NCAAF: Georgia Tech at Syracuse 9/7/24

UNDER FRAN BROWN, BEGINNING HIS ACC PLAY TODAY INSIDE THE DOME. AGAINST THE GEORGIA TECH YELLOWJACKETS, FOR THAT MAN, RIGHT THERE, BRENT KEY, THE YELLOWJACKETS RANKED 23rd IN THE COUNTRY AND LOOKING TO START THE SEASON 3-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2015. MARK CURSOR, CHRIS COTTER WITH YOU. IF THERE WAS EVER A PIVOTAL GAME, IN WEEK TWO OF THE SEASON, THAT WOULD BE IT. >> Chris: ESPECIALLY WITH THE ACC RIGHT NOW. I THINK FANS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHO ARE THE GOOD TEAMS? WITH GEORGIA TECH TO BE THE ONE TO KNOCK THEM OFF, THE WAY THAT KYLE McCORD LOOKED IN THE OFFENSE, BOTH TEAMS ARE IN CONTENTION TO BE THE TOP TEAM IN THE ACC RIGHT NOW. SYRACUSE ONE OF THE REASONS THEY THINK THEY ARE IN CONTENTION IS THE TRANSFER FROM OHIO STATE. >> Mark: AND HE HAD SUCH SUCCESS AT OHIO STATE. HE PICKED UP RIGHT WHERE HE LEFT OFF. HE WAS DROPPING DICE ALL OVER THE FIELD TO TREVOR PEÑA, RHONDA GADSON, OVER 100 YARDS RECEIVING. SO, KYLE McCORD, IF HE CAN PLAY THAT WAY TODAY AGAINST THIS ACC DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD OF GEORGIA TECH, WATCH OUT, ACC. HE IS HERE. >> Chris: HE HAS SOME WEAPONS, HE IS THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY, HE HAS THREE TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS LAST WEEK. FOR GEORGIA TECH, BRENT KEY, THEIR HEAD COACH, HE WAS A GREAT OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR GEORGIA TECH A COUPLE YEARS BACK. THE TWO YEARS HE HAS BEEN HEAD COACH, THIS TEAM HAS TAKEN ON THEIR CLAIM PERSONALITY, HAVEN'T THEY? >> Mark: THEY HAVE. TOUGH, HARD-NOSED, ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES. HIS TEAM HAS DECIDED, WE ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME WAY. THEY HAVE 16 COACHES ON THEIR TEAM THAT ARE EITHER FORMER OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN. THERE IS AN EMPHASIS ON THAT. LOOK AT THIS PUSH. ABLE TO PICK UP A BIG GAME BUT NOT JUST ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL. LOOK AT THE DEFENSE. THE TRANSFER FROM USC UNDERSTANDS THE PLAY, PLAY RECOGNITION. SO, WHEN THE YELLOWJACKETS CAN GET TFL'S ON DEFENSE AND THEY CAN PROTECT THEIR QUARTERBACK, GET THE RUN GAME GOING, THAT IS WHEN THEY ARE DOMINANT. >> Chris: THERE IS HAYNES KING, MAKES IT HAPPEN BEHIND THAT LINE, AND FOR MORE, LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO COLBY CARVEY ON THE FIELD. >> Colby: THOSE QUARTERBACK LEGS ARE ONE PART OF IT. IN FACT, HEAD COACH BRENT KEY TELLING US THAT HE IS ONE OF THE FASTEST PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM. WHEN I BROUGHT UP WITH HIM EARLIER THIS WEEK, HE SAID ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE LIKES THE MOST ABOUT THIS SYSTEM IS THE FACT THAT HE CAN PUT THE BALL IN EXPLOSIVE PEOPLE'S HANDS. HE KNOWS THAT HE IS ONE OF THOSE EXPLOSIVE PEOPLE AND HE TOLD ME THIS WEEK, THE GOAL OF THIS GAME IS TO CREATE POSITIVE YARDS EVERY TIME THEY GET A FIRST DOWN, SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OFTEN ENOUGH FOR HIM LAST WEEK AGAINST GEORGIA STATE. >> Mark: HE IS NOT GOING TO CONFUSE ANYBODY WITH JENELLE HOLLOWAY OR SOME OF THE GREAT OPTION QUARTERBACKS OF ALL TIME IN TERMS OF THE WAY HE RUNS. SOMEWHAT GANGLY, BUT EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE. >> Chris: HE IS AND HE USES IT AS A THREAT. NOT JUST WHEN HE RUNS THE BALL, BUT WHEN THEY HAND OFF. A LOT OF THIS COUNTER "O" WIDE, WITH ACTION. AND SO MUCH OF THAT IS THE THREAT OF HAYNES KING PULLING IT OUT AND RUNNING. THEY BASICALLY RUN A TRIPLE OPTION PLAY ON OFFENSE OUT OF THIS SPREAD SET, AND THE CAPABILITY TO RUN IS THE FLY OUT WORKS. >> Mark: GEORGIA TECH WON THE TOSS, SO AIDAN BIRR WILL KICK OFF, AND MALACHI JAMES, THE FRESHMAN, STANDS BY WITH HIS HEELS ON HIS OWN GOAL LINE FOR SYRACUSE. GREAT CROWD HERE INSIDE THE JMA WIRELESS DOME. WE ARE UNDERWAY. AND JAMES WILL JUST LET IT SAIL OVER HIS HEAD FOR A TOUCHBACK. WE TALKED ABOUT BOBBLES BEFORE IN THE OPEN, 354 YARDS, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS LAST WEEK IN A FANTASTIC DEBUT. >> Chris: IT WAS. IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. HIS FIRST TWO PASSES COULD HAVE BEEN AN INTERCEPTION AND WE TALKED TO FRAN BROWN ABOUT THAT MOMENT OF THE GAME, FRAN SAID, LOOK, WE BROUGHT THIS GUY IN EXPECTING HE WOULD BE SUPERMAN RIGHT AWAY, AND FRAN EVEN ADMITTED, HE WAS LIKE, OH, NO, LOOK AT THE BOARD. I MEAN, HE JUST WIPED OUT AFTER THAT. WE HAVE BEEN USED TO SEEING A RUN FIRST TYPE OFFENSE FROM SYRACUSE LATELY, BUT THEY LOVE PUTTING THE BALL IN THE AIR. THEY HAVE A DANGEROUS BACK IN LEQUINT ALLEN WHO CAN DO THE WORK ON THE BACK, TOO. >> Mark: LOOK AT THIS. THE LOAN CENTER. ON THE LEFT SIDE, PICK UP OF ABOUT SIX ON FIRST DOWN. >> Chris: WE SPENT THE OPENING TOPPING ABOUT THE PUFFINESS OF GEORGIA TECH. I GUARANTEE YOU FRAN BROWN AND THIS COACHING STAFF SAID, OKAY, HOW DO WE SHOW EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE TOUGHER THAN WE SAW LAST WEEK? OPEN THE GAME OFF WITH AN UNDER CENTER RUN, POWER TO LEFT, THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT. >> Mark: CLAYTON POWELL-LEE WAS INJURED ON A PLAY FOR GEORGIA TECH, SO THERE IS THE STRONG SAFETY, THE JUNIOR OUT OF ATLANTA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE STAFF IS WORKING ON THE RIGHT HAND, THAT RIGHT ARM. WE WILL TAKE >>> FIRST PLACE SCRIMMAGE, GEORGIA TECH LOSES CLAYTON POWELL-LEE AT LEAST FOR ONE PLAY. MARK, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? >> Mark: HE CAME IN AND HE IS FAVORING HIS RIGHT ARM AFTER THIS HIT. THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO, BUT HE WAS FLEXING THAT RIGHT HAND, SEEING IF HE HAD FULL MOVEMENT. CAME TO THE SIDELINE, TOOK HIS HELMET OFF. I'M SURE THEY WILL CHECK FOR THE STRENGTH OF THAT RIGHT ARM, RIGHT SHOULDER. >> Chris: POWELL-LEE COMING OFF OF A BIG GAME LAST WEEK, IN THE RUNNING GAME NOW FOR SYRACUSE. HE HAS A LOT OF ROOM TO RUN. INSIDE GEORGIA TECH TERRITORY, OMAR DANIELS FINALLY GETS THEM OUT OF BOUNDS, BUT NOT BEFORE NIXON, THE TRANSFER FROM WASHINGTON, PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN FOR THE ORANGE. >> Mike: HERE HE GOES. IT WAS LINEBACKER, KYLE LEIFER, NUMBER 44, WHO LOST HIS EYES. HE DID NOT KEEP HIS EYES ON HIS MAN AND A WIDE OPEN WILL NIXON ON THE SIDELINE. >> Chris: GEORGIA TECH PLAY FAKE AGAIN. HARVEY PUSHES HIM OUT OF BOUNDS, ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR SYRACUSE. >> Mike: HARVEY WAS GIVING A LOT OF SPACE TO HATCHER, HATCHER IS KNOWN FOR HIS OVER- THE-TOP BIG SPEED ABILITY, SO PROTECTING IS THE DEFAULT. JUST A QUICK COMEBACK. >> Chris: MAKING SUBSTITUTIONS ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE. WE WILL SEE TWO AND SOMETIMES EVEN THREE DEEP IN THAT AREA FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS. HARRIS QUICKLY CHECKING OUT. GOOD NEWS FOR GEORGIA TECH, CLAYTON POWELL-LEE CHECKS BACK IN. GOING DOWN THE SIDELINE. THAT IS GOING TO BE OUT OF BOUNDS, THOUGH. THE COVERAGE THIS TIME, IT WAS HAYNES, THE TRANSFER FROM GEORGIA, COULDN'T MAKE THE CATCH. >> Mike: WE SAW DEAN HAYNES MAKE A SPECTACULAR CATCH LAST WEEK. THIS ONE -- >> Chris: THEY COULD HANG ONTO THE BALL THROUGH THE CATCH, TOO, MARK. >> Mark: IT IS INTERESTING, BEFORE THE RIGHT FOOT CAME DOWN -- I DO THINK THAT IS THE DEEP PASS BUT ALMOST A SPECTACULAR PASS FROM DEAN HAYNES. >> Chris: SECOND DOWN AND 10. THAT PASS WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY, BUT COULDN'T BRING IT IN. >> Mark: THIS IS A BIG THIRD DOWN FOR GEORGIA TECH DEFENSE. THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AT FLORIDA STATE AND LAST WEEK VERSUS GEORGIA STATE, THEY ALLOWED THE OFFENSE TO PUSH ALL THE WAY DOWN THE FIELD ON OPENING DRIVE. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BRENT KEY HARPED ON, WE HAVE TO STOP THEM ON THE OPENING DRIVE, AND THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY WITH THIRD AND 10. >> Chris: THAT BRINGS PRESSURE. DOWN TO THE 20, INSIDE THE TENT -- 29 YARDS ON THIRD AND 10. SYRACUSE CONVERTS. IT WILL BE FIRST AND 10 FROM THE 11. >> Mark: WHAT A FANTASTIC PLAY. WATCH KYLE McCORD'S EYES BRING THE DEFENDER THAT WAY. HE BRINGS IT BACK THIS WAY AND THE SAFETIES AND LINEBACKERS ARE ALL PUSHED OVER. GREAT JOB BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE GETTING UP TO THIS LEVEL. BIG PLAY. >> Chris: THEY WILL SPOT IT ON THE 11th, SYRACUSE CAN'T PICK UP A FIRST DOWN WITHOUT TORRANCE AND THEY KNOW IT. BIG PLAY FOR THE GOAL LINE -- AND THIS IS OVER. WELL, TREVOR PEÑA, TWO TOUCHDOWNS A WEEK AGO, AND IF THIS ONE STANDS -- WHICH, I THINK IT WILL -- HE WILL HAVE HAD HIS THIRD SINCE COMING BACK FROM INJURY LAST YEAR. WHAT A START TO THE SEASON FOR TREBOR PEÑA AND KYLE McCORD. RANDY WITH THE P.A.T. AND WITH HIS TEAMMATES AFTER THE OPENING OFFENSIVE DRIVE. UPRIGHT, 75 YARDS, SEVEN PLAYS, JUST TO: 39 OFF THE CLOCK. VERY IMPRESSIVE DRIVE FOR THE ORANGE TO START THIS GAME INSIDE THE DOME. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. TREBOR PEÑA IS GOING TO MOTION ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FIELD AND THEY WILL RUN A SWITCH ROUTE, AND AMARI HARVEY, WHO IS RUNNING ACROSS THE MOTION, WHICH PEÑA HAS HAD TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CORNERS. THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION AND TREBOR PEÑA HAS A LOT OF SPACE. THAT IS JUST POOR COMMUNICATION BY THE DEFENSIVE BACK FOR GEORGIA TECH. >> Mark: AND THAT IS WARREN BURRELL AND TWO OF THE STARTING CORNERS, THEY HAVE TO BE BACK ON THAT OR SYRACUSE IS GOING TO COME TO THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE SWITCH ROUTE. >> Chris: WITH McCORD UNDER CENTER, THE FIRST DRIVE OF THAT PLAY, MARK, THEN DRIVES THAT THE REST OF THE WAY DOWN THE FIELD. >> Mark: WE TALKED WITH KYLE SANTUCCI, HE SAID WE EXPECT TO SEE THIS OFFENSE WITH UNDER CENTER RUNS, DOWNFIELD ACTION, THAT IS WHAT WE GOT. >> Chris: KICKED DOWN TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE, GEORGIA TECH'S OFFENSE NOW DOWN, 7-0. LET'S SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. HAYNES KING AT THE HELM. >> Mark: HAYNES KING, PROVED DUAL THREAT QUARTERBACK. YOU MENTIONED HE IS NOT THE KYLE MURRAY TYPE GUY. HE IS A MUCH BIGGER TYPE GUY, MORE LIKE A VINCE YOUNG, THE SYRACUSE GO TO FOR A YEAR OR TWO, BUT HE HAS AN ELECTRIC ARM AND CONFINED HIS WIDE RECEIVERS. HE JUST GETS THE BALL IN PLAY MAKERS HANDS AND HE HAS THOSE PLAYMAKERS ON THE OUTSIDE. >> Chris: SYRACUSE PROUD, GETTING INTO IT TO GET TO THE BALL -- AND HE CAN'T GET BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. >> Mark: WHAT A PLAY BY FIDEL DIGGS, NUMBER 10, THE TRANSFER FROM TEXAS A&M. WATCH HIM ENTER THE PICTURE, RIGHT HERE. HE TIMES UP THE SNAP AND ABSOLUTELY BLOWS PAST THE GUARD TO CREATE HAVOC IN THE MIDFIELD. SYRACUSE OUT AHEAD EARLY. SECOND DOWN AND 11. IN MOTION. KING TAKES THE PUSH. JAMAL HAYNES -- NOW HE IS GOING TO RUN -- IT IS HARD TO SEE WHAT THAT WAS. