Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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34 NOV. 20, 2021 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED GAME PREVIEW: GEORGIA TECH strong to hang with a Notre Dame defen- sive line that has gotten better and better as the season has gone along, too. Junior defensive end Isaiah Foskey is chasing Notre Dame's single-season sack record. He had nine through nine games, and he needs 14 to break the record. Gradu- ate student Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa and senior Jayson Ademilola have been persistent in their pass rushing and run stopping as well. Graduate student Kurt Hinish just played the best game of his career in totaling 10 tackles against Navy. Sims and Gibbs will find it hard to put up numbers if the Yellow Jackets' offensive line doesn't hold up its end of the bargain. Georgia Tech's wide receiv- ers will need to make plays against an Irish secondary that could be missing All-American Kyle Hamilton at safety for the fourth consecutive game. The players haven't lost any motiva- tion to have a big game despite the piling up of losses. "It's kind of crazy that I come here ev- ery day and players still have smiles on their faces, we're still bumping music in the locker room and we're hyped like we're undefeated," junior wide receiver Malachi Carter said. "It's honestly im- pressive to see by this team, especially a young team, just to see everybody bought in and everybody still believ- ing. We still have these opportunities in front of us." ATTACKING EVERY WEEK Not many teams in the Power Five allowed more yards per game through Week 10 than Georgia Tech. Just six, in fact. The Yellow Jackets gave up 442.2 yards per game. That's been the theme for Notre Dame this season. It played plenty of stout defenses in the first half of the season — including Wisconsin's No. 1 2021 NOTRE DAME SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Sept. 5 at Florida State W, 41-38 (OT) Sept. 11 Toledo W, 32-29 Sept. 18 Purdue W, 27-13 Sept. 25 vs. Wisconsin* W, 41-13 Oct. 2 Cincinnati L, 24-13 Oct. 9 at Virginia Tech W, 32-29 Oct. 23 USC W, 31-16 Oct. 30 North Carolina W, 44-34 Nov. 6 Navy W, 34-6 Nov. 13 at Virginia W, 28-3 Nov. 20 Georgia Tech (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 27 at Stanford TBA * at Soldier Field in Chicago 2021 GEORGIA TECH SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Sept. 4 Northern Illinois L, 22-21 Sept. 11 Kennesaw State W, 45-17 Sept. 18 at Clemson L, 14-8 Sept. 25 North Carolina W, 45-22 Oct. 2 Pittsburgh L, 52-21 Oct. 9 at Duke W, 31-27 Oct. 23 at Virginia L, 48-40 Oct. 30 Virginia Tech L, 26-17 Nov. 6 at Miami L, 33-30 Nov. 13 Boston College L, 41-30 Nov. 20 at Notre Dame (NBC) 2:30 p.m. Nov. 27 Georgia TBA Linebacker Quez Jackson was tied for 12th nationally with 91 total tackles through Week 10. PHOTO COURTESY GEORGIA TECH ATHLETICS