[WRAP-UP] Vandy wrap-up: While game was a surprise, results were not [by JessN]

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While Vandy didn't play well (I think the Tide had something to do with that) neither did Bama. However, Bama won the game despite not playing very good, especially on O. I thought they left 10-14 points on the field and it could have been much more lopsided. That is the way a game is supposed to go when you don't play your best but you play your hardest! I think we rarely saw that under the former regime. I expect to see that alot more under CNS and staff!!!

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	Quote:	TIDE24
	Although I agree with you and I am happy with the victory, I have some real concerns after this game. I am not as quick to give the D too much credit. They did play well at times, but I felt Vandy was their own worst enemy today. The PI call to start the game was questionable. If they go up 7-0 right off the bat, does this game change? The penalty on the punt return, had nothing to do with the return itself. Granted Vandy needed to overcome these things and they did not. Better teams on our schedule will. Bama did what they needed to do to win today, but this team still has me concerned. We have to score TD's when we get inside the red zone. The running game was impressive, but we still had issues when we got inside the 20. The D did shut down Bennett and Nickson, I hope they can do the same to McFadden next week.

Questionable how? It was textbook offensive pass interference. The ball was under thrown and the receiver pushed off to gain an advantage so he could make the catch. It was clearly interference.

	Quote:	GrayTide
	Thanks Jess a very fair assessment. I had many doubts going into this game and they were founded on the belief that this was a new, better Vanderbilt team, goes to show you shouldn't believe everything you read. The OL and RBs for the most part looked very good, JPW was off and IMO the play calling, at least the passing plays, was atrocious. The intermediate routes were abandoned in favor of the deep routes which were mostly overthrown, the swing passes and screens looked encouraging. On the defensive side, the pass rush looked anemic, the secondary had its moments but overall needs improvement. I thought the run defense looked good, but it will get its real test against Arkansas. I still cringe when Tiffin comes on the field. The good news it was a win, not a thing of beauty though, and it appeared on TV that the conditioning program paid dividends in the 4th quarter. The season is still young and these players should get better and they better because the next 3 Saturdays are going to get tougher. In the end it was the same old Vanderbilt and we beat them the same way, ugly no style points yesterday.

I disagree. I thought the pass rush looked much better than it did from the first game, noticeable improvement IMHO. We harassed Nickson and hit him several times, ultimately enough that his performance greatly suffered and he was pulled from the game. It could still stand to be better but overall I think it was improved from the first game.

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