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS A PASS BUT THEN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEHIND HIM AT THE PITCH AND THERE IS A FLAG DOWN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND WE HAVE TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE OFFICIALS. WAS HAYNES KING BEYOND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND WAS IT FORWARD? >> Mark: I KNOW ONE THING, THIS SYRACUSE FAN BASE IS GETTING LOUD IN THE TONE RIGHT NOW. >> Referee: AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, THE FOUL ON THE PLAY IS AN INCOMPLETE PASS, THIRD DOWN. >> Chris: IT WAS BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, IT WAS FORWARD, AND INCOMPLETE. THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PUTTING NUMBER 8, JUSTIN HERRON, FOR KING OF THE RUNNING BACK. THEY HAD SOMETHING THERE AND THAT BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN AND LONG. HANDS KING -- LOOKING TO AIR IT OUT TO ONE OF HIS RECEIVERS. KING TO THROW. NO PRESSURE. HAS PLENTY OF TIME AND A RECEIVER OVER THE MIDDLE. THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE TIGHT END AVERY BOYD ON THE COMPLETION. HE IS HAVING A BIGGER AND BIGGER ROLE ON THIS OFFENSE AND JUST LIKE SYRACUSE ON THEIR DRIVE, GEORGIA TECH CONVERTS A BIG THIRD AND LONG, 19 YARDS. >> Mark: AND AVERY BOYD DRUGS ACROSS THE SCREEN, YOU SEE HIM COMING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, WATCH THE BLOCKING FROM THE WIDE RECEIVERS. I THINK THAT WAS AN ALL TIGHT AND READ. >> Chris: GETS ABOUT THREE, DRAGS OUT ON THE PLAY. >> Referee: OFFSIDES, DEFENSE, NUMBER 88, LINING UP IN THE ZONE. FIVE YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN. >> Chris: WATSON GUILTY OF THE INFECTION, OUR REFEREE TODAY, MIKE ROCHE. >> Mark: A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE SCHEME OF GEORGIA TECH'S OFFENSE, THEY TALK ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, THEY TALK ABOUT JAMAL HAYNES, THE RUNNING BACK, BUT REALLY, THE DIFFERENCE SO FAR THIS YEAR HAS BEEN THE BLOCKING BY THE WIDE RECEIVERS AND TIGHT ENDS ON THE PERIMETER. THAT OPENS UP PLAYS JUST LIKE YOU SAW THERE TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN. >> Chris: HERE IS HAYNES. WAS OFFSIDES WITH THE PLAY EARLIER BUT STOPS IN THE MIDDLE. WELL, LAST WEEK, OHIO WAS PLAYING THIS SYRACUSE TEAM ON THIS VERY FIELD AND THEY RAN ALL OVER THE ORANGE SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH THIS WEEK, HOW MUCH THAT MAN AND THE DEFENSIVE COACHING STAFF MADE ADJUSTMENTS AND THEY HAVE PLAYED PRETTY WELL TODAY SO FAR AGAINST THE RUN. GETTING THE HANDOFF TO HAYNES. THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD AND ONE. THERE IS McDONALD IN THE LINEBACKER SPOT MAKING A TACKLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SYRACUSE LINE BACKERS SO, IT WILL BE McDONALD, JAMES HEARNE, AND MARS SPARROW. ROTATING IN. THERE, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS, LAST WEEK AGAINST OHIO, A TEAM OUT OF AN AVERAGING 6 1/2 YARDS PER TOUCH. GIVES IT TO HAYNES. HE WILL PICK UP A FIRST DOWN AND SCORES THROUGH FOR ABOUT FOUR. >> Mark: THAT WAS JUST A STRAIGHT POWER PLAY, DOUBLE EAM ON THE THREE CHECK AND HAYNES JUST FOLLOWS THE BIG BOYS TO PICK UP THE YARDS. >> Chris: HAYDEN'S SIDESTEPS AND HE BARELY HAD THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. COMING UP FROM THE SAFETY SPOT MAKING THE TACKLE. >> Mark: LAST WEEK FOR SYRACUSE, IT WAS ALL THOSE YARDS GIVEN UP, NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE WRONG ASSIGNMENT, IT WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE TACKLES. THEY HAVE TO MAKE TACKLES THE FIRST TIME OUT. >> Chris: KING TO THROW, LOOKING DEEP DOWNFIELD. THAT SNAP MADE THEM CHANGE LANES, MADE THE CATCH. 15 YARDS, THAT WAS A TIGHT WINDOW. >> Mark: IT SURE WAS A QUOTE TIGHT WINDOW. >> Chris: LEFT FOOT ON THE OUTSIDE. BROUGHT DOWN AT ABOUT THE 20, THAT IS GOING TO BE A 9 YARD GAIN. WITH THIS TEMPO, THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO KEEP GOING WITH IT. >> Mark: EVERY TIME THEY CONVERT ONE OF THESE THIRD DOWNS IT IS LIKE A SHOT IN THE GUT FOR THE SYRACUSE DEFENSE. YOU GET THEM AT THIRD AND 12, THEY CONVERT. YOU GET THEM AT THIRD AND TWO, THEY CONVERT. THEY CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS DEFENSE. >> Chris: CHANGE OF RUNNING. AND WITH SYRACUSE, IT GETS THROUGH! FOR HAYNES KING, WE TALKED ABOUT TACKLING FOR SYRACUSE, YOU GET THERE. DEREK McDONALD IS FIVE YARDS AT THE BACK IT WAS A ONE-ON-ONE SHOT WITH THE QUARTERBACK. YOU HAVE GOT TO MAKE THAT TACKLE, IT IS A MISSED TACKLE, THAT IS YOUR GAP. >> Mark: OTHER GUYS HAVE TO GET TO THE BALL, AS WELL. BUT CAN YOU MAKE THAT TACO -- TACKLE AND YOU STOP THEM FOR THE THIRD DOWN DEFENSE, YOU MISSED THE TACKLE. >> Chris: PLAY IS UNDER REVIEW, AS EVERY PLAY IS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE HIS KNEE WASN'T DOWN ON THAT OF INITIAL ATTEMPT BY McDONALD, BEING EXPLAINED TO BRENT KEY. TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE ANYTHING. THE RIGHT KNEE IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK AT HERE. I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK, MARK, THERE IS ENOUGH THERE TO OVERTURN IT. I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE THAT THE KNEE TOUCHED AT THE TURF. 'S >> Mark: NO, HE WAS A GOOD HANDS WITH ABOVE THE TURF. >> Chris: HE WAS A BIT CLOSER BUT NOTHING DEFINITIVE. THE REPLAY OFFICIAL HAS THIS VIEW -- I DON'T SEE IT UP THERE. >> Mark: NO, I DON'T SEE IT UP. THIS, TO ME, SHOULD BE REVIEWED A LOT QUICKER. >> Referee: AFTER REVIEW, THE RULING ON THE FIELD STANDS. >> Chris: AND IT STANDS. >> Mark: HE IS LIKE, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY IT STANDS. THAT WAS SUCH AN ATHLETIC PLAY. AND THAT IS THE TYPE OF DIFFERENCE MAKER HAYNES KING CAN BE, HE CAN TAKE YOUR PLAY AND TURN IT INTO SIX POINTS. >> Chris: AND THE START WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS ONE, 75 YARD DRIVE FOR EACH TEAM, YOU WOULD EXPECT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME OFF THE CLOCK. DAVIEN KERR GETS THE CMT AND WE ARE ALL KNOTTED UP. >> Mark: IT IS SO CLOSE. DEREK McDONALD ALMOST MAKES THE PLAY BUT HAYNES KING DOES HIS LITTLE SHIMMY AND RACES >>> ALL KNOTTED UP AT SEVEN APIECE THANKS TO A GOOD DRIVE BY GEORGIA TECH. >> Mark: THEY CONVERTED ON THIS BIG THIRD DOWN AND THAT WIDE RECEIVER, LANE, MADE THE BACK SHOULDER CATCH. NOW, IT NEVER FELT LIKE SYRACUSE HAD TO BEAT THE GROUND, READY TO PLAY. IT IS THOSE TYPES OF IMBALANCES THAT GEORGIA TECH WANTS TO CREATE OFFENSIVE LEE. WEATHER, HEY, YOUR FEET ARE IN THE GROUND, YOU ARE NOT READY TO GO BECAUSE WE ARE GOING FAST OR WHETHER YOU WERE GOING TO USE COUNTERS, AND MOTIONS, AND A LOT OF PRE-SNAP TO GET YOU OUT OF YOUR SPACE. >> Chris: THIRD AND 11 FROM THEIR OWN TERRITORY. GOT A BIG LEG, HE WILL BE IT OFF. MALACHI JAMES WITH JUST A LITTLE OVER HIS HEAD. TECH WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE BALANCED IN SYRACUSE ON THE SCORING DRIVE. YOU THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN CONTINUE WITH SYRACUSE THROUGH THE AIR? >> Mark: I GET THE FEELING FROM JEFF NIXON, HE IS A FORMER RUNNING BACK COACH, BUT HE ALSO KNOWS THAT HE HAS KYLE McCORD A QUARTERBACK. SO, I THINK THE LIEN IS, LET'S THROW THE BALL, LET'S GET OUR WIDE RECEIVERS IN THE GAME. I THINK IT WILL BE A LITTLE IMBALANCED IN TERMS OF MORE PASSING ON SYRACUSE ASIDE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE GOING TO LINE UP AGAIN UNDER CENTER. THIS IS THAT RUN FORMATION. >> Chris: THERE IS NIXON. PICKS UP A COUPLE. THE TRANSFER FROM USC ON THE TACKLE. >> Mark: THIS TYPE OF OFFENSE, WE TEND TO FORGET, BECAUSE WE ARE USED TO SEEING THE QUARTERBACK UNDER CENTER. BUT, DEFENSES, THEY DON'T SEE THIS VERY OFTEN, SO THIS IS KIND OF HOW A LOT OF COACHES ARE SAYING, HEY, DEFENSE HAS BEEN BUILT FOR SPREAD, LET'S GET BACK TO MORE POWER FOOTBALL, THAT IS WHAT SYRACUSE IS DOING ON THE RUNNING GAME RIGHT NOW. >> Chris: ABLE TO BRING IT DOWN. ONLY PICKS UP MAY BE A YARD, IF THAT. THIRD AND LONG FOR THE ORANGE. >> Mark: TWO TIGHT ENDS IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW -- SEED HAYNES, ON THE SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THE TRANSFER y >> Chris: WATCH OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. HERE, THEY PICK UP A FIRST DOWN, GOT IT OUT TO SEED HAYNES. THE TIMING OF THIS THROW AND ROUTE ARE IMPECCABLE. KYLE McCORD, HE RELEASES THAT FOOTBALL WELL BEFORE ZEED HAYNES HAS COME OUT OF HIS BREAK. GOOD JOB TIPTOEING ON THE SIDELINES, AND SECURING THE FOOTBALL BY ZEED HAYNES. GREAT PICKUP. A LITTLE CONFUSION WITH GEORGIA TECH UP FRONT WITH THE SUBSTITUTIONS. LEQUINT ALLEN HAS TIME ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AND BROUGHT DOWN -- THERE IS A FLAG DOWN AT ABOUT THE 45 YARD LINE. >> Mark: CHECKING THE MARKERS, IT IS CLEARLY A FIRST DOWN FOR SYRACUSE, LET'S SEE IF IT STANDS. >> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE, NUMBER 2, FIVE YARD PENALTY. >> >> Chris: IT WILL BE A HOLD ON PENA, BUT WE WILL SEE WHERE THEY MARKET. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE THE 45 YARD LINE OF SYRACUSE 44, CHECK THE HOLD. >> Mark: YOU SEE THE HANDS GETTING BACK AROUND TO THE BACK OF THE SHOULDER PAD. THAT IS CLEARLY A HOLD ON PENA ON THE OUTSIDE. >> Chris: THAT TIME, IT WAS GEORGIA TECH'S DEFENSE, THEY WERE READY FOR THAT "O". I MEAN, THEY HAD A MASSIVE PLAY SET UP FOR QUINN ALLEN AND THOSE PENALTIES HURT. IT WILL REMAIN FIRST DOWN BUT BECAUSE OF THIS SPOT, FIRST AND FIVES. THEY PICK UP A FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: HE GOT TO A CERTAIN POINT IN THE GAME LAST WEEK WHERE IT WAS A GO TO SHOW. YOU GET CLOSE TO THE TWO MINUTE DRIVE, THEY ARE GOING TO FEED HIM IN CRUNCH TIME. A LITTLE PICKUP TO GET MOMENTUM BACK ON THEIR SIDE. >> Chris: RIGHT HERE, OLD SHOULDER, EIGHT YARDS ON FIRST DOWN. 18 HAD TO COME UP FROM THE SAFETY SPOT FOR THE TACKLE BUT A GREAT PICKUP ON FIRST. >> Mark: GREAT TACKLE HERE. KYLE KEEFE FOR IT, THE RUNNING BACK IN THE HOLE. NOW, THEY NEED TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT THIS WEEK ON TACKLE. NEITHER JOB HAS DONE A GOOD SIDE SO FAR. >> Chris: ALLEN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, ONE DOWN. ABLE TO GET BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, TO MAKE THE TACKLE. I THINK HE WAS STOPPED, HE DIDN'T GET TO THE 40, THAT IS WHERE HE NEEDED TO GET TO. >> Mark: WHAT A PLAY! GETTING INTO THE BACKFIELD. JACKSON HAMILTON ON THE STOP. >> Chris: FOURTH AND ONE, THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT. THE OFFICIAL HOLDING THE CORD UP, NOW HE IS UNDER CENTER. AND NOW, HE GETS TO IT INSIDE THE 30. >> Mark: GREAT PLAY DESIGN AND YOU GO FOR THE QB, BUT NOW THEY ALIGN IT AND THERE IS JUST NOBODY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PITCH MAN. HAMILTON MADE A GREAT PLAY ON THE LAST ONE. HE HAD TO TAKE THE QUARTERBACK OR THE PITCH. GREAT PLAY DESIGN. THEY WILL SCOUT THIS OFFENSE. >> Chris: HAMILTON MAKING ANOTHER TACKLE RIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. >> Mark: HE IS A GOOD SAFETY, DOES A GOOD JOB OF COMING DOWNHILL AND WARDING OFF THE EDGE. THIS DEFENSE HAS GIVEN UP YARDS TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, BUT IN THE RED ZONE, THERE IS A GUY WITH REALLY GOOD STOPS ON FOURTH DOWN TURNOVERS AND FORCING TURNOVERS THEMSELVES. >> Chris: THE 11th PLAY OF THE DRIVES. SO, THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN. >> Mark: BOTH THESE TEAMS ARE IN IT, DURING THE EARLY GO FOR THIRD DOWN. LAST THIRD DOWN, TYLER SANTUCCI, DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, HE WAS GOING TO BRING ALL OF THE LINEBACKERS WARMED UP IN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, BUT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE PLAYING WITH NO DEFENSE. THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN. THEY DROPPED BACK INTO ZONE COVERAGE, AND DID A GREAT JOB OF PASSING OFF THE UNDERNEATH RECEIVERS. AND PLAYING QUARTERBACK, RUNNING BACK, TIGHT END, WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME DOWN WITH THAT ONE. >> Chris: 43 YARDS FOR BRADY DENENBERG. GEORGIA TECH SPECIAL TEAMS COMES IN TO MAKE THE PLAY. THAT WAS NUMBER 88. >> Mark: IT LOOKS LIKE BIGGER IS IN THERE. >> Chris: LOOK AT THE VERTICAL FOR LISTED AT 320. HE MIGHT BE 320. NOT OFTEN DO YOU SEE IT ON THAT PLAY, >>> THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT WITH AUTUMN, BUT PRETTY WELL SO FAR TODAY, A COUPLE OF THIRD DOWNS ON THAT LAST DRIVE TO KEEP IT ALIVE BUT THEY HAVE DONE A DECENT JOB OF CONTAINING THAT MAN, JAMAL HAYNES. HE HASN'T GONE OFF. >> Mark: HE HASN'T. THEY GOT ENOUGH ON THE FIRST DRIVE TO MOVE DOWN THE FIELD PRETTY WELL. >> Chris: HE HAS SEVEN YARDS ON SEVEN CARRIES. GETS THE THROW, TAKES IT OUT INTO SPACE. GOT TO THE EDGE, BUT WAS STILL ONLY TO PICK UP ABOUT FOUR. THAT WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN AND FIVES. NOW, THE FANS ON THEIR FEET INSIDE THE DOME. UNDERNEATH, AND COMPLETE. AND ALIJAH CLARK ON THE COVERAGE. >> Mark: GREAT JOB ON HIS OWN COVERAGE BY ALIJAH CLARK. YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO COME FROM AND HE HAS HIS EYES IN THE RIGHT PLACE. HE JUST DOES A GREAT JOB PICKING UP LACROSSE. RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN, HE IS WORKING DOWN. HE READS THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES, KNOWS WHERE THE THREAT IS COMING FROM AND GETS THAT RIGHT OFF ON THE FOOTBALL. BOY, THAT IS A GREAT PLAY BY ALIJAH CLARK. >> Chris: BRINGS IN DAVID SHANAHAN TO KICK IT AWAY. AND A FAIR CATCH ON THE 30. SYRACUSE TAKES IT OVER THERE. COMING UP NEXT, IT IS SHOW AND NORTH CAROLINA, FROM FREEDOM STADIUM. THAT IS A 3:30 KICK. OUR NIGHTCAP, DEATH VALLEY APPELLATION ESTATE AND EVERY LIVE EVENT -- WE ARE GOING TO WATCH ON THE ON THE ESPN APP AND ESPN.COM. