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Vandy by the Numbers
Posted on 11/11/26 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 11/11/26 at 12:52 pm
-Everyone still has PTSD from what Vandy did two years ago and even what they were capable of last year... but that roster is gone
-Vandy is 76th in avg team rating across the various advanced analytics models
-Vandy is 101st in opp adj scoring defense... our offense is 2nd
-Their offense is 120th in rushing YPC and our defense top 10, if they cant sustain drives they cant keep our offense off the field
-our weakness is passing YPA and theyre 82nd in adj YPA
-Vandy is 76th in avg team rating across the various advanced analytics models
-Vandy is 101st in opp adj scoring defense... our offense is 2nd
-Their offense is 120th in rushing YPC and our defense top 10, if they cant sustain drives they cant keep our offense off the field
-our weakness is passing YPA and theyre 82nd in adj YPA
This post was edited on 11/11/26 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:52 pm to tide06
Thanks - a lot of good info, visual and concise.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 4:16 am to tide06
Do you think anyone at Vandy, alumnus or otherwise wakes up and figures out what they could have if they spent more money on nil in football?
Posted on 11/12/26 at 6:33 am to BFANLC
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Do you think anyone at Vandy, alumnus or otherwise wakes up and figures out what they could have if they spent more money on nil in football?
I sometimes wonder what I should be doing with my weekends instead of watching CFB.
Personally I think Vandy should be in a southern Ivy League with Duke, UVA, Rice, etc but that’s a separate issue.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 7:22 am to tide06
So basically it'll be a 17-17 tie mid-4th quarter is what you're saying. 
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:12 am to PCRammer
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basically it'll be a 17-17 tie mid-4th quarter is what you're saying.
And end up 48-17 somehow
I am 100% on the just win train, but I don't know if my nerves are up for a struggle wins to close out the season over 3 opponents that this team should handle pretty well.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:15 am to tide06
They are like 90th against the run. If we don’t at least try to tractor over their arse I’m breaking into the booth and kicking Grubb’s arse
Posted on 11/12/26 at 8:48 am to tide06
They're not very good. They have a young QB we *should* be able to turn over. My guess is they'll try to throw easy passes like UT did. They're the only team in the conference that doesn't have more TDs than INTs.
I expect it to be closer than the experts predict.
I expect it to be closer than the experts predict.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:42 am to tide06
Vandy wasn't that great of a team in 2024 either. They finished the regular season 6-6 that year and we still lost to them in Nashville. I am not taking anything for granted in this new era we find ourselves in. And it seems like we have one very inexplicable loss every year under DeBoer. Last year it was Florida State and the year before that it was Vanderbilt.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:42 am to JIB
Vanderbilt moved the ball well against Kentucky, and kept the game close for a long time. They were able to both run and pass the ball effectively, and their QB is a decent runner, too.
If we turn the ball over early, then it might be a slog for us. I hope we don't return to our previous pattern of using nearly every second on the play clock prior to the snap. That seems to discombobulate the works.
If we turn the ball over early, then it might be a slog for us. I hope we don't return to our previous pattern of using nearly every second on the play clock prior to the snap. That seems to discombobulate the works.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:51 am to tide06
Do they still run the time sucking offense they did when Pavia was there? Lord, I remember all they had to do was get like two or three first downs and they could suck 3/4's of the time out of a quarter.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 10:58 am to RollTide1987
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Vandy wasn't that great of a team in 2024 either.
They were really good at one thing so if you couldnt or wouldnt adapt to stop that they could grind you down into a game they could win with reduced possessions.
That defensive gameplan was an abomination and our refusal to make adjustments was inexcusable. Thankfully we recruited different types of players better suited to holding up at the LOS and Kane showed that he would adapt to a certain degree so I think we're less susceptible to it now.
They're also nowhere near as talented or experienced as they were when they stole NMSU's roster like Cig did at IU with JMU.
I do find it interesting that their TF QB is rated ahead of Brown at AU, Reed at A&M and McIntyre at TN and just behind Trinidad Chambliss at OM who was getting heisman love not long ago so he certainly has upside.
Posted on 11/12/26 at 3:15 pm to tide06
We'll still find a way to play down to them and Auburn.
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