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Virginia Tech aims for Chick-fil-A Bowl win over Georgia

Dec 30, 2006 - 4:36 PM Georgia (8-4) at No. 14 Virginia Tech (10-2) December 30 Chick-fil-A Bowl 8:00 pm EST

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- No. 14 Virginia Tech looks to conclude its season on a seven-game winning streak Saturday when it hosts Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

The Hokies (10-2) had a streaky season, winning their first four games, then dropping back-to-back Atlantic Coast Conference contests to Georgia Tech and Boston College before ending the campaign with six straight triumphs.

By blanking intrastate rival Virginia, 17-0, Virginia Tech joined Southern California as the only teams in the country to win at least 10 games the past three seasons. Texas also can accomplish the feat with an Alamo Bowl victory over Iowa on Saturday.

While Virginia Tech went 6-2 in the ACC to finish second in the Coastal Division, Georgia (8-4) went 4-4 in the rugged Southeastern Conference, coming in third in the East Division.

The Bulldogs started their season with five straight wins before dropping four of five. But they rebounded to win their last two games, stunning Auburn on the road, 37-15, before besting Georgia Tech at home, 15-12.

The teams split two meetings in 1931 and 1932. The squads were members of the Southern Conference for the first encounter before Georgia left to join the newly formed SEC.

The game formerly was known as the Peach Bowl.