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE TO WATCH, I WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO WATCH EVERYTHING. SO, WE WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE McCORD AND THIS SYRACUSE OFFENSE THAT HAS MARCHED DOWN THE FIELD TWICE. HE IS 8 OF 11 WITH SIX DIFFERENT RECEIVERS. >> Mark: HE IS THROWING THE FOOTBALL AROUND, GETTING INVOLVED. I THINK HE'S JUST PLAYING REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW. GEORGIA TECH IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOME PRESSURE ON HIM. NOT MUCH SO FAR THIS GAME. >> Chris: THAT IS A WIDE OPEN RECEIVER, THAT IS PENA. KERRY ATE IT OVER INTO GEORGIA TECH TERRITORY. 21 YARDS ON THE PITCH AND CATCH. >> Mark: AND IT IS THE POCKET! LOOK AT THE POCKET FOR KYLE McCORD TO THROW THROUGH. I MEAN, THERE IS NOBODY GETTING ANYWHERE NEAR HIM. IF YOU CAN PUT PRESSURE ON KYLE McCORD, HE HAS AN ALIVE ENOUGH ARM WHERE HE CAN TAKE EVERY SINGLE THROW ON THE FIELD. THAT WAS A TWO MAN ROUTE. GREAT JOB BY TREBOR PENA TO PICK UP THE FOOTBALL. >> Chris: ROLLS OUT, HE IS UNDERNEATH, AND MAKES THE CATCH. BALL COMES FREE AND THEY WILL RULE IT INCOMPLETE. WHILE BROOKS ON COVERAGE, BUT NEVER HAD IT. IT HAS BEEN A WILD FIRST QUARTER, SO FAR. UP AND DOWN THE FIELD. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. >> Mark: MAN, LAMILES BROOKS, YOU SAY WIDER THAN THE WIDEST, MY FRIEND, AND HE DID A GOOD JOB OF STAYING WITH HIS RESPONSIBILITY, AS HE ALMOST HAD A BIG ONE. >> Chris: AFTER ONE, ALL TIED UP AT SEVEN APIECE BETWEEN GEORGIA TECH AND SYRACUSE. >>> STARTING THE SECOND QUARTER, BOTH TEAMS HAVE HAD LONG, TIME-CONSUMING DRIVES THROUGH THAT FIRST QUARTER. SYRACUSE IS ON ONE HERE, SECOND DOWN AND 10 FROM MIDFIELD. A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE, NOW PICKED UP AND THEY ARE GOING TO GO DOWN. COLD, WHAT YOU GOT FOR US? >> Cole: I JUST SPOKE WITH GEORGIA TECH HEAD COACH BRENT KEY AND I ASKED HIM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HIS QUARTERBACK, HAYNES KING, AND HIS LEGS, HIS SPEED IN THE FIRST QUARTER. WE SAW THAT 21 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN. HE CREDITED THE DESIGN RUN THEY HAVE COME UP WITH AND HE ALSO CREDITED THE WAY THAT HAYNES SCORED ON THAT BROKEN PLAY. HE SAID, LOOK, WE MADE A LOT OF PLACE SPECIFICALLY ON FIRST DOWN AND WE HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP. GUYS? >> Chris: HERE IS A THIRD DOWN RIGHT HERE, THIRD AND THREE. >> Mark: SHOWING PRESSURE AGAIN, HE GOT THE LINEBACKERS UP IN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. >> Chris: TAKEN DOWNFIELD, THEY HAD PENA, AND THEY GOT IT. PERFECTLY PLACED PASS DOWN TO THE 23. >> Mark: WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT MOLDING YOUR WIDE RECEIVER OPEN, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. KYLE McCORD LEAVES IT IN FRONT OF TREBOR PENA WHERE HE CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT DEEP DOWN THE FIELD FOR A BIG PICK, ONCE AGAIN. UPON THE COMPLETION SO FAR TODAY FOR McCORD. >> Chris: GADSDEN DROPS IT TO 17, WHAT IS GOING ON, COLE? >> Cole: I SPOKE WITH TREBOR PENA EARLIER THIS WEEK AND HE SAID HE HAS A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER THIS SEASON AND HE FEELS LIKE HE NEVER REALLY GOT A CHANCE TO PROVE HIMSELF, IN EARLIER YEARS, HE WAS DOWN ON THE DEPTH CHART, HAD THE INJURY LAST YEAR, BUT HE HAS WHAT SYRACUSE HAD COACH FRAN BROWN CALLS A RENEWED PURPOSE THIS YEAR. PENA TOLD ME, I'M JUST TRYING TO SHOW WHAT I CAN DO. HE GOT THREE TOUCHDOWNS LAST WEEK, ONE TODAY, LOOKS LIKE HE CAN DO A LOT. >> Chris: GETTING ONE DONE ON THE OUTSIDE. A MYRIAD OF WEAPONS AND THE PLAY CLOCK CLIMBING DOWN TO THE SECOND AS THEY GET IT OFF. FIRST AND GOAL. WE HAVE AN INJURY ON THE PLAY. IT IS MILES BROOKS, HE DELIVERS THAT HIT AND FALLS DOWN ON THE TURF. WE WILL TAKE A >>> LAMILES BROOKS WAS ABLE TO WALK OFF UNDER HIS OWN POWER. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN, MARK? >> Mark: YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, HE REALLY MAKES A PRETTY GOOD PLAY ON THE BALL, BUT BEYOND THIS CONNECTION, YOU JUST KIND OF LOWERS HIS SHOULDER. NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE IS, BUT OBVIOUSLY A PHYSICAL HIT. >> Chris: DROPPED THE BALL ON THE 11 YARD LINE, SO IT IS THIRD AND 10. AND NOW, OUT TO HIS RIGHT. IN TO THE END ZONE -- OVER THE TOP, PENA, AND ANOTHER ONE. >> Mark: WOW, ANOTHER GREAT PLAY BY TREBOR PENA. THIS WAS A BIT OF A BIG ROUTE THAT SPRUNG THREE, BUT JUST HITTING THOSE DEEP SHOTS FROM THE FRONT OF THE END ZONE, TREBOR PENA, THAT HAS BEEN A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS FOR KYLE McCORD. >> Chris: SYRACUSE OFFENSE, THEY HAVE GONE OVER 200 YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE TO GET A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER, AND THEY RETAKE THE LEAD AFTER A SEVEN YARD DRIVE. >> Mark: AND THEY JUST RAN A LITTLE PICK ROUTE ON THE OUTSIDE AS TREBOR PENA COMES FROM THE INSIDE, HE IS JUST WORKING IT OUT HERE, YOU HAVE A GO ROUTE, AND THIS IS WHERE THE PICK HAPPENS. IT IS JUST ANOTHER TIME, WITH A GOOD JOB PASSING OFF, BUT THE PICK JUST CREATES SEPARATION FOR TREBOR PENA AND KYLE McCORD. SO ACCURATE AT THE FOOTBALL, FINDS THEM FOR SIX. PENA, THE REDSHIRT JUNIOR FROM OCEAN TOWN, NEW JERSEY, BATTLING INJURIES -- AND THAT THAT DEPTH CHART FOR SYRACUSE, HE REALLY HAS EMERGED AS KYLE McCORD'S GO TO RECEIVER THROUGH THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE YEAR. JUST LETS THIS ONE FLY OVER HIS HEAD. GEORGIA TECH NOW BACK ON OFFENSE. >> Chris: McCORD HAD THE PUNT LAST TIME OUT AND I HAVE A FEELING THE WAY SYRACUSE IS MOVING UP AND DOWN THE FIELD ON OFFENSE, MARK, THEY WILL HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF POISE ON THE FLOOR TODAY. >> Mark: I THINK BOTH TEAMS WILL HAVE TO PUT POISE ON THE FLOOR. YOU MENTIONED, IT REALLY WILL BE WHO HAS THE BALL LAST OR MAKES THE BIG STOP. A TURNOVER COULD BE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME WITH EITHER SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL. IT COULD BE ONE STOP HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE REST OF THE GAME. >> Chris: PENA, PLAY FAKE, WANTS TO GO DOWNFIELD. HE GETS THIS RECEIVER, THAT IS SINGLETON. SINGLETON, A FRESHMAN ALL- AMERICAN LAST YEAR. PRETTY QUIET IN TERMS OF PRODUCTION THROUGH THE FIRST TWO GAMES THIS YEAR. >> Mark: HE IS A GUY THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO GET BACK TO, BUT THAT IS PROTECTION. THIS OFFENSIVE LINE, THERE WAS NO ONE ANYWHERE NEAR HAYNES KING. HE HAD SO MUCH TIME TO GET THAT BALL AWAY. >> Chris: HAYNES KING IN MOTION. HE WILL GET TO THIS MAN IN HIS SPACE FOR A PICKUP OF SEVEN YARDS. SPARROW ON THE STOP FOR THIS LINEBACKERS STOP FOR SYRACUSE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PLAYERS LIKE RUTHERFORD, LIKE JAMAL HAYNES AT TAILBACK, LIKE ERIN SINGLETON, THEY JUST WANT TO GET THE BALL IN THEIR SPACE AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH IT. >> Mark: AND THEY HAVE SOME BIG GUYS. THEY HAVE THESE TWO BIG BLOCKING TIGHT ENDS HERE. NOW, THEY ARE GOING TO BRING ONE BACK IN. >> Chris: HAYNES STOPS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, MAYBE GOT HALF A YARD AND WORKED HARD FOR THAT. BERRY BUXTON IN THE POSITION FOR THE TACKLE. >> Mark: YOU SAID IT. HE HUGE STOP AND A HUGE MOMENT FOR THIS SYRACUSE ORANGE TEAM. >> Chris: JAMAL HAYNES -- PICKED BY SINGLE TERRY, BUT COULDN'T HANG ON, THOUGH. OH, MAN! HE WENT UP AND GOT IT, BUT WHEN HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND CAME OUT, COULDN'T QUITE SQUEEZE IT. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HECK OF AN EFFORT, IT WAS A HECK OF AN EFFORT WITH A GREAT CATCH. >> Mark: SYRACUSE FINALLY GOT EFFORT ON HAYNES KING AND MADE HIM THROW THE BALL A LITTLE EARLY OFF OF HIS BACK FOOT. HUGE PLAY FOR SYRACUSE. >> Chris: GETS THE PUNT, PENA GOES IN. GEORGIA TECH HAS NOT BEEN ABLE >>> WE HAVE TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO PLAY SOMEBODY THAT THINKS THEY ARE AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH TO PLAY US AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THEM QUIT AND WE ARE GOING TO DO IT OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER AGAIN. >> ARE YOU GOING TO COMPETE? >> YES, SIR. >> YOU GOT IT? >> YES, SIR. >> THEN, GO TO WORK. >> LET'S GO! >> RUN THAT! >> Chris: SYRACUSE ALL ACCESS, YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ON THE ACC NETWORK, OR WATCH ON THE ESPN APP. WATCH DURING THE BREAK HERE, HE IS COACHING WHILE TALKING TO HIS COACHES IN THE BOOTH AND STILL COACHING ON THE FIELD, MARK. >> Mark: YEAH, HE IS. HE TOLD US THIS WEEK, SOME COACHES SAY, HEY, SATURDAY STARTS, YOU GO OUT AND HAVE FUN. HE GOES, NOT ME. THIS IS A GUY THAT COACHES THE ENTIRE GAME, FROM THE FIRST STEP TO THE FINAL WHISTLE. >> Chris: McCORD THROWS, GETS IT, AND OUT AT THE 43. THE BIG TIGHT END CAN RUN. IT IS 33 YARDS TO THE FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: WE KNEW IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE BIG MAN GETS GOING. YOU SEE HIM ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN AND JUST WORKS HIS WAY IN BACK BEHIND LINEBACKER. HE IS A DANGEROUS GUY WHEN HE GETS GOING. >> Chris: SYRACUSE OUT FROM THE SHADOW OF THEIR OWN GOAL POST. NOW ON THE LEFT SIDE. HE PICKS UP A GOOD FIVE YARDS ON FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM, AND YOU SAW HIS FEET TOWARD THE END OF THE RUN, HE IS NOT THE FASTEST GUY OUT THERE, HE IS PRETTY TALL, BUT HE IS NOT THE STRONGEST, BIGGEST GUY OUT THERE. HE JUST DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF FINDING THE OPEN WINDOW IN THE ZONE AND THEN CREATING AN. RATION MAN >> Chris: DOWN, BUT NOT BEFORE NIXON PICKED UP 10. EIGHT YARDS. THEY WILL COMBINE ON THE TACKLE, AND HITTING EVERY SINGLE ATTEMPT. >> Mark: AND HE IS BREATHING THE DEFENSE, RIGHT? THAT TIME, GEORGIA TECH BROUGHT PRESSURE OFF OF THE BOUNDARY SIDE. HE BROUGHT IT UP WITH THE PRESSURE AND HE JUST MAKES IT LOOK EASY. JUST A GREAT CATCH FROM THE QUARTERBACK. >> Chris: THIS ONE IS BROUGHT DOWN. WATCH HIM JUST SLICED DOWN -- TRIES TO BE BLOCKED BY THE TIGHT END, SLICES FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN GEORGIA TECH HAS MADE THESE NEGATIVE PLAYS AND HAS STEPPED UP A LITTLE BIT LONGER. THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. PENA MAKES THE CATCH. SOME INS AND OUTS OF COVERAGE BUT PENA CONTINUES TO BUILD ON A GREAT START TO THIS GAME. >> Mark: HE IS STILL COACHING! THERE IS A CORNER THAT IS PLOTTED ON THE OUTSIDE. IF KYLE McCORD LEADS TREBOR PENA TO THE OUTSIDE, IT IS INCOMPLETE OR INTERCEPTED. THE INSIDE SHOULDER GIVES TREBOR PENA NOT ONLY THE CHANCE TO CATCH THE FOOTBALL BUT PROTECTS HIS BODY FROM GETTING THAT BIG HIT. >> Chris: GETS THE OUTSIDE. PICKS UP FOUR YARDS ON FIRST DOWN. ORANGE OFFENSE CONSUMING YARDS AND TIME OFF THE CLOCK. SECOND SCORE IN MOTION. GETS OUT TO THE EDGE AND I THINK HE PICKS IT UP. >> Mark: DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE LINE. A NICE JOB ON THE END TACKLE. WATCH HIM WORK BACK UP AND THEN RUN THE LINEBACKER. THE DEFENSIVE END, KEVIN HARRIS, TO THE SIDELINE. LEQUINT ALLEN -- RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF KYLE McCORD -- BUT, LEQUINT ALLEN IS SO CAPABLE AS A RUNNER. ONCE YOU GET THE RUSHING TO PASS THE PASSING, YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS OFFENSE. >> Chris: WE ARE GOING TO GET A TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD, AS GEORGIA TECH CALLS >>> 6:23 LEFT IN THIS HALF, SYRACUSE AT THIRD AND TWO AT THE GEORGIA TECH 20. THIS WAS A NICE PLAY THAT STARTED AT THE STONE 11 YARD LINE. THE ORANGE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT UP 14 FIRST DOWN AND 133 YARDS ALREADY. EMPTY BACKFIELD NOW. ORONDE GADSDEN, THE LINEBACKER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. REPLAY AND A TOUCHDOWN. >> Mark: YOU COULD SEE THAT FROM A MILE AWAY. >> Chris: YOU BREAK THE FORMATION AND ORONDE GADSDEN IS BEING COVERED ONE ON ONE BY KYLE HEBER. THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN ALL DAY. GEORGIA TECH DOESN'T ADJUST. >> Mark: THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT HERE. THIS IS KYLE EFFORD, THE LINEBACKER. THIS IS WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR ZONE MATCHUP. WHEN THIS GUY GOES VERTICAL, THAT IS KYLE EFFORD SKY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SAFETY HELP. THERE IS NO