Overview
- The teams meet Thursday, Sept. 3, at Bobby Dodd Stadium with kickoff at 8 p.m. ET and national broadcast on ESPN plus SportsCenter On Campus coverage earlier in the evening.
- Deion Sanders confirmed a planned multi‑back rotation of four to five running backs and said the place‑kicker job remains undecided heading into the opener.
- Stopping the run is Colorado's chief tactical challenge after Georgia Tech rushed for 320 yards in last season's meeting and returns a ground‑oriented scheme that added RB Justice Haynes.
- Betting markets and predictive models list Georgia Tech as roughly a 6.5–7 point favorite with a majority of forecasts giving the Yellow Jackets the edge but still projecting a competitive game.
- The matchup serves as an early barometer for Colorado's rebuild under new coordinators Brennan Marion and Chris Marve and new starting QB Julian Lewis after a 2024 peak and a 3‑9 2025 setback that have driven both national attention and fan fatigue.