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Georgia Tech Football: Kickoff set for Tech’s showdown against Duke

By Dylan Callaghan-Croley

ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 1: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets car Ramblin' Wreck prepares to drive out of the tunnel prior to their game against the Virginia Cavaliers on November 1, 2014 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 35-10. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 1: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets car Ramblin' Wreck prepares to drive out of the tunnel prior to their game against the Virginia Cavaliers on November 1, 2014 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 35-10. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /
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An official kickoff time has been set for Georgia Tech’s matchup against the Duke Blue Devils on October 12th.

Georgia Tech fans can now officially prepare their schedules for the Jackets October 12th showdown against the Duke Blue Devils. On Monday morning, Georgia Tech officially announced that the kickoff time for the ACC matchup will be 12:30 pm at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham.  The game will be watched on your local regional sports network that carries ACC football. In the Atlanta area, that will be Fox Sports.

The Blue Devils this season are off to a 3-1 start and are winners of three straight after losing their season opener to Alabama. Since scoring just three points against the Crimson Tide, the Blue Devils have averaged 43.3 points per game while surrendering just 13.6 points per game. This past weekend, they demolished the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg by a final score of 45-10, giving the Hokies their worst ACC conference game defeat since entering the conference back in 2002.

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The Blue Devils this weekend are taking on a 3-2 Pitt team that held off an upset bid from Delaware this past weekend after upsetting UCF in the week prior.

The Yellow Jackets of course are entering their matchup against North Carolina this weekend coming off their second straight loss, this time a 24-2 loss to Temple. The Jackets offense once again couldn’t get anything movie and continued to sputter. The Jackets have already opened as nearly double-digit underdogs to the Tar Heels, after being near double-digit underdogs to Temple. Geoff Collins and the Yellow Jackets will look to pickup win No.2 of 2019 on Saturday in front of the home fans at Bobby Dodd Stadium.