HELP ON THIS PLAY UNTIL KYLE McCORD SEES THE SAFETY SPLIT. HE SAYS, YOU PUT NUMBER TWO WITH KYLE EFFORD, NUMBER TWO, THE BEST TIGHT END IN THE ACC? I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I AM GOING. IN FOR SIX. >> Chris: THE BROWN ERA BEGINNING LAST WEEKEND AGAINST OHIO. WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO GET, MARK, BOTH AUTHENTICALLY AND DEFENSIVELY. I THINK WE HAD KYLE McCORD PENCILED IN AT QUARTERBACK, WE THOUGHT, OKAY, THEY HAVE A POCKET PASSER, THE LIGHTS -- LIKES OF WHICH THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IN YEARS. WE ARE SEEING IT BIG TIME HERE IN THIS FIRST ACC GAME IN THIS FIRST HALF. >> Mark: I MEAN, HE IS OUT THERE WITH HIS TIMING, WITH HIS -- HE IS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HIS WIDE RECEIVERS ON TIME. I MEAN, NOT ONLY DID HE TRANSFER IN AND GET TO KNOW TREBOR PENA, BUT GRAHAM BROWN HAS THIS OFFENSE CLICKING AND KYLE McCORD COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF HIS TARGETS. >> Chris: CAN THE YELLOWJACKETS ANSWER? KING WANTS TO GO DEEP, AND HE GOT HIS MAN IN. >> Mark: OH, MY GOODNESS. SYRACUSE HAD TWO GUYS ON SINGLETON AND SINGLETON COMES FROM ALL THE WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD AND THIS IS JUST THE GO GET IT ALL. WHAT A RUN BY BOTH DEFENDERS. >> Chris: SINGLETON, TRANSFERRED TO GEORGIA TECH, STARTED IN THE SPRING. SHE GETS THE CARRY. >> Mark: OVER THE SHOULDER, PICK UP OF ABOUT FOUR. I ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE HOW MANY YARDS WERE COVERED BY ERIC SINGLETON WHEN THE BALL WAS IN THE AIR. >> Chris: HAYNES KING MUST HAVE LET IT BY ABOUT 30 YARDS TO COME UNDER DEFENSE. YEAH, SINGLETON SWALLOWED UP BY KING. >> Mark: MAN, FOOTBALL IS SO FUN WHEN THE STAR PLAYER MAKES A HUGE PLAY, AND THEN ON THE OTHER TEAM MAKING A HUGE PLAY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST THIRD DOWN BEING HUGE FOR SYRACUSE -- BUT THIS ONE FOR GEORGIA TECH IS A BIG ONE. THE LAST TWO, THIRD DOWN. >> Chris: HE IS GOING TO SCORE HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY. HAYNES KING, AGAIN, ON A 20 YARD PLUS RUN FOR A TOUCHDOWN. THAT WAS THE MISDIRECTION OF THE DEFENSE. HE JUST CUTS RIGHT BACK TO HIS LEFT AND DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THIS ONE BACK. WATCH THE ACTION, THE PULLING GUARD, PULLING TIGHT END, AND NUMBER 0, CHESTNUT, JUST OVER COMMITS AND TAKES A BAD ANGLE, MAKING HAYNES KING PAY. >> Chris: AIDAN BIRR, HITS THE BAT. AIDEN HAS TWO CARRIES ON THE DAY, BOTH TOUCHDOWNS. >> Mark: AND IT IS JUST THE BACKSIDE OVER COMMITTING. A LOT OF COACHES TALK ABOUT IT, DO YOUR JOB, HAVE YOUR EYES WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS AND PEOPLE WE TALK TO, THEY ALL SAY THAT. PLAYERS SAY IT WHEN YOU ASK WHAT THEY NEED TO DO BETTER. THAT WAS A POOR EXAMPLE OF, FIRST OF ALL, WHERE YOUR ARE EYES NEED TO BE, BUT WITH CHESTNUT, THAT WILL NOT GET IT DONE ESPECIALLY WITH A COACH WHO HAS MADE A LIVING OFF OF COACHING DEFENSIVE BACK. >> Chris: YOU SAW COACH BROWN, HE WILL HAVE A LIVELY DIALOGUE WITH HIS ASSISTANCE UP IN THE BOOTH ALL GAME LONG. ON THE FLIPSIDE, QUARTERBACK COACH, CHRIS WENKE, SITTING DOWN WITH HAYNES KING, GOING OVER THE iPAD PLAYS ON THAT LAST DRIVE. WHAT A HUGE ANSWER FOR GEORGIA TECH. FIRST AND 10 ON THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. COMING UP AT 6:30, WE WILL CATCH UP ON THE AFTERNOON GAMES AND GET YOU READY FOR TONIGHT'S GAME AT CLEMSON AND AFTER THE GAME, A FULL POST GAME SHOW TO WRAP UP THE NIGHT AND REALLY A COUPLE OF ACC TEAMS PLAYING LAST NIGHT, SMU ON TO BYU AND DUKE GETTING THAT WIN OVER NORTHWESTERN. DID YOU SEE ANY OF THAT GAME LAST NIGHT? NORTHWESTERN ON THE TEMPORARY FOOTBALL FIELD? >> Mark: I SAW THAT ONE. A LOT OF THAT WASN'T BAD. BUT, YOU SAW THE SMU QUARTERBACK. >> Chris: TOUCHDOWN, GOT A FIELD GOAL. NOW, WHAT DOES McCORD DO HERE? THIS OFFENSE HAS BEEN UNSTOPPABLE ALL GAME LONG. NOW, THEY COME OUT AND MAKE A TACKLE ON NIXON. THEY WILL GAIN A FLAG BACK IN THE BACKFIELD. >> Chris: WAITING ON MIKE ROACH TO LET US KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. >> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE, NUMBER 57. 10 YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN. >> Chris: HOWARD GUILTY OF THE HOLD. >> Mark: GOOD TO SEE NUMBER 5, BACK ON THE FIELD AFTER HE LEFT IN THE FIRST QUARTER WITH AN INJURED SHOULDER. YOU SEE THE WHOLE THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE. >> Chris: WORKING DOWN TO THE 20, THE 15. TO THE RIGHT, OVER THE MIDDLE, AND A CATCH DOWN AT THE 45. THAT IS 29 YARDS AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: THIS IS THE SAME PLAY. INSTEAD OF IT BEING ORONDE GADSDEN, IT WAS HATCHER. YOU SEE HIM RELEASE UP THE MIDDLE AND THIS IS A MISMATCH. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THIS UP. THERE IS HELP OVERTOP, BUT SYRACUSE HAS AN ANSWER FOR GEORGIA TECH'S COVERAGE, TOO. >> Chris: AND THEY GET A PERFECTLY PLACED PASS . MAKES THE CATCH. SWUNG OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER A SEVEN YARD GAME. AHMARI HARVEY ON THE TACKLE. >> Mark: THIS IS A TRUE THREE INTERCEPTION GAME. I KNOW I HAVE POSTED ON THE OUTSIDE, MY WIDE RECEIVER READS THAT COACHING AND BREAKS OFF THE ROUTE. KYLE McCORD JUST MAKES THE COMPLETION LOOK EASY. >> Chris: FIVE DRIVES ON THE DAY FOR SYRACUSE. ALLEN WITH THAT DEFENSE, PICKS UP A FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE RUNS, THROWING IN THE LINEBACKERS, THROWING IN THE SAFETIES, BEING ABLE TO HIT THE SHOTS OFF THE TOP. WHAT THAT DOES TO THE DEFENSE, IT MAKES THEM GO EAST AND WEST AND THEY ARE NOT AS A STOUT UP FRONT. SO, SOME COORDINATORS, LIKE JEFF NIXON RIGHT NOW, HE IS USING THE THREE-STEP GAME TO SET OUT THE RUN. AND THE ORANGE WON'T SNAP IT BEFORE THE TIME-OUT. WE WILL STEP ASIDE AND WE WILL BE BACK WI >>> FOOTBALL NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN RETIRED IN THE LONG AND STORIED HISTORY OF SYRACUSE FOOTBALL HERE AT THE DOME, WE WILL ADD ANOTHER ONE AT THE HALF AND COAL IS STANDING BY WITH HIM RIGHT NOW. >> Cole: THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER, DWIGHT, YOU HAD AN AMAZING WEEKEND. THE COLTS ARE HONOR NEW, THE ALMA MATER IS HONORING YOU RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN YOU SEE YOUR NUMBER GO UP IN THE RAFTERS? >> OH, MY GOODNESS. I WILL BE EMOTIONAL, MAN. IT IS SO CRAZY, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, AND HOW THIS IS SO SPECIAL. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SPECIAL TO ME. BUT, THOSE GUYS, THEY CAME BEFORE ME, THEY SET THE FOUNDATION FOR ME, THEY ARE THE REASON WHY I AM HERE, THE JIM BROWN AND ALL OF THOSE GUYS, LARRY JOHNSON. SO, FOR MY NAME TO BE UP THERE, MY JERSEY TO BE RETIRED, I'M SPEECHLESS. >> Cole: NOW, YOUR FAMOUS SPIN MOVE, PART OF THE REASON WHY YOU ARE NOW IN THE HALL OF FAME. WHAT DID YOU DO AT SYRACUSE? >> YOU KNOW WHAT? I WENT OUT THERE AND PUT THE RUNS IN. I CAME OUT HERE AND PUT THE WORK IN WITH THE COACHING STAFF. THEY ALLOWED ME TO BE ME. THAT IS KEY FOR A GUY LIKE ME, WHO HAS CREATED SOME DIFFERENT STUFF. SO, WE HAD COACHES THAT ALLOWED THEM TO DO IT, AND DOING IT OVER AND OVER, FROM COLLEGE TO PRO, IS HOW I GOT TO WHERE I AM TODAY. >> Mark: SPEAKING OF COLLEGE TO PRO, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT FRAN BROWN IS TRYING TO DO, THE HEAD COACH OF SYRACUSE. HOW DO YOU THINK FRAN IS DOING SO FAR? >> I THINK HE IS GREAT, HE IS AUTHENTIC, HE IS A PLAYER -- A GUY ALL THE PLAYERS BELIEVE IN. HE TELLS YOU EXACTLY HOW IT STANDS, EXACTLY HOW IT IS. >> Cole: HEY, THANKS VERY MUCH, DWIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> Chris: REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING DWIGHT AT HALFTIME. HIS NUMBER BEING PUT UP IN THE RAFTERS. WILL SHARPEN THAT HALL OF FAME JACKET. GEORGIA TECH HAS LOOKED SHARP ON THIS DRIVE, PUTTING A STOP TO WHAT WAS THIS UNSTOPPABLE SYRACUSE OFFENSE UNTIL THAT POINT, AND NOW FINALLY FORCING A PUNT FROM JACK STONEHOUSE. YEAH, COMPLETED STRENGTH PASSES GOING TO THAT SERIES AND THREE STRAIGHT INCOMPLETIONS. STONE HOUSES OVER THERE MAKING A SANDWICH. >> Chris: THEY GOT THE FIELD GOAL EARLIER, NOW THEY GET THE PUNT. HAMILTON WILL PICK IT UP AT THE 41 AND GEORGIA TECH WILL HAVE OUTSTANDING FIELD POSITION SO SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYING THEIR ROLE AT KEEPING GEORGIA TECH IN IT. >> Mark: AND WHAT A JOB BY THE SPECIAL TEAMS GROUP FOR GEORGIA TECH. SEE THEM COMING, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. WATCH THESE TWO GUYS, RIGHT OFF OF THE CENTER AND DO A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THEIR HANDS IN THE WAY OF THE PUNT. I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS 41 OR 98. BUT, GREAT JOB. HUGE MOMENTUM PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Chris: KING IS GOING TO PITCH IT. JAMAL HAYNES PICKS UP FOUR. GEORGIA TECH IS GOING TO RECEIVE THE SECOND HALF KICKOFF, AS WELL. KING TO THROW. HAS ALL KINDS OF TIME. HAYNES JUST AT THE FIRST DOWN MARKER. THE YELLOWJACKETS HAVE TWO TIME- OUTS ON THE BOARD. DOWN TWO, BREAKING DOWN. ACTUALLY TAKING A LOT OF TIME HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIELD. KING GETS IT OUT TO RUTHERFORD. THAT LOOKED LIKE BERRY BUXTON AGAIN MAKING THE TACKLE. THIRD AND SIX. SO, GEORGIA TECH IS GOING TO CALL ONE OF THEIR TWO REMAINING TIME-OUTS. >> Referee: TAKE THE SECOND TIME OUT OF THE HOUSE. >> Chris: THE KEMP CLEMSON CLUE CREW IS GOING TO CATCH UP ON THE HALFTIME REPORT. TALKING ABOUT THIS HALFTIME PERFORMANCE BY KYLE McCORD, FOR SURE. AN NC STATE GAME MAKING A STATEMENT. THAT IS ALL COMING UP AT THE AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE HALFTIME. FRAN BROWN FIRING UP HIS DEFENSE. THEY NEED A THIRD DOWN STOP HERE, GEORGIA TECH NOT WITHIN FIELD GOAL RANGE. THIS IS A BIG PLAY, OUT OF THIS TIME-OUT. >> Mark: IT IS. I'M KIND OF GETTING THE FEELING THAT FRAN BROWN WANTS TO LIGHT THEM UP. WHEN HAYNES KING COMES BACK FROM THE POCKET AND DELIVERS THE FOOTBALL ON TIME TO SOME OF THESE DEEP IN BREAKING ROUTES, HE HAS BEEN VERY ACCURATE. WHEN THEY HAVE GOTTEN PRESSURE ON HIM AND FORCED HIM TO MAKE QUICKER THROWS, THAT IS WHEN HE HAS STRUGGLED. SYRACUSE NOT SHOWING PRESSURE RIGHT AWAY, LET'S SEE IF THEY WALK INTO IT. >> Chris: TRIES TO GET TO THE OUTSIDE, BUT BERRY WON'T LET HIM. >> Mark: I WILL SAY THIS RIGHT NOW, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BEST PLAYS I HAVE EVER SEEN JUSTIN BARRON MAKE. NOT BECAUSE OF HIS PURSUIT OF THE FOOTBALL OR THE TACKLE, BUT BECAUSE HE REALIZED HIS HAND WAS IN THE HORSE COLLAR OF HAYNES KING AND HE READJUSTED. WATCH HIM RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE. HE TAKES THE HAND OFF OF HIS JERSEY, AND HE KNEW, RIGHT NOW, HEY, I AM GOING TO GET A PENALTY. LET ME LET IT GO. THAT IS A SMART, HEADS-UP PLAY BY THE CAPTAIN OF THE DEFENSE, JUSTIN BARRON. >> >> Chris: CALLING THE LAST TIME OUT OF THE HALF, THAT IS FOURTH AND FOUR FROM THE 43 YARD LINE. >> Mark: LOOK AT THAT GUY. "O" LINE COACH. EVERY COACH WANTS TO GO FOR IT. BUT, THIS IS THE MOMENT, RIGHT, WHERE IF YOU DON'T GET IT -- LET ME GET TWO BLOCKED KICKS IN THE FIRST HALF. YOU CREATED THE ONLY MOMENTUM SWITCHING PLAYS AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT. >> Chris: TAKING A LOOK AT THE UPCOMING SLATE FOR ACC GAMES. HAYDEN BURRIS KICKED A 50 YARDER IN THE SCREEN GAME. WE WERE THERE FOR THAT ONE. BUT, MAKING THEM ROUTINELY FROM 55 IN PREGAME WARM-UP, BUT THAT IS STILL BEYOND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A 59 YARDER. FOR HAYNES KING AND THE JACKETS, RUTHERFORD IN MOTION AND FRAN BROWN SAW WHAT GEORGIA TECH WANT TO DO IN OFFENSE AND CALLED A TIME-OUT OF HIS OWN. >> Mark: IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US HERE ON THE ACC NETWORK, BOTH QUARTERBACKS HAD OUTSTANDING FIRST HALF, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS BEING OVERSHADOWED BECAUSE McCORD HAS BEEN SO DOMINANT IN THE FIRST HALF. HE HAS HAD A LOT OF PROTECTION FROM HIS OFFENSIVE LINE, IT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. JUST NOW, THE PLACE THAT SYRACUSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE ON THE FIELD FOR OFFENSE FOR HAS NOT ALLOWED HAYNES KING MUCH. