{"69395":{"#nid":"69395","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Football vs. Maryland","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech, ranked 13th in both national polls and off to its best start since 1990, hosts Maryland Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium in the first meeting between the two teams since 2007.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Yellow Jackets, 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the ACC, earned a key road win at NC State on Saturday, 45-35. Junior Orwin Smith rushed for three touchdowns and sophomore Isaiah Johnson returned an interception for a touchdown in the Tech victory. The Jackets led 42-14 with 10 minutes left.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech leads the nation in rushing (378.2 ypg) and ranks second nationally in scoring (51.6 ppg) and total offense (587.0 ypg). Smith averages 15.1 yards per carry and has rushed for seven touchdowns, and junior quarterback Tevin Washington has thrown for 10 TD passes and just one interception.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaryland, 2-2 and 1-0, broke open a close game in the second half Saturday to defeat previously unbeaten Towson, 28-3. Terrapin quarterback Danny O\u0027Brien threw two second-half touchdowns and Maryland\u0027s defense forced four second-half turnovers. Devin Meggett rushed for 102 yards.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EO\u0027Brien, considered one of the ACC\u0027s top quarterbacks, has completed 96-of-150 passes for 913 yards and four touchdowns. Two Terrapin defenders -- Matt Robinson (12.0) and Demetrius Hartsfield (11.8) -- average double-digit tackles per game.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaryland is under the direction of first-year coach Randy Edsall, who was the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech in 1998.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech leads the all-time series, 13-6. Saturday\u0027s game is the first meeting between the Yellow Jackets and Terrapins since 2007, and the first meeting in Atlanta since 2006.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlantic Coast Conference has announced that Georgia Tech\u0027s football game against Maryland on Saturday, Oct. 8, will kickoff at 12 p.m., and air live on ESPNU.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech, ranked 13th in both national polls and off to its best start since 1990, hosts Maryland Saturday."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-08-17 13:33:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:22","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-10-08T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-10-08T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-10-08T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-10-08 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-10-08 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-10-08 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/geot-m-footbl-body.html","title":"Georgia Tech Football"},{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/tickets\/ticket-info.html","title":"Ticket Information"}],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3224","name":"ACC"},{"id":"1625","name":"athletics"},{"id":"1843","name":"football"},{"id":"3397","name":"fun"},{"id":"1155","name":"NCAA"},{"id":"167014","name":"Sports"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1793","name":"Sports\/Athletics"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dbuchan@athletics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDean Buchan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Athletics\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6283\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}