Can Vanderbilt’s Surge Silence the Tigers This Saturday?
On the other side is Vanderbilt, a team that most probably didn’t expect to be this good. They weren’t ranked to start this season, and they had an extremely low win total, already cashing the over on that. They enter today’s contest as the 10th ranked team in the nation and also have a 6-1 record. Much like the Tigers, the Commodores lone loss was at the hands of those pesky Alabama Crimson Tide players. Their matchup was in Alabama, and they lost that game 30-14. That does give me a bit of concern when we are comparing the two losses, but there are a number of reasons it is different. Vanderbilt was on the road, and didn’t have an extra week to prepare for Alabama. Missouri was at home and came off a bye week to play them. The concern I have for Vanderbilt, more than anything in this game, is that they are a bit one-dimensional. Or, they at least rely on one player a bit much. Their quarterback, Diego Pavia, has been very good, leading the team in both passing and rushing. However, it makes me a bit nervous that Missouri can take away at least one of those things (maybe the pass) and stall out the Vanderbilt offense. That is kind of what Alabama did, allowing just 198 passing yards to Vanderbilt. The running game would’ve been terrible as well outside of two big runs. They allowed 101 yards on two rushes, and 34 yards on the other 18.Â



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