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO CAPITALIZE ON EVERY SINGLE POSSESSION, THIS ONE ESPECIALLY, AS THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DOUBLE DIP FROM THE FIRST HALF SCORE, GETTING THE BALL BACK TO START THE SECOND HALF. >> Chris: YOU HAVE TO CONVERT HERE O ON FOURTH DOWN, FIRST. THERE, HE BRINGS THE THREE. ERIC SINGLETON PICKS IT OFF TO SPIKE IT AND THEY DO. SIX SECONDS ON THE CLOCK. AND NOW, GEORGIA TECH WILL BRING THE FIELD GOAL KICKING UNIT ON. THE PUNTER, DAVID SHANAHAN, WILL HOLD. WILL PUT IT DOWN AT THE 36, IT WILL BE A 46 YARD ATTEMPT BY AIDAN BIRR. THIS IS IT. JUST WIDE OF THE UPRIGHT. SO, THE BLOCKED PUNT DOESN'T LEAD TO POINTS FOR THE JACKETS AT THE BREAK. SYRACUSE CONTINUES TO LEAD BY SEVEN. >> Chris: COLE HARVEY IS ON THE FIELD STANDING BY WITH HEAD COACH FRAN BROWN. >> Cole: COACH, YOUR OFFENSE IS PART OF THE WAY YOU ARE LEADING, WHAT HAS ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN? >> WE GOT KYLE McCORD. THEY ALLOWED US TO HAVE ANOTHER COACH. >> Cole: WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR DEFENSE, HAYDEN KING HAS RUSHED FOR TWO TOUCHDOWNS TODAY, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE? >> LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE KID IS A GOOD PLAYER. HE CAN PLAY FOOTBALL. HE IS ONE OF THE BETTER PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY AND WHEN YOU ARE GOING AGAINST A GUY WHO IS A GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER, YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP GOING, YOU KNOW? JUST LOOKING TO HAVE ONE MORE POINT AT THE END, SO LET'S JUST PLAY GOOD FOOTBALL. I THINK COACH KEY AND ALL OF THOSE GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. >> Cole: THANK YOU, COACH. >> Chris: THANK YOU, COACH. SYRACUSE IN THE DOME. A RAUCOUS >>> 21-14, OUR SCORE AT THE HALF GETTING READY TO START THIS THIRD QUARTER. GEORGIA TECH TRAILING BY SEVEN POINTS TO THIS SYRACUSE TEAM THAT AT TIMES, WAS DOMINANT OFFENSIVE LEAGUE, ESPECIALLY IN THAT FIRST HALF. MARK HURD, CHRIS CARTER WITH YOU. McCORD WAS UNBELIEVABLE, HE HAD A GREAT START AGAINST OHIO, BUT NOW PLAYING IN ACC COMPETITION, THE 23rd RANKED TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, GREAT FROM THE START. >> Mark: PHENOMENAL, 23% COMPLETION, MULTIPLE HITS WITH THE FOOTBALL AND GETTING EVERYONE INVOLVED, AND HAVING BIG PLAYS. PLAYS IS REALLY THE STORY OF THIS GAME. SYRACUSE HAD SEVEN PASSES OVER 20 YARDS IN THAT FIRST HALF AND GEORGIA TECH ONLY ONE. HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL AROUND, TREBOR PENA, JACKSON, AND HAYNES, THE PLETHORA OF OPTIONS THAT HE HAS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL, HAYNES KING, WE MENTIONED HE HAD TWO RUNS, BUT THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, HE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB OF MAKING THE MOST OUT OF A BROKEN PLAY. HE SCORED A 20 PLUS YARD TOUCHDOWN, AND AGAIN, FOUR TACKLING ANGLES, SIX TACKLES BY SYRACUSE HAVE ALLOWED HAYNES KING TO USE HIS ATHLETICISM. REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STRENGTH OF THINGS, IT IS REALLY JUST SO MANY MORE PLAYS FOR KYLE McCORD. AND HAYES KING, ONLY THREE INCOMPLETIONS, BUT THEY ARE LUCKY TO ONLY BE DOWN SEVEN. >> Chris: GEORGIA TECH WILL START -- COLBY HARVEY IS DOWN ON THE FIELD. >> Cole: I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE GEORGIA TECH HEAD COACH AT HALF AND HE SAID, THIS GAME IS GOING EXACTLY THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT WOULD, WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A CLOSE GAME. I ASKED HIM ABOUT SYRACUSE QUARTERBACK KYLE McCORD AND LIMITING HIM, HE HAS ALREADY THROWN FOR 486 YARD PASSING. HE SAID, WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP THE COVERAGE ON THE SLEEPING RECEIVERS, YOU HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP THE COVERAGE WITH THE QUARTERBACK. HE ALSO SAID THE TEMPO IS WHAT HAS WORKED FOR GEORGIA TECH IN THE FIRST HALF. HE WANTS TO SEE MORE, BUT ALSO WANTS TO SEE THEM HAVE VARYING TEMPOS ON THIS DRIVE HERE. >> ChChris: HAYNES KING WILL START THE YELLOWJACKETS OFF. THE RUNNING BACK IN THAT FIRST HALF, 11 CARRIES, WENT TO THE YARD. OTHER THAN HAYNES KING, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY ABLE TO GET GOING AND RUN THE FOOTBALL. >> Mark: THEY REALLY HAVEN'T. WE TALKED ABOUT SOMEBODY WITH THE MISSED TACKLE AND THE SECONDARY, BUT THE FRONT SEVEN HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD SO FAR THIS GAME. >> Chris: HAYNES KING OVER THE MIDDLE. GOING TO TRY TO HIT HIS TIGHT END OVER THE MIDDLE. >> Mark: NUMBER 10 DID A GREAT JOB OF JUST HITTING THAT ZONE. THIRD DOWN AND LONG, FORCING KING AGAIN TO DROP BACK AND THROW THE FOOTBALL. HAS NOT BROUGHT PRESSURE ON THIRD DOWN AND LONG, YET, IN THIS GAME. GETS IT ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT HE WILL BE NOWHERE NEAR THE ARK OF THE GAME. THE ST. LOUIS TRANSFER LOOKING TO MAKE THE DROP. >> Mark: BACK IN COVERAGE AGAIN, ONLY RUNS THE THREE AND GEORGIA TECH TALKS ABOUT VICE TACKLING A FOOTBALL, YOU HAVE ONE DEFENDER COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE, ONE COMING FROM THE INSIDE, A PHENOMENAL JOB OF TACKLING THE TIGHT END ON THE SIDELINE. OF COURSE -- BE ONE >> Chris: TREBOR PENA STANDING BY. TO SHANAHAN AND THAT WILL GO TO THE END ZONE. >> Mark: WHAT A FIRST HALF FOR KYLE McCORD. 19 OF 20, 286 YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWNS THROUGH THE AIR. HE IS EVERYTHING SYRACUSE HANS HOPE FOR AND MORE, AND WHEN HE ANNOUNCED LAST DECEMBER THAT HE WAS ADVANCING FROM OHIO STATE TO SYRACUSE. >> Mark: WHEN COLEY GOT FRAN BROWN AT THE SIDELINE, HE SAID, WHY ARE YOU HAVING SO MUCH SUCCESS? HE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE QUARTERBACK, KYLE McCORD, THAT IS WHY WE ARE HAVING SUCCESS. REALLY PUSHING KYLE McCORD TO LEAD THIS TEAM. FOR 6/4, HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. OPEN POCKET TO THE RIGHT. ON THE MONEY, FIRST DOWN. THAT IS ANOTHER ELEMENT OF KYLE McCORD, GETTING OUT OF THE POCKET AND THROWING ON THE RUN, CHANTING -- CHANGING THE RUNWAYS FOR THE DEFENSE OF THROW. >> Chris: McCORD IS UP TO 300 YARDS WITH THAT COMPLETION. IT GOES OUT BUT THERE WILL BE NO GAIN ON THE PLAY. >> Mark: THIS PLAY DESIGNED BY TYLER SANTUCCI OFF THE EDGE, AND KYLE EFFORD HASN'T MADE THE COVERAGE PLAY -- IN THE FIRST HALF, HE MADE A GREAT COVERAGE PLAY THERE TO BRING DOWN LEQUINT ALLEN. >> Chris: THEY NEEDED A TACKLE ON THE EDGE, AND THEY GOT ONE FROM WARREN BURRELL. THE TRANSFER FROM TENNESSEE HAS GOTTEN OFF TO A GREAT START THIS SEASON FOR GEORGIA TECH. >> Mark: KYLE McCORD SEES THE CUSHION ON THE OUTSIDE AND HE GETS IT. NOW A ROAD BY UMARI HATCHER AND YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THEY HAVE DONE THAT SO MANY TIMES, THERE WILL BE A MOMENT WHERE THEY TAKE THAT ROUTE, THEY SEND SOMEBODY DEEP. YOU SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO PLAY TIGHTER COVERAGE AND OPEN UP A DEEP SHOT. >> Chris: THIRD DOWN AND SIX. ALLEN NOW BACK IN THE BACKFIELD WITH McCORD. THAT BRINGS PRESSURE. HE CAN'T GET THERE AND I THINK THIS IS A GAIN, THAT LOOKED LIKE A GOOD SHOT. THEY GOT HARVEY AT THE 44. >> Mark: HE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB FROM HIS SAFETY POSITION, TRACKING TREBOR PENA ALL ACROSS THE FIELD. HE JUST GETS IN THE FIELD POSITION AND JUST COMES DOWNHILL, USES THAT FEED. >> Chris: WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS DECISION, KEEPING THE OFFENSE ON THE FIELD? >> Mark: I LIKE THIS DECISION. >> Chris: SO, FORD, UNDER CENTER, BUT WENT BEHIND. NOW, FRAN BROWN USES HIS TIME- OUT. >> Referee: SYRACUSE USES ITS FIRST TIME-OUT OF >>> BALL IS ON THEIR OWN 44 YARD LINE, FOURTH AND ONE FOR SYRACUSE. COACH FRAN BROWN CALLED IT A TIME-OUT. WHAT WE ARE WATCHING DURING THE BREAK, MARK. >> Mark: A LOT OF OFFENSIVE PLAYERS IN THE HUDDLE WHEN THEY WERE DISCUSSING. THEY BROUGHT THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OVER TO THE BENCH, CALLED OVER THE PUNT TEAM, NOW WITH HIS OFFENSE BACK ON THE FIELD, THEY ARE GOING TO GO FOR IT AT THIRD AND ONE. >> Chris: A DOUBLE TIGHT END BACK ON THE TOP OF THIS FORMATION. LOOKING AROUND, EASY FIRST DOWN. THERE IS ZEED HAYNES AND HE PICKED UP SOME BIG-TIME YARDAGE, ABLE TO BRING IT DOWN. >> Mark: EASY MONEY FOR DEREK BROWN AND A GREAT PLAY CALL. THERE IS NO EDGE TO THIS GEORGIA TECH DEFENSE, AND NUMBER 5, JUST DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO RUN ON THE OUTSIDE. >> Chris: BACK IN GEORGIA TECH TERRITORY. >> Mark: WE WERE TALKING DURING THAT LITTLE BREAK, IT IS A DUSTY GOAL. IT IS YOUR FIRST TIME AS A HEAD COACH, FIRST TIME IN ACC PLAY ON YOUR SIDE OF THE FIELD AND YOU GET THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO FOR IT, OF COURSE IT WILL BE GUSTY PLAY. LIKE, HEY, WE WANT TO WIN THIS GAME, WE CAN GET ONE YARD. >> Chris: THEY DID. >> Mark: THEY GOT 11. >> Chris: NOW, BACK ON THE GEORGIA TECH SIDE OF THE FIELD AGAIN. >> Mark: REALLY NICE JOB TO GET OUT THERE AND MAKE THAT TACKLE FOR ONLY A SEVEN YARD GAIN, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A 20 YARD GAIN. >> Chris: YEAH, AND YOU SEE THAT CAT AND MOUSE GAME WITH JEFF NIXON AND THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR TRYING TO PICK OFF THESE LINEBACKERS FOR GEORGIA TECH. FEELING LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE AS GOOD AS COVERAGE GUYS IN RECEIVERS AS THEY DO IN LEQUINT ALLEN AND ORONDE GADSDEN. THIRD DOWN AND THREE. PRESSURE ON THE INSIDE. FOUR DEFINES THE RECEIVER. THAT IS HAYNES, AGAIN. >> Mark: I DON'T KNOW HOW HE SAW THAT OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE. HE KNOWS THE OFFENSE SO WELL. HE SEES THIS PRESSURE COMING, I'M JUST GOING TO CALL BILLY -- CALMLY BACKUP GO TO MY FIRST READ, SECOND READ, LET'S JUST DO A LITTLE TIGHT ARM PASS FOR FIRST DOWN. YOU ARE WATCHING A GUY WHO IS AN EXPERIENCED QUARTERBACK, HE KNOWS THE PLAYBOOK LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND AND HE IS PLAYING WITH COMPOSURE OF THE LEVEL OF AN ELITE QUARTERBACK THAT WILL GET TO GO TO THE NFL. >> Chris: 7 OF 9 PASSING. HAYNES, DEFENDANT BEAUTIFULLY BY BURRELL. >> Mark: THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL RECOVERY BY WARREN BURRELL, THE TRANSFER OUT OF TENNESSEE. ON THE INSIDE MOVED, HE HAS GREAT RECOVERY. BUT, THE SLICE BACK UNDERNEATH HIM PREVENTS THE CATCH FROM ZEED HAYNES. >> Chris: 6 FOR 6 ON THIS DRIVE BEFORE THAT INCOMPLETION. A SECOND DOWN AND 10. PULL BACK INTO THE GAME, DOUBLE TIGHT END FOR THE FULLBACK. PICKS UP FOUR YARDS AND WILL BRING UP THIRD DOWN. >> Mark: SOMETHING ABOUT A FULLBACK IN THE GAME JUST GETS ME -- BUT OLD SCHOOL SYRACUSE FOOTBALL. LOOK AT THE BEEF ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT OFFENSIVE LINE, TOO. THAT FULLBACK IN FRONT OF LEQUINT ALLEN. YOU HAVE MAX PAYING OUT THERE, THE OTHER TIT END. >> Chris: THIRD AND SIX, OR LONG AND SIX. YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN -- AND THE OTHER WAY -- BACK ON THE RECEIVING END, THE COVERAGE WAS NOT BAD. JUST A PERFECT FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE GUYS THAT FRAN BROWN GOT TO COME HERE? I MEAN, JACKSON HAYNES FROM GEORGIA, KYLE McCORD FROM OHIO STATE -- THIS GUY HAS NEVER BEEN HEAD COACH BEFORE, AND HE RELATED SO WELL TO THE PLAYERS. >> Mark: STARTS THE OWN 20 BEFORE THE PLAY FAKE. ROARS FROM THE CROWD HERE ALMOST LIKE THEY EXPECT EVERY PASS TO BE AN INCOMPLETION. >> Chris: THAT IS KIND OF HOW I FEEL IN THE BOOTH. LIKE, THAT PASS IS RIGHT WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE. >> Chris: JACKETS WIN THREE AND OUT FOR THIS SECOND HALF. JUST TRYING TO PICK AND CHOOSE THE SPOTS. GOT THREE. SYRACUSE DOWN TO THIS GEORGIA TECH DEFENSE, THEY HAVE TO BE GUESSING RIGHT NOW. >> Mark: THEY DO. THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE FIELD THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS FOOTBALL GAME, AND THE CONSISTENT CONVERSIONS OF THIRD DOWN BY SYRACUSE -- 40 CONVERSIONS, SEVEN ON THE DAY, HAS REALLY KEPT THEM ON THE FIELD. KEPT THEM WINDED, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T CATCH YOUR BREATH, AND THEN YOU SEE THIS A LOT IN THE RED ZONE. JUST TRYING TO GET IT TO A GOOD OUTCOME OF JUST OVER SHOT, BUT THAT DOES BRING UP FOURTH DOWN. >> Mark: AND THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES WE SEE KYLE McCORD, THERE IS A PUSH INSIDE AND KYLE McCORD HAD TO KIND OF THROW IT OVER THE OFFENSIVE LINE, ON HIS BACK FOOT. GREAT JOB BY GEORGIA TECH, HOLDING SYRACUSE TO ONLY A FIELD GOAL ON THAT DRIVE, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO GETTING PRESSURED BY KYLE