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ACC · Brent Key, year 5 (27-22) · Bobby Dodd Stadium · 55,000 · 52,113 avg in 2026
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#86 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #66 (+1.7) · FPI #59
The marketno line yetvs Mercer · our model 78% Georgia Tech · a number, not a pick
LastL 24–45 vs Tennessee · Sat Sep 12 · Justice Haynes 81 rush yds, 1 TD, 36 rec yds
Nextvs Mercer · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Bobby Dodd Stadium · series 12-0, won the last 12 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
The mood around Georgia Tech has soured.
Brent Key's year 5 (2026): 0-2, behind Geoff Collins's 7-6 in the same spot.
Georgia Tech fans are angry.
They straight up drew a dick on the screen
Why don’t they tell tennis fans they can catch this on the ESPN app like they tell us all the time
belief cooled ↓ 10.2vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Souring
42/100 · 647 mentions
~ our readThe model
#86
CFB Zeitgeist · -1.4
✓ measured4The Pulse on Georgia Tech
42
Δ -10.2 vs last wk
647
mentions this week · conversation velocity
What moved it — last 14 days
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Awaiting next signal window
"Buzz"
— Georgia Tech fanbase · recurring line
37 mentions · sample growing
The Fever Year
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners
Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
FFrom The Rumble Seat
SStingTalk
BBluesky
YYouTube
One voice
How Georgia Tech fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
Rr/CFBthe room
1st Quarter: 10-10, looking like a shootout incoming 2nd-4th: Botched snap safety and a singular field goal Welcome back CFB I missed you
▲ 2.2k ▼open ↗
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
The room, end to end
skeptical
buying in
Bettors−0.06
Boomers & Gen X−0.09
Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
1260 mentions · 7 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkmiddle of the pack
~ our readGeorgia Tech fans are down on the program, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.
backed by facts
the mood
✓ counted We read 647 posts from Georgia Tech fans this week.
Press Pulse
11 quotes collected this season
What the beat said, in their own words.
We took six times the amount of bets on Michigan moneyline compared with Western Michigan
Customers found the most success with LSU-Clemson, Wisconsin-Notre Dame, Texas State-Texas and pretty much every other big favorite easily covering
Bettors had the most difficulties with Washington State vs. Washington, Colorado vs. Georgia Tech, Oregon vs. Boise State and Baylor vs. Auburn
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Radio, beat writers & editorial6 posts
Diehard fan boards16 posts
News & campus coverage2 posts
CFB analyst takes7 posts
Fanbase health · Georgia Tech
Fanbase health · Georgia TechGeorgia Tech's fanbase is growing — 68 of 100.
Audible (37 weighted voices in the latest week) and winning on the field (9-4 last season, 0-2 so far).
68
On the field — 9-4 last season, 0-2 so far75
How loud — 37 weighted voices in the latest week61
2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76
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Arguments
What fans are saying
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
player performanceWidely held among fans
fans believe Haynes King masked coaching flaws
Bro what? Wr had the catch and bobbled it. Theyre giving Mendoza some easy throws. He is not gonna scramble like Haynes king.
The Brent Key experiment needs to be over. Geoff Collins was really bad, and he's better than Collins. That doesn't make him a good coach though. Haynes King masked a lot of flaws.
