For the past three seasons, Georgia Tech has been a double-digit underdog vs a ranked North Carolina team and they have won each game outright. Now, the roles a
re reversed somewhat.
While facing his former team is certainly a storyline, Collins maintained in his press conference yesterday that the focus this week is not about him: North Carolina's defense comes into this game ranking 15th in the ACC in yards allowed per game, 14th in passing yards allowed per game , 10th in rushing yards allowed per game , and 15th in points per game allowed .
One of the most encouraging things to come out of last week's win vs Duke was that Georgia Tech ran the ball much better than they had been over the past few weeks. Jamal Haynes had 128 yards on 19 carries, averaging 6.7 yards per carry and Chad Alexander had 10 carries for 59 yards. The team finished with 245 yards rushing and the only thing you could really nitpick with the run game is that the QB run game was not very efficient.
Omarion Hampton is a future NFL starter at running back and has 764 yards in six games this season. He is averaging nearly six yards per carry and has only one game this year in which he did not total 100 yards. Earlier this week, Key highlighted Hampton as a great player in this offense, but also thinks there is more to this North Carolina offense than just Hampton:
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