Georgia Tech vs Syracuse: Live Updates From Atlanta

The biggest game of the season has officially arrived for Georgia Tech. The 5-5 Yellow Jackets face the 5-5 Syracuse Orange tonight in Atlanta and bowl eligibility is on the line for both teams. The Yellow Jackets have not made a bowl game since 2018 and Syracuse is trying to make their second consecutive bowl appearance. Syracuse head coach Dino Babers has been the subject of hot-seat talk and might need this game to keep that talk at bay.

Key has not talked at all about becoming bowl-eligible and the ramifications it has for the program until this week:

"So up until Sunday, I had not said the word at all, it is the same mentality each week, it is a one-game season each week and that is the mentality each week and taken, but yeah on Sunday, I brought it up, I did. This is playoff football now, this is NFL Championship, win and you're in. There is no... there is no dwelling on the last game, it is boom and you have to move on and that is the way it works and we brought it up. We talked about it. It is a big deal for these kids, a really big deal. As an alumni here, it is a really big deal for me, it is a big deal for these guys coming back here, it is a big deal for Georgia Tech, it is a big deal for the athletic association, it is a big deal for the entire Georgia Tech community so heck yeah we talked about it and these guys understand that and know it is something special they have in front of them to work and get."

Syracuse has made bowl games under head coach Dino Babers before, but he is reportedly on the hot seat and could use a win tomorrow and next week against Wake Forest. If Georgia Tech wins tonight, it will only make the hot seat talk louder for Syracuse.

Be sure to refresh the page and check back here for updates tonight from Atlanta!

1st Quarter

Syracuse wins the toss and defers. Kickoff from Atlanta is next.

Haynes King scrambles for the first first down of the game.

Touchdown Georgia Tech! Yellow Jackets strike first after the 15-yard touchdown catch from Jamal Haynes. 7-0 GT 9:39 to go in the first quarter. 10-play 75-yard drive from the Yellow Jackets.

Field goal from Syracuse is good. Georgia Tech leads 7-3

2nd Quarter

Georgia Tech forces a three-and-out from the Syracuse offense after their own offense went three-and-out. Yellow Jackets take over at their own 18-yard line

A poor decision from Haynes King leads to an interception for Syracuse. Turnovers can just kill this offense sometimes. Syracuse takes over in Georgia Tech territory, 11:10 left in the 1st half

Syracuse field goal is no good and Georgia Tech takes over at their won 32-yard line

Touchdown Georgia Tech! King finds Dominick Blaylock for 53 yards and the Yellow Jackets extend the lead to 14-3. 7:41 left to go in the first half.

Syracuse punts the ball away and Georgia Tech takes over at their own 33 yard line with 4:46 left in the first half

Birr hits the field goal and Georgia Tech leads 17-3 at the half.

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