The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets made an early statement in the ACC title race in Week 3, downing the Clemson Tigers 24-21 in Atlanta.
Kicker Aidan Birr came up clutch for the Yellow Jackets in the upset win, nailing a 55-yard field goal as time expired to send the field-storming students at Bobby Dodd Stadium into a frenzy. Quarterback Haynes King threw for 216 yards and carried the ball 25 times for 103 yards and a score for the Yellow Jackets.
Upset win in hand, Georgia Tech got in a jab at the Tigers after the game by offering a play on Clemson's "CU" initials. Bobby Dodd's speakers added insult to injury, playing "Sandstorm" for the assembled field stormers -- a nod to the go-to song of the Tigers' in-state rivals, the South Carolina Gamecocks .
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