McCORD. MARK DOWN THIFTS THE UPRIGHT. >>> THE GREAT DWIGHT REED HAD HIS JERSEY RETIRED AT HALFTIME. MARK, HE WAS A BEAST. SO QUICK. >> Mark: HE WAS SO GOOD. OBVIOUSLY, HAD A PHENOMENAL NFL CAREER, HE WAS OUT THERE WEARING HIS GOLD JACKET IN FRONT OF THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME. >> Chris: THERE HE IS AT THE HALF, WITH HIS FAMILY. >> Mark: AND THERE IT GOES, UP IN THE RAFTERS, FOREVER. A PRETTY COOL MOMENT. >> Chris: YEAH, HE WILL HAVE THAT 54 TO TAKE HOME WITH HIM. HAS SYRACUSE GOING FOR IT WHILE AT HALFTIME, HAD A HUGE OVATION. >> Mark: HE SAID THIS IS THE LOUDEST PLACE HE HAS EVER PLAYED. THEY ARE GOING TO PICK IT UP. BACK AT THE 21. THEY ARE WATCHING THAT VIDEO MONTAGE LIKE, WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO SHOW HIM GETTING CLOBBERED LIKE HE DID? THEN YOU SEE HIM COMING OFF THE EDGE. WELL, PRESSING ISSUES FOR GEORGIA TECH FANS, HOW DO THEY KEEP UP WITH THIS SYRACUSE JUGGERNAUT OFFENSIVELY? IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IN THAT FIRST HALF, THAT FIELD GOAL HAD A PUNT ON THAT POSSESSION, WITH THE BLOCKED PUNT, COULDN'T GET ANY POINTS FROM THAT POSSESSION. WE SEE WHAT THEY DO HERE. JUST MOWS DOWN THAT SPACE, NO GAME. >> Mark: MISSED A TACKLE ON A POOR ANGLE EARLIER IN THE GAME. AT THAT TIME, HE CAME DOWN WITH A PURPOSE. DID A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING HIM DOWN WHEN HE WAS ON TARGET. >> Chris: SHE TRANSFERRED TO LSU AND TRANSFERRED BACK DURING THE OFF-SEASON. SECOND DOWN AND 10, YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD GETTING INTO IT. GETS THE BALL IN SPACE, RIGHT THERE. OUT TO THE 37. DEREK McDONALD TRACKED IT DOWN. >> Mark: UP TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AFTER A BIG PLAY. LOOKS LIKE SYRACUSE WILL HIT THEM WITH ANOTHER ONE. >> Chris: ERIC SINGLETON IN MOTION. ONCE AGAIN, THEY GET IT TO LUIS RUTHERFORD FOR FOUR YARDS. >> Mark: MALIK RUTHERFORD, SO DANGEROUS WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE STAR PLAYER, JUSTIN BARRON, MADE HIM MISS A HUGE GAME. >> Chris: GETS A WHISTLE, DRAGGED DOWN. >> Referee: OFFSIDES, OFFENSE. FIRST DOWN. >> Chris: FIRST PENALTY AGAINST GEORGIA TECH TODAY, IT WILL EASE THAT FIVE YARDS. JAMAL HAYNES AFFORDED A LITTLE BIT OF A TAILBACK SPOT, BUT HE WILL HANG ON. SECOND DOWN AND 12 NOW. HAYNES WILL BLOW. THERE IS SINGLETON. LONG DRIVE FOR THE JACKETS. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. PENA IS RID OF IT. GETS TO RUTHERFORD IN THE BACK END. >> Mark: THAT WAS A GREAT QUICK GAME UP FRONT. BUT, IF YOU ARE DEREK McDONALD, WHO JUST DID A GREAT JOB OF GETTING PRESSURE RIGHT AWAY. IF YOU ARE WATCHING HERE, GOES IN, LOOPS THROUGH, AND BOTH OF THESE GUYS GET A PUSH RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, AND McDONALD GETS A BIG HIT ON KING AS HE RELEASES THE FOOTBALL. >> Chris: DAVID SHANAHAN BACK TO PICK IT UP. COMES UP THE SIDELINE MAKING A RETURN. THIS WILL END UP >>> KEEP IT HERE ON THE ACC NETWORK ALL DAY LONG. UP NEXT, TAKING THE SHORT BUS RIDE UP TO CHAPEL HILL TO TAKE ON NORTH CAROLINA AT 8:30. THEN, APPALACHIAN STATE TAKING ON CLEMSON IN DEATH VALLEY. FIND ALL OF THOSE GAMES AND EVERY LIVE EVENT WITH WHERE TO WATCH ONLY ON THE ESPN APP AND ESPN.COM. SYRACUSE HAS OWNED THE POSSESSIONS, THEY HAVE OWNED THE PLAYS IN THIS GAME. YARDAGE IS JUST A BIT OVER 400. THEY GET THE BALL BACK WITH 4:06 LEFT IN THIS THIRD QUARTER. GEORGIA TECH IN DESPERATE NEED TO GET THIS DEFENSE OFF THE FIELD. YOU SEE HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE FIELD DURING THE GAME. FOUR TO GO. RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, IT IS HAYNES. BURRELL WITH GOOD COVERAGE ON THE PLAY. JUST ABOUT A FOUR YARDER. NOW, SYRACUSE NEEDS THE BIG, OLD NUMBER 77 OUT WIDE. GETS IT IN THIS FORMATION. PICKS UP THREE. CLAYTON POWELL-WE BRINGS THEM DOWN. >> Mark: LOOK AT THIS GUY HERE, IT IS JUST A NUMBERS GAME. OKAY, WE SEE NUMBER 11 RUN OUT THERE, BUT WE HAVE A GOOD TACKLE. >> Chris: YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PLAYERS ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THEN, YOU REALLY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR FORMATION. >> Mark: YOU DO. >> Chris: THIRD DOWN. THAT BRINGS PRESSURE OFF OF THE EDGE. FOR THE FIRST DOWN AND WRITE ON THE END. >> Mark: THE DUAL THREAT PASSER. THERE WAS NO ONE WHO HAD FIVE YARDS -- KYLE McCORD RIGHT OPEN IN THE RUNNING LANE. WHAT A CONVERSION BY KYLE McCORD, AND WHAT A JOB BY THE BIG RUNNERS UP FRONT FOR SYRACUSE. >> Chris: 15 YARDS, HIS LONGEST RUN OF THE DAY. SLOWS DOWN THE PATTERN. RIGHT HERE, EIGHT AND FIVE. >> Mark: THE TIGHT END HIT AWAY, THE BALL IS CLOSE TO HITTING THE GROUND. ANOTHER WRINKLE IN THEIR PACKAGE, GETTING DAN SALARI AND INVOLVED IN THE PASSING GAME. >> Chris: A FORMER QUARTERBACK AT MICHIGAN. HE WAS THE WILDCARD THE LAST THREE GAMES. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THE ORANGE. MADE A BIG TACKLE. I MEAN, WATCH THIS LANE RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. >> Mark: WILL NIXON, THERE IS NOBODY THERE. THAT IS -- THAT HAS TO BE THIS ASSIGNMENT. THERE HAS GOT TO BE A GUY IN THAT GAP. >> Chris: WE ARE BACK UNDER CENTER. BACK INTO GEORGIA TECH TERRITORY FOR THREE YARDS. AGAIN, THE CORNERBACK MAKING THE TACKLE IN WARREN BURRELL. >> Mark: THAT IS WHAT GEORGIA TECH WANTS TO DO WITH THE BALL. THEY WANT TO BOUNCE IT IN AND OUT, BUT THE CORNERS HAVE TO MAKE SOME TACKLES IN THOSE CASES, SAY GOOD JOB THERE. BUT, THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THEY PLAYED GEORGIA LAST YEAR, BUT CAN THEY STOP THE RUNS? ESPECIALLY THE INSIDE RUNS. THEY HAVE SO FAR THIS YEAR, BUT THAT LAST RUN, WITH WILL NIXON, THAT WILL DO IT. >> Chris: ALMOST THERE AT THE 6. COULDN'T QUITE GET IT, THOUGH. THIRD AND SEVEN WITH 13 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER. >> Mark: MAN, THIS FEELS LIKE A BIG PLAY FOR JORDAN STASH. YOU WANT TO GET BACK IN THIS GAME AND YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BALL BACK, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET A TRY HERE. >> Chris: THAT BRINGS UP THREE, SO McCORD HAS TIED AND ANOTHER BIG STOP TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM GADSDEN AND IT IS FOURTH DOWN. ROBINSON WAS IN ON THE PRESSURE. >> Mark: GOOD JOB BY RODNEY SHELLEY, GETTING HIS HAND IN THERE. BUT, FOR ORONDE GADSDEN, HE HAS GOT TO COME BACK TO THE FOOTBALL. HE IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE OUTSIDE, HE HAS GOT TO GET FRIENDLY TO THE QUARTERBACK AND MAKE THAT CATCH. THAT WAS A WELL DELIVERED FOOTBALL, RIGHT TO RODNEY SHELLEY. BUT, THAT IS ON ORONDE GADSDEN FOR NOT COMING BACK TO HIS QUARTERBACK AND MAKING A PLAY ON THE BALL. >> Chris: RODNEY SHELLEY BACK FOR A PUNT. GOOD EYES ON THE CAKE. AT ABOUT THE 10 YARD LINE AND THAT IS WHERE HE IS MARKED. THAT WILL END THE THIRD QUARTER. SO, GEORGIA TECH >>> COACH, I JUST SAW YOU SAY "MUSTARD SEED" TO YOUR GUYS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER? >> IT JUST MEANS ANYTHING CAN GROW, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. IT IS VIABLE, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, IT IS ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF GOD. THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALWAYS GIVING OUR BEST, UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE HERE, WHY WE ARE DOING THIS. >> Coley: THANKS, COACH. >> Chris: 24-10 AS WE START THE FOURTH QUARTER. GEORGIA TECH WITH THE BALL, BUT BACKED UP AT THE 11 YARD LINE. RUTHERFORD IN MOTION. TEAM GETS IT OUT TO HIM. >> Mark: YOU HEAR COACH FRAN ON THE PLAY. >> Chris: YELLOWJACKET STAFF QUICK TO CHECK ON THEIR RECEIVER. OBVIOUSLY, BRANDON IS CONCERNED. WANTS TO TAKE THE TIME TO TALK TO HIS OFFENSE, THOUGH. RUTHERFORD CHECKS THE MIDDLE RECEIVER COMING INTO THIS GAME, HE HAS BEEN GOOD COMING INTO THIS GAME. IT IS A SHAME TO SEE HIM DOWN LIKE THAT. >> Mark: LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. LOOKS LIKE HE GOT HURT RIGHT ON THE TACKLE WHEN HE WAS DRIVEN TO THE TURF. IT LOOKS BARREN OUT THERE. DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE, BUT THAT LOOKED LIKE A HARD DRIVE INTO THE TURF, AT NUMBER EIGHT IN BLUE. LOSING HIM WOULD BE MASSIVE, A MASSIVE LOSS FOR THIS GEORGIA TECH TEAM. FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS, HE REALLY HAS BEEN THEIR GO TO GUY, AS FAR AS RECEIVERS. COMING INTO THIS GAME, HE HAD 11 CATCHES FOR 197 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN, BY FARTHER LEADING RECEIVER, 7 OF 9 TARGETS IN THIS CONTEST, TOO, MARK. >> Chris: IF TECH WANTS TO GET BACK INTO THIS GAME, THEY NEED PLAYERS LIKE THAT THAT CAN PUT THE BALL IN SPACE, AND THEY WILL HAVE TO RELY ON PLAYERS LIKE CHASE LANE AND ERIC SINGLETON A LITTLE BIT MORE. CHRISTIAN LEARY, AS WELL. IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, SYRACUSE LEADING BY 10 HERE, THAT WAS THE FIRST PLAY OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND HAYNES KING HAD A GOOD GAME AS QUARTERBACK FOR GEORGIA TECH, BUT NOTHING COULD SURPASS KYLE McCORD AFTER PASSING FOR 3:54 AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS LAST WEEK, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE ECLIPSED THAT NUMBER THIS WEEK. >> Mark: HE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL IN THIS GAME AND THE REASON GEORGIA TECH HAS 14 POINTS, REALLY, TWO BLOWN PLAYS DEFENSIVELY BY SYRACUSE, WHERE HAYNES KING HAS USED HIS LEGS TO SCORE. OTHER THAN THAT, SYRACUSE DEFENSE HAS HAD GEORGIA TECH'S NUMBER MOST OF THIS GAME AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE RED ZONE COMPLETELY. NOT ONE SNAPPED SO FAR IN THIS GAME GEORGIA TECH HAS HAD IN THE OPPONENTS' 20 YARD LINE AND IN. >> Chris: RUTHERFORD IS ABLE TO GET OFF AND WALK ON HIS OWN PROWESS, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. AND WHERE SPARROW SHUTS IT DOWN, JUST FOR A COUPLE OF YARDS. THIRD DOWN AND TWO. >> Mark: THE RUN GAME HAS NOT BEEN CLICKING FOR GEORGIA TECH. FIRST TWO WEEKS OF FOOTBALL, ITCHING TO SEE WHAT THEY DO, AND IF THEY GO RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE, OR NOT. >> Chris: THIS IS THE THIRD DOWN. SHARP AREA ON THE TACKLE, BUT HAYNES KING WAS ABLE TO PICK UP ABOUT EIGHT YARDS AT THE 26. >> Mark: DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AS A QUARTERBACK COUNTER. YOU PULL IT ACROSS, AND HAYNES KING JUST TAKES IT FULL. >> Chris: NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IT IN THE POCKET AND KEEP IT FROM THE RECEIVER ON THE FAR SIDE AS THE RUNNING BACK. THE DEAL DIGS COMING OUT TO MAKE THE PASS. HE IS AWESOME, MAN. >> Mark: HE IS. AND HE IS PLAYING THIS OFF THE BALL LINEBACKER AT TIMES. YOU SEE HIM RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, NUMBER 10, HE COULD COME IN FROM ANYWHERE. >> Chris: SECOND AND SEVEN. KING WILL THROW. GOES TO CHASE LANE. >> Mark: YOU SEE HAYNES KING YELLING AT HIS WIDE RECEIVER, THAT YOU WANT HIM TO GET IN THE ZONE THERE, MAYBE? I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE ADJUSTMENT WAS, BUT THE ADJUSTMENT DIDN'T SEE BUT HAYNES KING DID. >> Chris: SETTING US UP RIGHT HERE FOR THIRD AND LONG. HAYNES WILL THROW AGAIN. HE HAS TIME, BUT HE HAS ENOUGH FOR THE FIRST DOWN. HIS TIGHT END IS GOING TO THROW IT A LITTLE BIT SHY. ON THE RECEIVING END, HE IS ABOUT A YARD SHY. GOT IN THE BACKFIELD! GUESS WHO? FADIL DIGGS! >> Mark: FADIL DIGGS ABSOLUTELY DESTROYS THE LEFT GUARD, . HE PUTS THEM RIGHT ON HIS END, AND LOOK WHAT HE DOES, RIGHT HERE, TO NUMBER 67. SIT DOWN! LET ME GET SOME OF THAT BALLCARRIER! >> Chris: WELL, WE TALKED A LOT IN THE OPEN, MARK, ABOUT HOW GEORGIA TECH COMING INTO THIS GAME HAS REALLY IMPROVED IN THE TRENCHES AND IT HAS BEEN SYRACUSE -- THEY HAVE OWNED THE TRENCHES IN THIS CONTEST AND THEY SHOWED IT RIGHT THERE ON THAT PLAY. NIXON AND COMPANY, THEY WANT THIRD AND FIVE. COLEY, WHAT IS GOING ON? >> Coley: HEY, GUYS, I TALKED WITH SYRACUSE TIGHT END FADIL DIGGS EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THAT PHYSICAL TOUGHNESS AND HE SAID THIS DEFENSE NEEDED TO PLAY THAT WAY AGAINST GEORGIA TECH THIS WEEK. IN FACT, HE SAID, WE WANT TO BE THE HAMMER AND NOT THE NAIL. WE NEED TO IMPOSE OUR WILL ON THESE GUYS, BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO RUN THE BALL. THANKFULLY, IT IS THAT PHYSICALITY, AND IN HIS WORDS, VIOLENCE IS WHAT CAN REALLY STOP THIS GEORGIA TECH OFFENSE. >> Chris: THAT WILL BE 79 YARDS RUSHING ON THE DAY, 58 OF THEM ON THIS FOURTH CARRIE FROM KING. WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON GUARD. