[InTheHole]

200,000* UNREAL BARKING DOG!
Georgia Tech + 9.5
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Yes Clemson won and covered both meetings this season but it wasn't nearly as easy as the final score may indicate and to get Tech here plus this gaudy number at the Georgia Dome, making this thing close to a home game, is a total coup!In the series this season Clemson won by 14 at home, covering by 1 1/2 points and then won by 8 at the Thrillerdome a few weeks ago covering by literally 1/2 point. In both games it was the Jackets who looked the better in the first halves. In that last game Tech even built a 15 point lead about 10 minutes in before flailing later on. I am telling you that this is not that far from an even game in this situation and to get around double digits is just wrong!Paul Hewitt's team has not quit. Yes the season has been horrific as they have lost a ton of close games and I mean a ton. The last defeat in Chestnut Hill against Tyrese Rice and Boston College about summed up the season. The Jackets played tough, had the lead late and failed by a slimmer than slim (one point) margin at the very end. I am not at all saying that Georgia Tech is a good team as 2-14 in the ACC and 11-18 overall is rather poor for sure but there is a decent upside with Hewitt's crew and I just do not see them getting blasted here at all.Clemson is a solid team that has a high ceiling for sure with talented talented players like Rivers, Oglesby, Booker and others but the Tigers are not the same team away from LittleJohn Coliseum. We have seen it over and over and over again how Oliver Purnell's team rises up at home and blows out Duke and others but just sometimes craps in its collective pants away from home. This is not considered a true road game but with the game being a mile away from the Georgia Tech campus it certainly is not a comfortable setting for Clemson. Lawal, Clinch, Peacock, Aminu, Shumpert and the rest of this Tech team has had issues shooting free throws but it's not like this Clemson team is any good at that themselves as they are known to throw a brick or two from the charity stripe.Clemson may win and advance but to be honest with you there is a great chance that they may not. That about sums up why I love the dog Jackets so much here!