It’s Vanderbilt vs. Georgia Tech in the 2024 Birmingham Bowl. Follow for live score updates, game highlights as Diego Pavia takes on Haynes King.

Diego Pavia threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores and Vanderbilt secured its first winning season since 2013 with a 35-27 victory over Georgia Tech on Friday in the Birmingham Bowl.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7-5, 5-3 ACC) take on the Vanderbilt Commodores (6-6, 3-5 SEC) in the Birmingham Bowl on Friday, Dec. 27. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m.

For the final time of 2024, it is game week for Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets are playing in their second consecutive bowl game and for them to end the seaso

Diego Pavia of Vanderbilt football flipped a ball into the stands and drew an unsportsmanlike conduct flag during the Birmingham Bowl.

Diego Pavia and Haynes King make for an enticing quarterback matchup in the Birmingham Bowl between Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech.

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So far, though, that hasn't been the case for Vanderbilt football. The Commodores (6-6) had most of their 2024 roster in Birmingham preparing for the game Friday (2:30 p.m. CT, ESPN). Five players who opted to transfer − Devin Lee,

SportsLine's model revealed its college football picks for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Vanderbilt Commodores in the 2024 Birmingham Bowl on Friday

Georgia Tech knocked off two Top 10 teams while Vanderbilt toppled then-No. 1 Alabama. The two opponents in Friday's Birmingham Bowl have each taken highly ranked teams into multiple overtimes. They're also led by mobile quarterbacks who throw few interceptions.