Previewing The Kentucky-Georgia Tech Match-Up?

It was announced Sunday UK's opponent would be the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the TaxSlayer Bowl taking place on December 31st at 11AM. I, like a lot of people, was immediately curious how UK would match-up with an opponent UK never faces. Statistics are useful for starting conversations, so diving into the numbers seemed like a natural thing to do.

You'll see below that the numbers slightly favor Georgia Tech. Both offenses rank highly, but Georgia Tech's defense is better than Kentucky's. Yet, when you look deeper into the numbers, it seems pretty clear that UK will be able to move the ball against the Yellow Jacket defense based on comparative competition. The GT blog, at least, is…