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🏈 Tech vs VMI: 36 Years in the Making
Scouting the VMI Keydets
Welcome to The Tech Way, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Georgia Tech’s collective The Tech Way.
In today’s content:
- What was that coach? 👂
- Taking back the reins 🏈
+ So much more 💪
🏈 Football vs VMI quick game preview
🐝 Tech unveils a new tailgating experience called “Pregame- The Ultimate Tailgate”
⛳ Dive into the latest #ProJackets Golf Report
🎤 COACH KEY PRESSER: WEEK 3 VS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE (VMI)
Let’s hear from Coach Key as Tech returns to Bobby Dodd this Saturday to host the VMI Keydets in hopes of going 3-1 on the year:
“(He) was a Yellow Jacket to his core and a true definition of what a Tech man is” (0:34)
Monitoring the bye-week stretch to stay fresh and ready (5:47)
“I guess the bottle had a hole in the bottom of it or something” (6:20)
Lack of pressure and sacks so far this season (9:50)
“You learn the most if you allow yourself to in failure” (15:05)
🦘 SCOUTING THE OPPONENT: VMI

Yellow Jackets look to make a winning-streak comeback this weekend as they face an 0-2 Virginia Military Institute team:
The Keydets are currently winless this season after falling to William & Mary (41-7) and Bucknell (35-28)
In the Bucknell contest, DB Kouri Crump had a career-best 15.0 tackles, while RB Hunter Rice rumbled for 166 yards and two touchdowns (his 7th career multi-score game)
Tech and VMI are battling on the gridiron for the 16th time overall but the first time in 36 years
The Georgia Tech-VMI series dates back 110 years, with the first meeting between the two schools coming on Oct. 24, 1914 (a 28-7 Tech win)
🏐 September 11 // #15 Volleyball welcomes #13 Florida Gators at 7:00 pm ET on ESPN 2 (Georgia Tech Classic)
🏐 September 12 // Volleyball goes head-to-head against South Alabama at home at 7:00 pm ET on ACC Network X (Georgia Tech Classic)