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As 17th Ranked North Carolina, Georgia Tech Are Opposing Each Other Tonight In Atlanta North Carolina, Georgia Tech Are Looking To Bounce Back From Losses To Virginia, Boston College

On Saturday October 21, 2023 then 10th ranked North Carolina lost to Virginia in Chapel Hill 31-27 sustaining their inaugural loss of the 2023 season to Virginia 31-27 in Chapel Hill Saturday following starting 2023 season 7-0.

As 10th ranked North Carolina sustained their inaugural loss of 2023 season Saturday to Virginia 31-27 following starting 2023 season 7-0 Malik Washington caught 14 yard pass from Tony Muskett, Will Bettridge kick extra point in 4th quarter giving Virginia 31-27 win.

Before then 10th ranked North Carolina sustained 31-27 loss to Virginia Devontez Walker caught 25 yard pass from Drake Maye Noah Burnette kicked the extra point tying game 7-7 before Virginia took the lead yet again as Mike Hollins ran for 3 yard touchdown, Will Bettridge kicked extra point giving Virginia a 14-7 lead. Though, Virginia’s lead was brief as North Carolina scored pair of touchdowns in 2nd quarter as Bryson Nesbit caught 62 yard pass from Drake Maye, Noah Burnette made extra point tying 14-14 before North Carolina took a 17-14 lead as Noah Burnette made 17-14 lead . In the 3rd quarter North Carolina extended their lead over Virginia by 10 points at 24-14 as Drake Maye ran for 3 yards. Noah Burnette made extra point before Virginia got with 21-24 24-24 as Mike Hollins ran for 1 yard touchdown Will Bettridge made extra point before Will Bettridge kicked 45 yard field goal to tie up the game 24-24 . In the 4th quarter Noah Burnette kicked 27 yard field goal 27-24.

Following 10th North Carolina sustaining their inaugural loss of the season Saturday to Virginia 31-27 North Carolina Head Coach Mack Brown had this to say!

We talked about the poison cheese, and we ate it,”Offensively we were inconsistent. We didn’t score in the red zone when we needed to. We were 4-of-13 on third downs and they were 8-of-18. We had our chance to win the game twice, late, and didn’t do it.”

Offensively we were inconsistent. We didn’t score in the red zone when we needed to. We were 4-of-13 on third downs and they were 8-of-18. We had our chance to win the game twice, late, and didn’t do it.”

Following then 10th North Carolina sustaining their inaugural loss of the season Saturday to Virginia 31-27 North Carolina starting quarterback Drake Maye had this to say!

We didn’t play our brand of football and it wound up costing us,”

According to Chip Alexander article on newsobserver.com

On Saturday October 27, 2023 Georgia Tech lost to Boston College 38-23 in Atlanta.

In Georgia Tech’s 38-23 loss to Boston College in the 1st quarter Jamal Haynes ran for 16 yard touchdown, Aiden Birr made the extra point giving Georgia Tech a 7-3 lead. Though, that lead was brief as Amari Jackson had a 30 yard interception return, Liam Connor made the extra point giving Boston College a 10-7 lead. In the second quarter Aidan Barr kicked 46 yard field goal tying game up 10-10 before Boston College took the lead yet again as Thomas Castellanos ran for 12 yard touchdown giving Boston College a 17-10 lead. Though that lead was brief because in the 3rd quarter Haynes King caught 71 yard touchdown, Aiden Birr kicked extra point tying game up 17-17 before Georgia Tech took a 23-17 Georgia Tech scored pair of touchdowns as Haynes King ran for 71 yard touchdown tying game up at 17 before taking a 23-17 lead as Avery Boyd caught 19 yard pass from Haynes King though Aiden Barr didn’t make the extra point keeping game at 23-17. In the 4th quarter Boston College scored three touchdowns as Kye Robichaux ran for 2 yard touchdown Liam Connor kicked extra point giving Boston College a 24-23 lead before Thomas Castellanos ran for 43 yard touchdown, Liam Connor kicked extra point extending Boston College lead 31-23 over Georgia Tech before they extended their lead yet again and won the game 38-31 as Kye Robichaux ran for 3 yard touchdown, Liam Connor kicked extra point.

Following Georgia Tech’s 38-23 loss to Boston College on Saturday October 21, 2023 Georgia Tech Head Coach Brent Key said the 4th quarter was a telltale sign of what the issues are.

According to article on espnapp

As 17th ranked North Carolina, Georgia Tech are opposing each other tonight in Atlanta North Carolina, Georgia Tech are looking to bounce back from losses to Virginia, Boston College.

Kickoff is set for 8:00pm from Bobby Dodd Stadium!

The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Wes Durham, Tim Hasselbeck, Taylor Tannebaum commentating!

Tim Hasselbeck’s meanwhile played from 1998-2000 at Boston College During his career he had 278 completions , 501 attempts , 3890 yards , 29 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. “according to https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/tim-hasselbeck-1.html

Then Tim Hasselbeck went on to play six seasons in the NFL!

In the NFL Tim Hasselbeck played for five different teams that included Carolina, Philadelphia, Washington, The New York Giants and Arizona. During his six seasons in the NFL Tim Hasselback threw for 5 touchdowns, 1, 012 yards and had seven interceptions . “according to http://www.nfl.com/player/timhasselbeck/2504361/careerstats