Georgia Tech only needed one play to hang its first touchdown on Vanderbilt, but that wasn’t the problem. The issue was the 31 unanswered points that followed the Commodores’ first drive of the game.
Kyle Shurmur went 6-7 with 52 passing yards to give Vandy hope and tie this game at 7-7. Then, everything unraveled. The usually stout Commodore defense looked entirely unprepared to stop Tech’s unorthodox option-based offense. Zach Cunningham alternated between making superhero plays
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and having his arm tackles shaken off as Yellow Jacket runners ripped off double-digit gains with regularity.