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Breaking down Georgia Tech-Vanderbilt matchup

It’s not exactly up to the level of the marquee games we had in Week 1, but Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt (Saturday, 12:30 p.m. ET) will be the latest ACC-SEC showdown -- the last until the final weekend of the season. So let’s break down the matchup...

How to beat Georgia Tech: The key to stopping the Yellow Jackets’ option offense is discipline. It’s not complicated, but it is difficult to pull off consistently. Maintaining gaps, following assignments — that’s the key to making sure defenders are in place to stop the option, but Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson has been doing this long enough to know how to test a defense’s resolve.