#305/306 ASA PLAY ON Under 55.5 Points – Florida State vs Georgia Tech, Saturday at 12 PM ET - We expect both offenses to run the ball a lot in this game which will keep the clock running and shorten the game. FSU averaged 32.8 PPG last season but we expect a decent drop off this year, especially early in the season. That’s because the Noles lost nearly all of their production from last year and will rely on transfers at the skill positions learning a new system. Their new QB is DJ Uiagalelei who had previous stops at Clemson and Oregon State. He’s not overly accurate, completing only 57% of his passes last year which ranked him outside the top 90. He’s working with 2 transfer receivers from Alabama and LSU who logged very little time last season. HC Norvell has said he wants to rely on the running game more this season and we expect that here. Georgia Tech loves to run the ball. They led the ACC in rushing last season and they averaged nearly 40 carries per game. They return 4 starters on the offensive line, their mobile QB King is back and their top RB returns. More of the same this year for Tech as they keep it on the ground. They’ll be facing an FSU defense that allowed less than 20 PPG a year ago and while they did lose some key defenders, they’ve recruited very well (and some key transfer portal additions on defense) so we don’t look for much of a drop off on that side of the ball. Tech’s defense was not good a year ago. They did upgrade at defensive coordinator Tyler Santucci from Duke who had the Blue Devils in the top 20 in scoring defense last year. This game is in Ireland and the long travel hasn’t helped the offenses in past games played here. In fact, there have been 4 games played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin and the average points scored in those games has been 48.8. Under is our lean on Saturday.