Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Stanford Cardinal
O/U 48.5 · SPREAD Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -2.5
The pick & result
- Published pick
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -2.5 -124
- Published odds
- -124
- Result
- Lost
- Final score
- 27-34
Odds are the American price printed with this pick, not a current offer. Wins, losses and pushes remain on the public record; a missing grade is not a win.
The line
BETMGM · 47 moves| Market | Opened Sep 21 6:00 AM | Close Sep 26 10:05 PM | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPREAD | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | −½ |
| TOTAL | 48.5 (-102) | 48.5 (-108) | Price |
| MONEYLINE | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -155 | +20 |
Every move, in order ›
| When | Spread | Total | Moneyline |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENSep 21 6:00 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | 48.5 (-102) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 21 7:00 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | 47.5 (-115) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 21 9:00 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-110) | 48.5 (-102) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +150 |
| Sep 21 1:02 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | 48.5 (-102) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 21 2:02 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | 48.5 (-102) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 21 4:03 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 47.5 (-118) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 21 6:03 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-102) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 21 9:05 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | 47.5 (-118) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -165 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 21 10:06 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-102) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -165 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 22 8:30 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-105) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 22 10:32 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-105) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 22 9:28 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-105) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 23 6:00 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-105) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 23 12:04 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 47.5 (-120) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 23 2:05 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 47.5 (-118) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 23 3:05 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-108) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 23 4:06 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 47.5 (-125) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 23 6:06 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 47.5 (-120) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -165 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 23 7:37 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 47.5 (-115) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 24 10:01 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-102) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 24 1:22 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 47.5 (-120) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 24 4:54 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-102) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 24 6:24 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 47.5 (-120) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 24 8:55 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | 47.5 (-120) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 24 11:26 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | 48.5 (-108) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 25 12:01 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | 48.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 25 1:01 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-108) | 48.5 (-108) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +145 |
| Sep 25 3:33 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -165 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 25 5:13 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-108) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -165 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 25 7:44 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-108) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 25 8:34 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-108) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -165 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 25 10:36 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 26 8:41 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 26 9:22 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-105) | 48.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -175 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 26 9:32 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3.5 (-102) | 48.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -165 · Stanford Cardinal +140 |
| Sep 26 10:13 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-112) | 48.5 (-112) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -160 · Stanford Cardinal +130 |
| Sep 26 10:23 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 48.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -155 · Stanford Cardinal +130 |
| Sep 26 11:04 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-110) | 48.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -160 · Stanford Cardinal +130 |
| Sep 26 11:14 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 48.5 (-112) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -150 · Stanford Cardinal +125 |
| Sep 26 11:55 AM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 48.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -150 · Stanford Cardinal +125 |
| Sep 26 3:28 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 48.5 (-112) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -150 · Stanford Cardinal +125 |
| Sep 26 7:23 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-105) | 48.5 (-120) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -150 · Stanford Cardinal +125 |
| Sep 26 8:34 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 49.5 (-110) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -150 · Stanford Cardinal +125 |
| Sep 26 9:05 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 48.5 (-120) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -150 · Stanford Cardinal +125 |
| Sep 26 9:35 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 48.5 (-112) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -150 · Stanford Cardinal +125 |
| Sep 26 9:45 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 48.5 (-105) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -150 · Stanford Cardinal +125 |
| Sep 26 9:55 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 48.5 (-108) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -150 · Stanford Cardinal +125 |
| CLOSESep 26 10:05 PM | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -3 (-108) | 48.5 (-108) | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -155 · Stanford Cardinal +130 |
The read
Stanford Stadium, Saturday night, a 7:30 local kickoff. Two 1-2 ACC teams, both unranked, and a Georgia Tech program making its first road trip of the season, cross-country, into a late body-clock start. The scene invites a home-dog story, and the market has already walked the number from Georgia Tech -4.5 down to -2.5. I still want the Yellow Jackets at this price, because the single worst unit on the field belongs to Stanford, and the gap is wide. The Cardinal sit last in the country in points allowed per scoring opportunity, 5.684 on every drive that reaches the opponent 40, and 129th in EPA allowed per play at 0.297. Georgia Tech's passing game, with Alberto Mendoza completing 69 percent at 8.42 yards an attempt, is built to punish exactly that.