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: YOU KNOW, THAT WORD "VIOLENT," PEOPLE SHY AWAY FROM THAT NOW. LIKE, THIS IS A VIOLENT GAME. EVERY PLAY, ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, YOU WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND YOU WANT TO HURT ANOTHER PLAYER. YOU DON'T WANT TO INJURE THEM, YOU DON'T WANT TO RETIRE THEM FROM THE FIELD, BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE THEM FEEL YOU, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THAT PLAY. >> Chris: TREBOR PENA. THE RARE MISS BY McCORD ON THE DAY. HE WAS JUST THREE YARDS SHY OF A CAREER PASSING GAME. A RECORD HE SET LAST WEEK WITH 354 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. >> Mark: SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD WEEK FOR KYLE McCORD. >> Chris: HE'S DANCING AROUND 350 EVERY GAME AND YOU HAVE SEVEN TOUCHDOWN PASSES AND ONE PICK ON THE YEAR, A GOOD START. >> Mark: YEAH, NOT BAD. >> Chris: BACK ON THE SIDE. GAIN OF ABOUT EIGHT. ON THE TOP, BUT SYRACUSE HAS JUST BEEN WEARING DOWN THIS GEORGIA TECH DEFENSE. >> Mark: GEORGIA TECH, RIGHT, THEY ARE RANKED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN I DON'T KNOW WHEN, 2015 -- I KNOW YOU WOULD KNOW. THEY COME OUT HERE, AND THERE IS EXPECTATIONS. WHEN WE WIN, DIFFERENT STUFF COMES ALONG WITH THEM. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE THOSE EXPECTATIONS? BEFORE THIS GAME, THEY HAVE BEEN OUTMATCHED BY SYRACUSE. GOING DOWN. >> Mark: PRETTY ATHLETIC PLAY. PRETTY ATHLETIC RUNNING BACK. >> Chris: NOT ONLY DID THEY BRING IN KYLE McCORD, SPEAKING OF THE WEAPONS THEY BROUGHT IN, BUT THAT MAN IN SYRACUSE WITH A COACHING CHANGE, THAT WAS HUGE. THAT RUNNING BACK, FOR THE TACKLE AND TO GET OUT FOR THE WIDE RECEIVER -- McCORD WIDELY POPS THE THREE. >> Referee: FOR THE PASS, OFFENSE, FIVE YARD PENALTY, FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: A FEW THINGS THAT HAVEN'T GONE RIGHT FOR SYRACUSE OFFENSIVELY TODAY. A LITTLE WRINKLE. >> Chris: AND YOU SEE A LOT OF WRINKLES TODAY FROM THAT OFFENSE. >> Mark: WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF THE GAME, THAT CAN CONVERT TO A FIRST DOWN. IT ALLOWS YOU TO DEAL WITH THESE WRINKLES AND THAT PUTS A LOT OF FILM FOR THE NEXT SEASON. JUST WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT BE AGAIN. >> Chris: PENA DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACKFIELD. FINALLY, HE IS ABLE TO BE TACKLED BY SAEED GIBBS. ALMOST LIKE THAT KING TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST HALF. YOU KNOW THAT HE ALMOST HAD HIM DOWN, BUT -- >> Mark: IT LOOKED LIKE A PRETTY GOOD GAP. UNBELIEVABLE JOB BY TREBOR PENA TO GET THAT HANDOUT. >> Chris: CITED GIBBS TO MAKE SURE HE WASN'T GOING TO GET ANY MORE OUT OF IT. SO, HOW TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT. NOW, THE DFL. SECOND DOWN AND GOLD, BUT THEY ARE ALREADY BACK ON THE SECOND TEAM. THE GEORGIA THROW -- IN THE POCKET BY THE RECEIVER. WE MENTIONED LEQUINT ALLEN, MARK, IS PRETTY HAPPY. HE IS PRETTY HAPPY WITH THIS YOUNG MAN'S FEED, AS WELL. >> Mark: ORONDE GADSDEN GOT A LEG INJURY LAST YEAR. IN 2022, HE WAS THE TOP TARGET FOR SYRACUSE, ONE OF THE BEST TIGHT ENDS IN THE NATION, AND HE HAS COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE THIS YEAR. FOUR -- FOUR -- DEFENDERS AROUND HIM. AND WITH THAT HEIGHTENED LEG, KYLE McCORD STILL ABLE TO PUSH THE FOOTBALL TO HIM. GREAT JOB OUT STRETCHING TO GET A TOUCHDOWN. >> Chris: ANOTHER P.A.T. PACKS ON ANOTHER ONE. FIRST, IT WAS DEFENSIVELY, MARK. THE FOURTH DOWN STOPS FOR THIS ORANGE DEFENSE, THAT LED TO THE DRIVE FOR POINTS. >> Mark: AND IT STARTED WITH TOUGHNESS WITH FADIL DIGGS, A LITTLE BIT OF DEPTH ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THEN BA >>> AN IMPRESSIVE AFTERNOON FOR THE SYRACUSE ORANGE. THEY LEAD 31 -14 WITH 8:39 REMAINING. THEY SEE THE YARDAGE TOTALS, AND ANOTHER MASSIVE GAIN, 368 YARDS, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, AND NO PICKS FOR KYLE McCORD. CAREER-HIGH. >> Mark: HE HAS BEEN SO GOOD. I MEAN, HE REALLY HAS. WE ARE SITTING UP HERE LIKE, SYRACUSE IS GOOD. IT IS A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM THAT WE ARE WATCHING OUT HERE. LOOK FOR, OKAY, WHERE IS THE BIG HOLE? YOU JUST DON'T SEE IT. >> Chris: GETS UP TO RUN, AND GOES BACK TO WORK. THEY GOT SO MUCH BETTER BETWEEN WEEK ONE AND WEEK TWO, THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN A RUNNING ATTACK, AND NOW THROUGH THE AIR. CHASED OUT OF BALANCE BY JUSTIN BARRON. THAT WILL BE ABOUT FIVE. THEY NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY. KING HASSOME PRESSURE, GETS IT OUT TO JAMAAL HAYNES. THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN. KING, AGAIN, TO THROW. PICK UP OF ABOUT EIGHT. COLEY, WHAT'S UP? >> Coley: WIDE RECEIVER, MALIK RUTHERFORD, LEFT THE FIELD. HE WAS BEING EVALUATED BY HIS TRAINER ON THE SIDELINE, AND EVERY TIME HE TOUCHED THE AREA, HE WINCED IN PAIN. HE IS IN THE LOCKER ROOM RIGHT NOW. >> Chris: APPRECIATE IT, COLEY. FOR THIS GAME, HE WAS MOVED FORWARD. I BELIEVE BAILEY STOCKTON REPLACEMENT -- THE 5'10" SOPHOMORE FROM GEORGIA. >> Chris: THERE IS LEWIS DEFENDING ON THE PLAY TRYING TO GET IT TO HIS TIGHT END, HIS FORMER RECEIVER, AVERY BOYD. >> Mark: THEY ONLY HAVE THREE DEFENDERS RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET OVER THE TOP OF KING AND HE DOES DECIDE TO PULL THBALL DOWN AND RUN AND THERE IS JUST NO SEPARATION BY THESE WIDE RECEIVERS, BEING ABLE TO FIND IT IN THE ZONE. THAT REALLY IS THE GAMEPLAY THIS YEAR. AGAIN, THREE GUYS FOR THE ANSWER. >> Chris: KING. THIRD AND ONE. GREAT PLAY BY DEREK McDONALD, THE BIG LINEBACKER GETTING A BIG STOP. THERE IS SINGLETON. WHERE ARE YOU? JACKSON HALL HAS MADE THE CATCH. LEWIS WAS IN ON THE TACKLE. THE OFFICIATING CREW TALKS IT OVER. WAITING FOR MIKE ROCHE. >> Referee: WORD ON THE FIELD IS COMPLETED CATCH, AFTER A FOUL, ROUGHING THE PASSER. >> Chris: I HAD A FEELING THIS CROWD WASN'T GOING TO LIKE THAT. >> Mark: LEWIS, NUMBER 3, COMES DOWN THE END AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE JACKSON IS ALREADY OUT OF BALANCE, RIGHT THERE. 6'6", 250 POUND TIGHT END, HE IS GOING TO BE OKAY, BUT THAT WAS A TOUGH PENALTY. >> Chris: I SAW HIM IN WARM- UPS, GOOD LOOKING ATHLETE. >> Mark: WHAT DOES THAT GUY PLAY? WHAT POSITION IS THAT GUY? WHEN HE WENT OUT AS A WIDE RECEIVER, I SAID, RED ZONE THREAT. 6'5", 220 POUNDS, HERE WE GO. >> Chris: WE GET A FLAG DOWN. THAT IS COMPLETE. BIG JUMP ON THE PLAY. >> Mark: LET'S CHECK THE FLAG, THOUGH. THAT PLAY WAS DISCOMBOBULATED FROM THE START. >> Referee: ILLEGAL SHIFT ON THE OFFENSE. FIVE YARD PENALTY, SECOND DOWN. >> Chris: THAT LOOKED LIKE THE CENTER, WESTON FRANKLIN, WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS READY TO NAB THAT BALL. >> Mark: YEAH, JAYLEN KING IS NOT EVEN LOOKING. >> Chris: AND TO COMPLETE THE PASS AFTERWARDS. FIVE YARD FLAG, THOUGH, SECOND DOWN AND 15 TO GET ANOTHER FLAG. GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION HERE. >> Mark: THE CROWD SINCE HIS BLOOD IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW. >> Referee: FALSE START, OFFENSE, NUMBER 94. FIVE YARD PENALTY. >> Mark: WITHOUT ALIJAH ROBINSON -- IFI AM DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR ELIJAH ROBINSON, THEN I AM SENDING PRESSURE, RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE OFFENSIVE LINE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT SKITTISH, YOU HAVE TWO PENALTIES IN A ROW. MAN, I WANT TO HEAT THEM UP. >> Chris: BRINGS THE THREE, KING HAS A NICE PASS CATCH. ON THE RECEIVING END, THAT BALL WAS RECEIVED PERFECTLY. >> Mark: HE HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO MAKE THAT THROW. WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE CATCH BY AVERY BOYD. >> Chris: AND THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS ONE TO MAKE SURE HE GOT THAT FOOT OUT. SEE IF BOYD GOT A FOOT IN. >>> AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, IT WAS RULED THAT THE CATCH ON THE FIELD STANDS. THIS, RIGHT HERE, IS WHERE BOYD -- THAT FOOT COUNTS. THAT IS THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE FIELD OF PLAY WHEN HE MADE THE CATCH. TAKING A LOOK AT IT, THAT LEFT FOOT, THERE, STILL ON THE FIELD WHEN HE MAKES THE CATCH. THE RULING WAS HE WAS ON THE GREEN. >> Mark: YEAH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A CATCH, WE STILL HAVE A HUGE THIRD DOWN AND SIX THAT HAYNES KING NEEDS TO PICK UP. BIGGEST PLAY OF THE GAME SO FAR IS THIS GEORGIA TECH OFFENSE. TWO >> Chris: HAS TIME NOW FOR THE RECEIVER. DOWN TO THE 5. >> Mark: BOYD IS KIND OF A PROBLEM. HE IS A FORMER RECEIVER WHO CONVERTED THE TIGHT END WHEN THEY HAD SOME INJURIES, AND HE HAS A HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE . >> Chris: HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING OPEN. >> Chris: TIME-OUT ON THE FIELD FOR AN >>> GEORGIA TECH IN THE RED ZONE FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. WE SEE THE SYRACUSE LINEBACKER. >> Mark: THIS IS WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, MOVED OVER A LITTLE BIT FASTER. SETS UP A FIRST GOAL FOR THIS GAME. >> Chris: HAYNES, GETTING THE RUN HIMSELF. PICKS UP MAY BE A YARD, AT BEST. HE GOT A SCORE, BUT ALSO SCORED IN A HURRY. KING WILL LOOK TO THROW. CORNER OF THE END ZONE -- TOUCHDOWN. >> Mark: WHAT A THRILL. >> Mark: FIRST TOUCHDOWN CATCH OF THE YEAR AND TOUCHDOWN PASS FOR CHASE LANE. >> Mark: CHASE LANE COMES ACROSS THE ONLINE, AND DOES A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING IT BELOW HIS FEET. >> Chris: SO CLOSE. >> Mark: RIGHT DOWN THE LINE, SINGLED FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. CERTAINLY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THAT VIDEO TO OVERTURN THAT CALL ON THE FIELD. WE DO LOOK AT EVERYPLACE, AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT ONE RIGHT NOW. ALMOST LIKE CLARK'S CATCH BACK IN THE DAY. >> Chris: HE HITS IT, SVETEC NOW DOWN 10. WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? >> Mark: WINDOW WE HAVE TO GET TWO FOR THE FOOTBALL SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP THE TEAM AT THREE AND OUT WERE AT LEAST TWO STEERING'S. SO, WITH FIVE MINUTES LEFT, IF YOU CAN GET A TEAM TO GO THREE AND OUT, USE THREE OF YOUR TIME- OUTS AND GET THE BALL BACK, THEN YOU DRIVE DOWN, YOU TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET, RIGHT? YOU GET TO FIELD-GOAL RANGE ON FOURTH DOWN, YOU DON'T GO FORTH AND THREE, YOU KICK THE FIELD GOAL, AND YOU SAY, WE NEED AN OUTSIDE KICK TO PUT IT IN THE END ZONE. >> ChrisTHE FIRST KEY IS STOPPING SYRACUSE, SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ALL DAY. 479 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE FOR THE ORANGE COMING INTO THIS DRIVE. >> Mark: AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT BE LINING UP, THE WAY THEY ARE POSITIONED, FOR AN ON-FIELD KICK ATTEMPT. >> Chris: IT IS AIDAN BIRR WHO WILL KICK IT TO THE JACKETS. SYRACUSE GOT A LOT OF GUYS OVER HERE. THE WAY THE BALL IS SET UP, THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE KICKING IT OVER. ATTEMPTED, HAS TO GO 10 YARDS, BOUNCED AROUND A LITTLE BIT TO HIT THE PLAYER IN ORANGE AND BLUE. IT DIDN'T GO 10 YARDS, BUT IT HIT A SYRACUSE PLAYER. IF IT DID, IT MIGHT BE A GAME POSSESSION. LOOKS LIKE IT DID. >> Mark: I HAVEN'T SEEN A SIGNAL FROM AN OFFICIAL, YET. >> Referee: IT WILL BE GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL, FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: WHILE! >> Chris: THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. A SYRACUSE PLAYER TOUCHED IT BEFORE SO THAT IS A LIVE BALL. >> Mark: HOW ABOUT THIS? FOR GEORGIA TECH, YOU BLOCK A FIELD GOAL, YOU BLOCK A PUNT, YOU RECOVER AN OFFSIDE KICK -- I MEAN, THEY ARE DOING THE LITTLE THINGS CORRECTLY. LET'S WATCH THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE KYLE EFFORD, THE LINEBACKER, RUNS OVER TO DAN VILLARI AND DAN VILLARI MAY HAVE BEEN THE SYRACUSE ORANGE PLAYER WHO TOUCHED THE FOOTBALL -- OH, NO. IT COULD HAVE BEEN FADIL DIGGS, NUMBER 10. YOU SEE NUMBER 10, FADIL DIGGS, DIES AT THE BALL AFTER HITTING HIS LEG. >> Mark: THAT PLAY WAS MORE PHYSICAL BY GEORGIA TECH. I MEAN -- AVERY BOYD. HOW ABOUT THAT? >> Chris: CAN'T GET A GREAT LOOK AT IT, BUT I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT, IT WENT RIGHT THROUGH DAN VILLARI AND HIT DIGGS RIGHT THERE. SO, GEORGIA TECH, NOT DONE, YET. I MEAN, THAT IS A HUGE PLAY! I MEAN, THAT IS A HUGE PLAY! LOOK, THIS IS IT, RIGHT NOW. IF WE ARE GOING TO GO AND GET AN OFFSIDE KICK, WE HAVE TO GET IT AS SOON AS WE CAN, AND THEY GOT IT. NOW, THE TOP RECEIVER IN THE LEAGUE -- WHO DO YOU GO WITH TO THE FOOTBALL? HAS ALL KINDS OF TIME, BUT NOW JUST THROWS IT AWAY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A RECEIVER OPEN. