CFN: Alabama vs. Vanderbilt Fearless Prediction & Game Preview

crimsonaudio said:

10 points came off of the short field as a result of a turnover.

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Understood, but the offense still had to score against their very good defense.

It's safe to say that Vandy has not yet faced a team that was willing to commit to lining up and running it straight at them, much less with the athletes to play that sort of game. Even with VU stacking the line of scrimmage, I believe we will have good success running the ball. Close at the end of the first half, we pull away in the second. Hurts will have a least two long runs. I do hope that Jacobs is available for the game.

Can we lose to them? Sure, especially if we turn it over a few times. I'm not terribly impressed with their lofty statistical rankings at this point.

crimsonaudio said:

If we get 10 points by moving the ball 10 yards I'm going give the D and ST credit for those points.

Besides, everyone in football calls scores following a turnover 'points off turnovers'.

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Great defenses stonewall teams after turnovers. Alabama had the ball many times in the second half but FSU's defense only allowed 10 points. That was my main point. Even against their great defense, you still scored 10 points. If you want to give all of the credit for those points to the defense and ST, so be it. But the FG kicker still has to kick the FG, and the offense still has to punch it in against a defense that is very good.

TideEngineer08 said:

I respect Vanderbilt, but I fully expect us to be focused and ready to dominate.

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This right here ^^^

Intl.Aperture said:

Not trying to knock holes in your point because I agree - but we do have to remember that we also generated 3 turnovers on defense that really helped our score. so the points weren't all gathered in the raw "Offense vs Defense" tradition. Shurmur has played clean all season but there is still the possibility to add points off of turnovers.

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If we can do that against FSU, any reason why we can't do that against Vandy? Their defense is good but their offense isn't exactly world-beaters.

theballguy said:

If we can do that against FSU, any reason why we can't do that against Vandy? Their defense is good but their offense isn't exactly world-beaters.

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You have a much greater ST edge against Vandy, and by the end of the game you will force them into the same kind of mistakes that Francois made. Some of it is luck, but most of it is getting tired and/or putting too much pressure on yourself and making mistakes.

The Commodores also beat the Crimson Tide in 1956 – winning 32-7 in an easy blowout. Since then, it’s been all Alabama, with only a hiccup in 1984 the only winning moment for Vandy.

I hate this fake news crap and sloppy reporting. In 1969 I remember Vandy beating Bama 14-10 in Nashville. I remember it well.

Redwood Forrest said:

The Commodores also beat the Crimson Tide in 1956 – winning 32-7 in an easy blowout. Since then, it’s been all Alabama, with only a hiccup in 1984 the only winning moment for Vandy.

I hate this fake news crap and sloppy reporting. In 1969 I remember Vandy beating Bama 14-10 in Nashville. I remember it well.

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The game after Bama beat Archie and Ole Miss 33-32.....and it started two years of total medicocrity and an eventual switch to the wishbone..

It's time we played a STATEMENT GAME. It's time we play a game where we score early and often, and never take our foot off of Vandy's throat.
It's time we saw our Offensive Line shove Vandy's Defense back every play.
It's time we put somebody on their QBs, and grind them into the dirt.
I DON'T CALL THAT DIRTY FOOTBALL, I CALL IT HARD NOSED, TOUGH GUY FOOTBALL.
(It really puts a quite on their crowd)
(Makes em want to leave at Half Time) :BigA:

This game has me so excited that I may have to be extra focused myself to watch it. I mean, going to buy food and stuff.


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Alasippi said:

The game after Bama beat Archie and Ole Miss 33-32.....and it started two years of total medicocrity and an eventual switch to the wishbone..

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True dat. I was at the University during those years of mediocrity. Dreadful, dreadful...

Alasippi said:

The game after Bama beat Archie and Ole Miss 33-32.....and it started two years of total medicocrity and an eventual switch to the wishbone..

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If I remember correctly even Coach Bryant was starting to second guess himself. Of course as Sip said we went to the wishbone the next season and never looked back! No one saw that coming. RTR!

gtowntide said:

If I remember correctly even Coach Bryant was starting to second guess himself. Of course as Sip said we went to the wishbone the next season and never looked back! No one saw that coming. RTR!

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That's when he flirted with the NFL. But luckily, he decided against it (came very close thorough) and brought the 'bone.


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