When the Jackets cross the opponent 40, that defense should yield. The rest of the profile tilts the same way. Georgia Tech is the better team on both sides of the ball in SP+, 27.9 offense against 20.8 and 24.0 defense against 27.8, and FPI rates the Jackets roughly ten points the better side on a neutral field. Stanford's own offense is inefficient even when it moves the ball, 117th in success rate and 131st of 138 on passing downs. The Cardinal can run it, and Georgia Tech's run defense gives up plenty, but a ground-and-pound plan from a team that dies behind the chains only shortens the game. It does not fix the red-zone math, where Stanford's defense is the worst in the nation and Georgia Tech's is merely average.
The counterarguments are real. Stanford has the short-yardage run game to eat clock at 88.9 percent power success, the Jackets lost a 13-14 home game to Colorado, and Georgia Tech has not taken a snap on the road. That is exactly why the number is 2.5 and not double digits. A two-and-a-half point line is already paying me for the venue and the travel, and the underlying mismatch, an efficient offense against the nation's worst scoring defense, is the part the price has yet to catch up to.
The research
The dated measurements the app shows under this card — observations with their sample and source, not predictions.
TRENCHES
STAN: 145.3 rushing yards allowed per game to GT's 223.3
78 YPGGT is at 223.3 rushing yards allowed per game over 3 games; STAN is at 145.3 over 3 games. Those are what each defense has allowed in this season's games through Sep 25.
PACE & SCRIPT
GT: 23.3 points allowed per game to STAN's 35.7
12.3 PPGGeorgia Tech is allowing 23.3 points a game through three games, a little better than its 25 last season. Stanford is giving up 35.7, much worse than its 29.2 a year ago. Stanford's defense has trended the wrong way over both seasons, though three games can inflate that. Georgia Tech's offense has the more favorable matchup on paper, which matters for the total and Stanford's team total.
GT: 27 points per game to STAN's 16.7
10.3 PPGGeorgia Tech is scoring 27 points a game through three games, Stanford 16.7. Georgia Tech was at 32.2 last season, so its number has dipped, while Stanford is close to its 18.8. Stanford's offense has stayed where it was. Georgia Tech is the team more likely to move up toward last season, which matters on the road against a lineup that struggles to score.
GT @ STAN carries a 48.5 market total
48.5A 48.5 total sits 6 points under the 54.5 slate median, which says the market expects a slower game with fewer possessions or fewer finished drives. Nothing on the sheet explains why, so the price is the whole story here. The under breaks if either offense starts hitting explosive plays or a turnover hands over short fields. Short fields and quick scores are what can push a game like this past its number.
MISMATCH
GT: 23.3 points allowed a game to STAN's 35.7
23.3 VS 35.7Stanford is giving up 35.7 points a game through 3 games, worse than 29.2 last season, while Georgia Tech allows 23.3, close to its 25 last year. Georgia Tech's number looks like who they are. Stanford's is a small sample, but last season was already soft. Georgia Tech's offense should find room here, so any read on the game starts with Stanford's defense getting stops.
COVERAGE
GT: 124.7 passing yards allowed per game to STAN's 300.3
175.7 YPGGeorgia Tech has given up 124.7 passing yards a game over 3 games, while Stanford has allowed 300.3. Stanford's secondary has been hit hard through the air. Three games is a short sample, but the gap sets Georgia Tech's passing game up well in this matchup.
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Props on this game
1- GARY'S PICKALBERTO MENDOZAPASSING YARDS OVER 220.5
Alberto Mendoza has thrown for 707 yards across three games, and this menu hangs 220.5 on him — a number sitting about fifteen yards under what he has actually averaged, and it comes against the softest defense he will see all season. I wrote the game pick on the same leak: Stanford is last in the country in points allowed per scoring opportunity and 129th in EPA allowed per play, and a defense that cannot get off the field is exactly what feeds a passing-yardage prop.
Mendoza is completing 69 percent at 8.42 a throw, so 220.5 is roughly twenty-six attempts of ordinary work for him, not a ceiling game. The counterargument is real — Stanford wants to grind it, shorten the game, and a first road trip into a 7:30 local start is no gift — but the price already reflects all of that, and the game is only priced at 2.5, so this is not a blowout script that pulls the ball out of his hands in the fourth quarter.
I would rather pay -115 for the volume and the matchup than chase a longer price on a touchdown prop that needs the right red-zone distribution. Over 220.5.
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