re: Woody Barrett????

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Let's call it like it is... Mason is a disaster. He finally has an SEC game that he should win and his team doesn't show up. It's one thing to show up to an 11am showdown vs more talented teams and take them by surprise (see UGA and AU games)... It's another to play with expectations of winning.

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I think Mason has upgraded from unmitigated disaster in year 1 to just incredibly frustrating in year 3. The offense is finally showing signs of life too. The game against Missouri had some very critical moments that just went wrong. There was a 4th and 2 pass from the RB that had a WIDE open receiver 5 yards away and he throws it 2 yards. The RB could have just run for the first down too. Then Missouri's final TD came on a massive push-off that was somehow called DPI, not OPI. A Vanderbilt drive near or in the red zone was ended by a pass off a TEs helmet being picked off.

Mason is not off the hook for those things, but I really do not think that result should get rid of ALL of the goodwill Mason had generated in the previous 3 games. It certainly eats away MOST of it, but there are still two more chances for Mason and this team to get him a 4th year. Shea Patterson may be able to put the nail in Mason's Vanderbilt career, but a win over UT will save most any Vanderbilt coach's job.