterback at the helm. The Yellow Jackets haven’t lost in Blacksburg since 2012, and in that time, they’ve started at quarterback:
- 2014: Justin Thomas
- 2016: Matthew Jordan (in relief of Justin Thomas)
- 2018: Tobias Oliver (for Taquon Marshall)
- 2020: Game cancelled
- 2022: Zach Pyron (in relief of both Jeff Sims and Zach Gibson)
It’s very interesting (to say the absolute least) that a program that’s dabbled with national relevance in recent memory has had a “Georgia Tech problem” at home in the last decade, especially with the most recent performances coming against shorthanded GT teams.