Bleav in Georgia Tech: Previewing and Predicting Saturday's Game vs Virginia Tech

Who will win Saturday's game between Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech?

Sep 27, 2025; Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets quarterback Haynes King (10) throws a pass during the fourth quarter against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Zachary Taft-Imagn Images | Zachary Taft-Imagn Images

Georgia Tech is 5-0 and coming off of their first bye week of the season, one that was needed after their close call against Wake Forest last week. The Yellow Jackets are now going to turn their attention to Virginia Tech, which is 2-4 and coming off a loss to Wake Forest. Georgia Tech is among the favorites to get to Charlotte to play in the ACC Championship, but first things first, they are going to have to take care of a Hokies team that has played better since firing head coach Brent Pry.

On the latest episode of Bleav in Georgia Tech, Thomas Hughes, lead editor for Virginia Tech On SI, joins the show to help preview the game on Saturday.

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Not overlooking Virginia Tech

Oct 4, 2025; Blacksburg, Virginia, USA; Virginia Tech Hokies running back Terion Stewart (8) runs with the ball against Wake Forest Demon Deacons defensive back Davaughn Patterson (5) during the second quarter at Lane Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Bishop-Imagn Images | Brian Bishop-Imagn Images

Despite the 2-4 record and the fact that they are playing for an interim head coach, Brent Key says this Virginia Tech team has a lot of talent and that his team will need to be ready to play on Saturday:

"Look, they've got talent all right, they played. If you look at a rundown, I mean, the teams that they've lost to, I mean, they were combined 15 and 5, 15 and 6, something like that. I mean, they're good football teams. And some of them are very close games, especially going into fourth quarter, You know, since they made a change, and look, I think Brent Pry was a great man, a really good football coach, and you hate it at any time that happens in an organization, and you hate it for people in the field, and that's what you really hate it for. But you know, he's put together a good roster, he's got this one instilled in the team, and there's, you there's talk about it and whatnot, but really in the day none of that really matters. It matters what we're able to go out and do against the opponent that's on the field on Saturday. So look, I've been in that situation. A lot of, probably earn even more respect for that team each week, or this week."

Key also knows the margin for error for his team is small:

"Our margin is not big, but you could take every opponent coming up for the next, what, five, six, seven weeks and shake it up and throw it down the table and anybody could be doing anybody any day. So, I mean, the margin we know is small. I was proud of the way the guys fought through a lot of those in the first part of the season and look, it's going to happen again. There's going to be more games like that and we have to be prepared for that. We have to expect that. Now, do we want them to be nice and easy? Yeah, I think everybody would want that, but that's not necessarily ever going to happen. So we prepare for it to be four quarters and then some, you know, every week. But yeah, now look, we got to play better football too.

We played about four and a half football that we could have played in that first half. And that's something we had not played that poorly for that extended amount of time. But the intangible things that are part of good football teams were there, the belief, the expectation, the not quitting, all those things were there. But yeah, we've got to expand that margin. The only way to increase that margin is through your preparation."

Georgia Tech will need to be ready for Virginia Tech's best shot tomorrow.