It only required one game for the 2024 college football season to embrace a new year of chaos. Welcome back, you beautiful monster. Florida State headed to Dublin, Ireland, with a No.
10 national ranking, but the Seminoles are returning home in a disappointed mood. Georgia Tech, meanwhile, provided an immediate shakeup to the ACC standings and tossed an early wrench in the College Football Playoff race. Week 0 included a couple of other matchups, and we've provided some winners and losers from within the results.
This piece will be updated after Delaware State vs. Hawaii. Oops, Georgia Tech did it again.
Two years ago, Brent Key guided the Yellow Jackets to a victory over 24th-ranked Pitt in his debut as the interim coach. They later defeated rival, 13th-ranked North Carolina in 2022. Georgia Tech defeated a pair of then-No.
17 opponents last season, stunning Miami and North Carolina. For good measure, the Jackets put together a fourth-quarter charge to test top-ranked Georgia. In other words: This wasn't new territory for Tech.
Jamal Haynes ran in a pair of scores, the defense played well and Aidan Birr drilled a 44-yard field goal as time expired in a 24-21 upset. Clemson, FSU and Miami attracted the most preseason hype in the ACC, but Georgia Tech has already commanded in-season respect. And in reality, that's exactly the brand of attention you want.
The good news: New quarterback DJ Uiagalelei completed 12-of-14 passes for 96 yards in the opening half. The bad news: He av.