Football
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Haynes King threw for 275 yards and three touchdowns while playing only the first half, backup quarterback Zach Pyron scored on a couple of 1-yard runs and Georgia Tech routed VMI 59-7 on Saturday.
Facing a thoroughly overmatched FCS school on a dreary afternoon in Atlanta, the Yellow Jackets (3-1) bounced back from a loss at Syracuse that ended their return to the Top 25 after just one week.
Georgia Tech led 24-0 before VMI (0-3) registered its initial first down about five minutes into the second quarter.
King and most of the starters got the rest of the day off after the Yellow Jackets built a 38-0 halftime cushion. The home team headed to the locker room with an outrageous 366-35 lead in total yards and a 19-1 advantage in first downs.
The final two quarters were reduced to 10 minutes each.
The difference in the teams was apparent in the trenches. Georgia Tech’s starting offensive line averages 313 pounds, while VMI’s front five checked in at just 258 pounds.
The Yellow Jackets scored on six of its eight possessions in the first half, with none of the scoring drives lasting more than 3:13.
The game started with a glimmer of hope for VMI — Georgia Tech went three-and-out on its first possession, then settled for Aidan Birr’s 28-yard field goal — but it quickly got out of hand.
King threw touchdown passes of 35 yards to Malik Rutherford, 14 yards to Eric Singleton Jr., and 33 yards to Avery Boyd.
Two other times, King guided the Yellow Jackets to the 1-yard line before giving way to Pyron, who smashed his way into the end zone.
Pyron took over for King in the second half and tossed a short pass that Leo Blackburn…
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