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ALL GAME LONG, MARK. SYRACUSE RUSHES THREE WITH COVER ON THE BACK AND STILL NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PLACES TO GO WITH IT. >> Mark: AND THEY ARE PLAYING WITH DOME COVERAGE OVER TOP. AND FADIL DIGGS IS THE GUY WHO IS KIND OF POACHING RIGHT OVER THE MIDDLE, READING THE QUARTERBACK'S EYE. >> Chris: AGAIN, THEY BRING THREE. KING WITH THE RECEIVER HAD SOMETHING, MAKES A CATCH, AND MOVES ON FOR THE STICKS. MAKE THE TACKLE TO SHAKE IT UP AND HE IS READY TO GO. >> Mark: THAT TIME, THEY HI-LOW FOR FADIL DIGGS. >> Chris: KING AGAIN OFF TO THE SIDE. GETS JAMAL HAYNES OUT OF THE BACK FOR THE FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: THEY SAY, LOOK, WE HAVE A GUY WHO IS NOT DOING HIS BEST. HE IS GOING TO BE DROPPING OVER THE MIDDLE. KING IS JUST GOING TO MANIPULATE HIM WITH THE RUNNING BACK AND THE GUY BEHIND HIM. KING, SINGLETON ON THE CATCH. HE IS INBOUND AS HE WOULD ANYWAY. >> Mark: I FEEL LIKE AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE UP, YOU HAVE TO BRING PRESSURE. >> Chris: FADIL DIGGS, THERE HE IS OUT THERE. DIGGS WITH A GREAT CATCH RIGHT IN THE MARKER. MIGHT BE A LITTLE SHY. HAYNES KING GOT ABSOLUTELY DRILLED ON THAT PLAY, TOO, WITH THE PRESSURE. >> Mark: HIS HELMET CAME OFF, SO HE HAS TO COME OFF THE FIELD FOR A PLAY. LOOK AT FADIL DIGGS, NICE MOVE UP THE MIDDLE AND THAT HELMET COMES OFF. ZACH PYRON, NUMBER 5, THE BACKUP IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW. >> Chris: ON THIRD AND ONE, ZACH PYRON, THE RUNNING QUARTERBACK, BROUGHT IN AT SIX FOOT THREE, 220 POUNDS, WITHOUT QUARTERBACK POWER. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DECIDING TO DO RIGHT NOW. TIME-OUT, NO PRESSURE. AND THEY EMPTY OUT THE BACKFIELD. CARRYING IN MOTION. IT TAKES IT TO HIM. THAT TAKES US TO FIRST DOWN. >> Mark: THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO. ZACH PYRON IS THAT SHORT QUARTERBACK FOR THEM, SO WHY CHANGE IT UP? GEORGIA TECH COULD HAVE CALLED A TIME-OUT, BUT THEN THEY GOT HAYNES KING BACK OFF THE FIELD. LOOKING FOR A TIME-OUT AS THEY NEED TO GET THE BALL BACK AGAIN. >> Chris: HAYNES TO PASS COME IN THE END ZONE -- >> Mark: GOOD COVERAGE BY LEWIS. KING IS GOING RIGHT. THAT BLOCKER IS IN FRONT OF HIM. DOWN TO THE 15. >> Chris: ALSO GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT SHY, SO IT IS THIRD AND ONE. SOME SPEED HERE IN THE DOME. TO THE END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN, YELLOWJACKETS! WE HAVE BEEN WITH JAMAL HAYNES ALL WEEK ABOUT KEEPING THE BALL INSIDE. WATCH HIM COME DOWN ON THE BIG TIGHT ENDS. THE THINGS ABOUT BELTING IT, BUT KEEPS IT IN THE MIDDLE FOR A HUGE GAME, GIVING HIS TEAM A CHANCE IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME. >> Chris: NOW, THE P.A.T. AND IT IS A THREE-POINT GAME WITH 2:31 TO GO. TWO TIME-OUTS LEFT ON THE BOARD. SPORTS TAKE OVER SUNDAY AFTERNOONS ON THE ACC NETWORK. TOMORROW AT NOON EASTERN, FIELD HOCKEY, OHIO STATE AT SYRACUSE. THE ORANGE RANKED 10th IN THE COUNTRY, THAT GAME WILL BE PLAYED JUST A COUPLE MILES DOWN THE ROAD. FOLLOWED BY SOCCER, MARKET, AND NUMBER NINE NOTRE DAME. FIND THOSE EVENTS AND WHERE TO WATCH ONLY ON THE ESPN APP AND ESPN.COM. YOU HAVE THREE TIME-OUTS, BUT YOU HAVE TO, DON'T YOU? >> Referee: DOWN AT THE 91. THE RECEIVING TEAM WAS DOWN AT THE 91. >> Chris: I THINK YOU KICK THIS ONE DEEP. DO YOU REALLY EXPECT -- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. >> Mark: YOU BLOCK THE PUNT, YOU RECOVERED AN OFFSIDE KICK, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD RECOVER ANOTHER OFFSIDE KICK? >> Chris: I DON'T KNOW. SPECIAL TEAMS HAVE BEEN GOOD TODAY. LOOK WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. >> Mark: AND WE WILL SEE SYRACUSE DEFEND AGAINST THE OUTSIDE KICK. AND THE WAY THE BALL IS BEING PLAYED, THAT IS NOT HOW IT WAS PLAYED LAST TIME. THIS LOOKS LIKE A DEEP KICK. >> Chris: WEINKE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE OPTIONS IN HIS HEAD, LOOKED LIKE HE COULD READ AWAY FOR DEFENSE. >> Mark: YOU HAVE TO GET A THREE AND OUT. >> Chris: HE DOES KICK IT DEEP. WILL JUST GO OUT THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. THINGS WERE LOOKING GREAT FOR SYRACUSE EARLY ON IN THIS QUARTER, MARK, BUT AT THE STOP -- START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, THEY GOT A FOURTH DOWN STOP, AND IN ORANGE TERRITORY, THEY CONVERTED. BIG PLAY BY FADIL DIGGS. IT SETS UP THIS TOUCHDOWN PASS FOR ORONDE GADSDEN. >> Mark: THEY CAME BACK, THEY SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS, AND THEN THEY CAME WITH THE OUTSIDE KICK TO RECOVER IT AND DRIVE DOWN THE FIELD. JAMAL HAYNES FOR A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN. I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN A WILD FOURTH QUARTER, AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS DRIVE. CAN KYLE McCORD LEAD HIS TEAM DOWN THE FIELD ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS VICTORY? >> Chris: THERE HE IS, ON FIRST DOWN. IN THE MIDDLE, FOLLOWED BY LEQUINT ALLEN AND HE IS ABLE TO PULL IT IN. MY GOODNESS. >> Mark: KYLE EFFORD READ THAT PLAY BEAUTIFULLY. I MEAN, THE AIR HAS LEFT THE BUILDING. I MEAN, EVERYONE JUST WATCHED THAT SET SAIL -- THAT BALL JUST FLOATED UP THERE AND KYLE EFFORD ALMOST GOT IT AWAY. >> Referee: TWO MINUTE TIME- OUT. >> Chris: TWO MINUTE TIME-OUT, AS EVERYONE CAN NOW REGAIN THEIR BREATH IN THIS BUILDING. THAT BALL WAS JUST THERE, FLOATING AROUND AND KYLE EFFORD COULDN'T DO IT. BUT, >>> AT ONE POINT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, SYRACUSE HAS A FOUR POINT LEAD. TECH HAS THREE TIME-OUTS ON THE BOARD. A SECOND AND 10 FROM McCORD. ALMOST GOT THERE WITH THE DECEPTION! WITH A FLAG IN THE BACKFIELD, IT WAS DROPPED BY HAYNES. HE ALMOST CAUGHT THE DEFLECTION. BURRELL SAW IT TURNED AROUND, HE ALMOST HAD A PICK, NOW LET'S CHECK THE MARKER. >> Mark: THAT FOUL AGAINST SYRACUSE WILL MOVE THEM BACK. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, ILLEGAL CHOP BLOCK, NUMBER 1 AND NUMBER 4. DEFENSE WILL START ON THE PLAY, FIRST DOWN. >> Chris: THEY WILL DECLINE THE PENALTY COME THIRD AND 10, WITH THE CLOCK STOPPED. >> Mark: HOW BIG -- HOW BIG IS THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE? >> Chris: IT IS THE PLAY OF THE GAME, BOTH TEAMS NEED TO CONVERT HERE. FRAN BROWN KNOWS IT. McCORD TO THROW. GETS THAT PRESSURE AND GADSDEN MAKES THE CATCH. GOING TO GO TO THE BIG TIGHT END. THE COVERAGE FROM OMAR DANIELS WASN'T BAD. >> Mark: OMAR DANIELS GOT BOTH HANDS ON THE CHEST PLATE OF ORONDE GADSDEN AND ORONDE GADSDEN JUST THROWS HIM OFF AND SEPARATES. WHAT A PLAY BY ORONDE GADSDEN. >> Chris: SO, NOW, THIS SYRACUSE TEAM CAN REALLY START TO WORK ON THOSE PROSPECTS TO HAVE TO EARN THOSE THREE TIME- OUTS IN THIS SESSION. GOT FOUR TO USE IN THIS TIME- OUT. GEORGIA TECH WITH A VERY TRICKY SITUATION LAST YEAR AT MIAMI. THEY FORCED A FUMBLE, RECOVERED THE FUMBLE, AND THEN HAD HAYNES KING FINDING CHRISTIAN LEARY FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. TECH NEEDS A SIMILAR MIRACLE HERE WITH 1:14 REMAINING. >> Mark: THE DIFFERENCE IS, MIAMI COULD HAVE JUST TAKEN A KNEE AND RUN THE CLOCK OFF. WITH GEORGIA TECH PRESERVING THOSE TIME-OUTS -- AND REALLY, THE CLOCK HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. YOU KNOW, NOT SUBSTITUTING IN HAYNES KING AFTER HIS HELMET FELL OFF -- ALL OF THESE THINGS LEAD TO THIS MOMENT GIVING YOUR DEFENSE A CHANCE. >> Chris: YOU SEE GEORGIA TECH'S SCHEDULE IS BRUTAL FROM HERE ON OUT. FOR SYRACUSE -- YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND THINK, THEY CAN HOLD ON TODAY FOR NC STATE. NOW, TRYING TO BOUNCE IT OUTSIDE. HE WILL PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN AND MORE. NOW HE WILL JUST SLIDE DOWN AND THAT SHOULD DO IT. 24 MORE FROM ALLEN AND NOW THE FANS HERE AT JMA WIRELESS DOME CAN FEEL IT. BIG "D" TACKLE FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS. TRANSFER FOR SOME MIAMI. >> Chris: GEORGIA TECH MADE THIS ONE INTERESTING. >> Mark: THEY SURE DID, BUT LOOK AT THE END OF THIS PLAY. LEQUINT ALLEN BREAKING TACKLES, PICKING UP A FIRST DOWN, AND THEY HAD HIM. LEQUINT ALLEN SHOWS HIS TOUGHNESS AND HIS STRAIN, THAT FRAN BROWN HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT. FRAN BROWN MENTIONED EARLIER, HE TALKED ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MUSTARD SEED -- THAT IS FROM THE MATTHEW. HE SAID, YOU CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS. HE SAID, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR THIS GROUP OF MEN, AND HE WEARS HIS FACE ON HIS SLEEVE, AND HIS PLAYERS HAVE BOUGHT INTO THAT MONIKER THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. >> Mark: AND THE NEW LOOK FOR THE ORANGE, 500 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LEAGUE GAME AND THEY DID IT AGAINST VIRGINIA TECH BACK IN 2021. IT IS A NEW DAY HERE IN SYRACUSE IN MANY WAYS. AND THE FRAN BROWN ERA BEGAN LAST WEEK WITH A NONCONFERENCE WIN AT HOME AGAINST OHIO. A MONTH OF FIRSTS FOR THAT MAN AND HIS STAFF, THEY WILL PICK UP THEIR FIRST ACC WIN IN 1:05. FRAN BROWN WEARS HIS EMOTIONS ON HIS SLEEVE AND HE NEVER STOPS COACHING, MARK. WE SAW IT ALL DAY TODAY. >> Mark: IT STARTED WITH THE SUITS WHEN THEY GOT OUT HERE. EJECT THEM! HE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW ME? HAVEN'T SHOWN ANYBODY ANYTHING, YET. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW ME? HE WAS COACHING. éTALKING. HE WAS OUT THERE ON THE FIELD, AND WHAT HE TOLD HIS PLAYERS, LOOK, WHEN WE WIN, WE CAN CELEBRATE, WE CAN GET EXCITED. BUT, WHILE THE GAME IS PLAYING, YOU NEED TO LOCK IN, AND YOU NEED TO FOCUS. FRAN BROWN HAS BEEN THE EPITOME OF THAT THROUGH THIS GAME. >> Chris: TRAN02: THE FINAL TIME-OUT AFTER THAT SNAP. SO, AFTER THAT TIME-OUT, McCOY WILL ONCE AGAIN TAKE ANY. 381 YARDS THROUGH THE AIR, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, AND ZERO PICKS. EIGHT TOUCHDOWNS AGAINST JUST ONE INTERCEPTION. >> Mark: THIS ONE AGAINST A RANKED GEORGIA TECH TEAM. >> Chris: INFER FRANKIE AND THE YELLOWJACKETS. GETTING BACK INTO THE LEAGUE AT LOUISVILLE ON THE 21st. THE EMBRACE FOR HIS SON, FRAN BROWN. 2-0 IN HIS YOUNG CAREER AS HEAD COACH HERE WITH THE SYRACUSE ORANGE. MUTUAL ADMIRATION BETWEEN THESE TWO COACHES. THAT CAME BACK IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO MAKE IT INTERESTING. SYRACUSE HUNG ONTO AN IMPRESSIVE WIN. COLEY HARDLY STANDING BY WITH THE QB. >> Coley: KYLE, A 400 YARD PASSING DAY FOR YOU, ANOTHER FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. WHY ARE YOU SO COMFORTABLE IN THIS OFFENSE? >> THE PEOPLE AROUND ME. THE COACH ALONG ME, THEY BELIEVE IN ME, SO IT IS ALWAYS THE PEOPLE AROUND ME. I LOVE IT. >> Coley: YOU ARE USUALLY SO COOL, CALM, AND COLLECTED. WE SAW YOU THROW THE FOOTBALL INTO THE STANDS EARLIER IN THE GAME, A BIG SPIKE AFTER THAT FIRST DOWN RUN, WHAT EMOTIONS CAME OUT THERE? >> IT MEANS A LOT. ALL OFF-SEASON, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT HOW WE AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR GAMES LIKE THIS TO STEP UP AND GET A BIG-TIME WIN AGAINST A GOOD TEAM MEANS THE WORLD. >> Coley: GETTING A WIN AGAINST A BIG TEAM, YOU GUYS ARE NOW 2- 0, WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM DOING? >> IT IS SPECIAL. WHAT COACH GRANT HAS DONE IN THE LAST EIGHT, NINE MONTHS, IT IS ON UNHEARD OF. >> Coley: THANKS VERY MUCH, WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. >> THANK YOU. >> Chris: IT IS ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS, ON FRIDAY. THEY HAVE A FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST SANFORD NEXT MARCH. BUT, THE REST OF THE LEAGUE, THEY ARE FOR REAL. >> Mark: THEY ARE. THEY LOOKED GOOD ON OFFENSE, THEY GOT ALL LAST WEEK ON DEFENSE. THIS IS A GOOD TEAM FRAN BROWN HAS GOING. THEY COULD GET ON A ROLL. >> Chris: THEY ARE ROLLING RIGHT NOW. FOR MARK KERR SICK AND COLEY HARVEY, I AM CHRIS SINGS ALONG FROM SYRACUSE SO