A late discipline objective from Georgia Tech’s Brian Birr determined this tight however entertaining sport between Georgia Tech and Florida State at a sold-out Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night, giving former a 24-21 victory.
With 25,000 followers reportedly travelling from the USA, Dublin was awash with the gold and white of Georgia Tech and the garnet and gold of Florida State.
Background
The Florida State College Seminoles, who gained 10 video games in 2022 and 13 video games in 2023, are the one group within the ACC and one among simply 12 nationally to achieve double-digit wins in 2022 and 2023. Previous to kick-off as we speak, Florida State has gained 12 consecutive convention video games, the Third-longest lively convention win streak within the nation.
Georgia Tech returned 16 starters from final yr’s group, which went 7-6 total, 5-3 in ACC play (good for a tie for fourth place within the 14-team convention standings), earned its first bowl berth since 2018 and its first bowl victory since 2016 with a season-ending 30-17 overcome UCF within the Gasparilla Bowl.
The final assembly of the perimeters, at Tallahassee, Florida, on November fifth 2022 noticed the Mike Norvell-coached facet come out on high, on a rating line of 41-16. Florida State who lead Georgia Tech 2-0 in video games performed at impartial websites
Early lead for Florida State
A 28 yard dashing landing from Lawrance Toafili on the finish of his facet’s first drive of the sport, put Florida State, the quantity 10 ranked US faculty group, into the lead. A two-point conversion try was profitable when Brian Courtney efficiently crossed to offer his facet an 8-0 benefit.
The designated house group, Georgia Tech, instantly responded with a 79 yard 6-play drive which noticed quarterback Zach Pyron rush over from one yard out, earlier than Aidan Birr had little problem in including the conversion to depart only a level between the perimeters with 7:26 remaining within the first quarter.
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Shanahan sees early motion
Kerry’s David Shanahan got here on to punt with simply over a minute remaining within the opening quarter. The Georgia Tech kickers punt went 44 yards, to the Florida State 25, the place it went out of bounds. A second punt later from the Irishman – within the third quarter – travelled additional, this time 49 yards to the Florida State 33 yard line.
Precisely as that they had completed firstly of the sport, Florida State started the second quarter sprightly. A scoring dive of 8 performs, overlaying 41 yards and taking 5:11 minutes gave Ryan Fitzgerald the chance to kick for factors. He duly obliged, rising the Seminoles’ benefit to 11-8 with 11:06 to play to half-time.
Georgia Tech take the lead
The Brent Key-coached Georgia Tech lastly took the lead within the sport with over three minutes to play to the half-time interval. Large receiver Jamal Haynes was push over by his group for a dashing landing on the finish of a 7:53 drive, which lined 75 yards and concerned 14 performs. An Aidan Birr kick dissected the posts to place the Bobby Dodd Stadium-based facet right into a 14-11 lead with 3:13 nonetheless on the second-quarter clock.
Simply when Georgia Tech regarded as these they might head to the half-time locker room with the lead on the scoreboard, Ryan Fitzgerald kicked an unimaginable 59 yard discipline objective as they clock was working out, to stage the scores. The Fitzgerald kick, his second profitable try matching his haul within the final conflict between the perimeters, was a becoming finish to a 9-play 34 yard drive.
Half-time rating: Georgia Tech 14 Florida State 14
The primary and solely rating of the third quarter got here early within the interval noticed an Aidan Birr discipline objective try for Georgia Tech from 51 yards drift proper and vast of the posts, leaving the rating at 14-14 heading into the deciding quarter-hour of the opening sport of the 2024 faculty soccer season.
Ultimate Quarter
Georgia Tech, who had ended the earlier quarter camped on the Florida State line, ran in for a landing by Jamal Haynes on the resumption of play. His two yard run in landing was transformed by Aidan Birr, to seven factors [21-14] between the Yellow Jackets and the Seminoles.
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A one-yard dashing landing scored by Roydell Williams was the the ultimate of 15 performs in an 8:18 drive by Florida State. Ryan Fitzgerald stepped up once more to ship a profitable conversion, tying the perimeters with 6:33 minutes remaining within the sport.
Within the dying second of a good sport, Aidan Birr kicked a 44 yard discipline objective for Georgia Tech go give them a good 24-21 win in a sport which had an ideal ambiance all through.
Ultimate rating: Georgia Tech 24 Florida State 21
