Northern Illinois vs. Georgia Tech Pick Prediction 9/4/2021 by Tony T.
Northern Illinois vs. Georgia Tech—College football free pick is Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -18.5. Northern Illinois has sank near the bottom of the MAC. Team went 0-6 last year and 5-13 with head coach Thomas Hammock. Rocky Lombardi is expected to start and completed less than half of his passes under center with Michigan St. Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins is in his third season with the Yellow Jackets transitioning away from the Triple option. Seventeen starters return for the Yellow Jackets including ten on their defense. The run game generated 191 yards per game with 4.7 yards per rush facing all but one ACC team. Their lone out of conference opponent was UCF. This is by far the weakest opponent they have faced since early 2019. Defense digressed greatly in 2020 for NIU by surrendering 38.7 points and 419 yards per game all coming against MAC teams. Now it is a step up in class facing an ACC team on the rise. Play Georgia Tech -18.5.