- Georgia Tech opened as a 7.5-point favorite over Colorado and has settled to -6.5 for Thursday’s opener.
- The total has dipped from 51.5 to 50.5 for a game between two teams breaking in new starting quarterbacks.
- Colorado went 3-9 last season while Georgia Tech finished 9-4 and lost ACC Player of the Year Haynes King.
- Kickoff at Bobby Dodd Stadium is set for 8 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
ATLANTA – The Colorado Georgia Tech odds have shrunk from 7.5 points to 6.5, with the Yellow Jackets favored in Thursday’s Sept. 3 season opener at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
The Spread Comes In A Full Point Cheaper
Georgia Tech opened as a 7.5-point legal sports betting favorite over Colorado when the line went up in June, and the number has come in a full point to Georgia Tech -6.5 as the opener nears. The total has moved with it, from 51.5 down to 50.5.
| Team | Odds |
|---|---|
| Georgia Tech | -6.5 |
| Colorado | +6.5 |
Both moves lean the same way, toward a tighter, lower-scoring game than the summer number expected – and with neither team having played a snap since the numbers were posted, that is bettors repricing the quarterback question, not reacting to news. The 50.5 total, still high for two unproven starters, says the number expects tempo and mistakes more than polish this early. The legal college football betting page tracks lines for the full opening slate.
Nine Wins Meets A Three-Win Collapse
Georgia Tech went 9-4 and 6-2 in the ACC last season, an 8-0 start that faded into losses in four of its final five games. That run belonged to Haynes King, the ACC Player of the Year who finished 10th in Heisman voting, and King is no longer on the roster. Offensive coordinator George Godsey, a former Yellow Jackets quarterback himself, hands the job to redshirt sophomore Alberto Mendoza.
Colorado is the inverse story, a 3-9 finish that included a 1-8 mark in the Big 12, with redshirt freshman Julian Lewis the starter under new coordinator Brennan Marion.
That the spread moved toward Colorado rather than away from it, despite the six-game gap in last season’s records, is the market saying this game turns more on what Mendoza and Lewis do in their first starts than on what either roster did a year ago. A number that size still asks Georgia Tech to prove its record wasn’t mostly Haynes King.
