Ideally, last Saturday night’s game against Vanderbilt would’ve featured an emphatic result, complete with points and yards galore, hugs and smiles on the sideline as backups ran out the clock in the fourth quarter, and a standing ovation for Matt Corral when he came off the field at home for the last time. Unfortunately, as we all know, real life often doesn’t care for our pictured scenarios.
Instead of a festive and proper send-off for Corral and the seniors, we were treated to a Lite Jefferson Pilot Ole Miss/Vanderbilt special, minus the surface-of-the-sun weather. Make no mistake, Ole Miss was in control throughout, but they didn’t officially TKO Vanderbilt until a Henry Parrish Jr.