Based on 3 comments from 3 posters across 3 threads · Sep 4, 2026 · via CFB
scheme identityLimited signal that season
fans believe zone defense leads to open shots for opponents
why do we always run zone. it never works. they always have people wide open no matter who we play
Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Sep 21, 2025–Nov 1, 2025 · via CFB
scheme identityOne fan's take
One fan believes the offense relies too much on running plays
Georgia Tech took the ball out of Mendoza’s hand all game long trying to run the ball. Not going to say you gotta abandon it but after the first quarter you gotta open your eyes and realize that pass first should have been a priority.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 4, 2026 · via Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
job securityOne fan's take that season
One fan believes Haynes King's performance directly impacts Brent Key's success
Brent Key is lucky as fuck he got Haynes King. If King didn’t transfer here his ass would he unemployed
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 15, 2025 · via CFB
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player performanceOne fan's take that season
One fan believes Georgia Tech's defense gives up too many points
Our offense is genuinely CFP worthy. Our defense is absolutely god awful. Gave up almost 1,000 yards of offense between the last 2 games.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 16, 2025 · via CFB
player roleOne fan's take that season
One fan believes Haynes King is the primary playmaker in the offense
King will never be able to get the Heisman with his stats. He just gets honorable mentioned for his guts and how well he runs this offense.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Oct 11, 2025 · via CFB
coaching decisionOne fan's take that season
One fan believes the team must run the ball on first down
##RUN THE DAMN BALL, STOP BEING CUTE WITH SCREENS, WAKE HAS LITERALLY PREPPED FOR THEM FOR 2 WEEKS
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 27, 2025 · via CFB
player performanceOne fan's take that season
One fan believes the defensive line needs to rush the passer more
They just need to get pressure. We could have best in the league secondary guys and if they never get pressure it just doesn't matter
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 20, 2025 · via CFB
player performanceOne fan's take that season
One fan believes Haynes King elevates Georgia Tech's offense significantly
This is the year. ~~Bo Nix~~ Haynes King has improved so much ~~under~~ in year ~~2~~ 3 of this new offense.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 29, 2025 · via CFB
player performanceOne fan's take that season
One fan thinks the offensive line isn't opening running lanes effectively
As an offensive line coach for most of your career, how many years is it going to take for the offensive line to stop looking like a pile of hot dog shit?
Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Sep 6, 2026 · via Football
Podcasts
From the booth
The obsession
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Georgia Tech fans this offseason 44% of posts bring up another team▲3pp saltier#30 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Colorado
Who Georgia Tech fans can’t stop bringing up
- Colorado15%
- Georgia12%
- Tennessee10%
- Auburn2%
- North Carolina2%
share of Georgia Tech’s football posts that mention each team
Georgia Tech lives rent-free in
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Georgia Tech
Who they talk about
Who they talk about
361 posts and articles vs the field · 2026 season
The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.
Alberto Mendoza
×58.7 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Alberto Mendoza×58.7n=29
Brent Key×238.4n=31
Justice Haynes×101.3n=19
“How many times was Mendoza running for his life when he dropped back to pass? He wasn't getting much protection. No QB is going to be good on the run every freakin' time.”
reddit/CFB · fan post, verbatim
Fans on Alberto Mendoza (8 examples)
I’ve seen Mendoza look like an NFL prospect and look like a 1 star recruit. Defense looks decent.
Mendoza and say he isn't good. But reality it, it was his second start against a good defense.
mendoza the first drive. I had no expectation that tech would win tonight but to be beat
How many times was Mendoza running for his life when he dropped back to pass? He wasn't getting much protection.
Mendoza had some bad decisions at times, but I'm less worried about him then the OLine.
Mendoza showed flashes, but it’s still only his second start and he needs more time. Still
I honestly feel bad for Mendoza. He is going to catch a lot of flack. Dont get me wrong, he has been bad. But it
Mendoza because he has had two starts. Offensive line is miserable. Defensive line might
Voice profile
Fanbase Voice
2,570 fan mentions
Measured
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by era
Season Vocabulary
2026COLORADO
coloradocoachlastlineheadcollins
colorado had complete control of the line of scrimmage
2025DEFENSE
defenseoffenserankedpleasefumblepitt
we're just routinely terrible at defense
2024RANKED
rankedgoodfsutwobowl
No reason for us to be ranked. Just rat poison for us.
Defining terms
Words of the season
how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
colorado×4.9coach×2.6last×2.1line×2.4head×3.3
2025
defense×6.0offense×2.0ranked×2.8please×4.6fumble×3.4
2024
ranked×12.1good×2.5fsu×10.2two×3.7bowl×4.6
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