Continuity is the key to Vanderbilt's hopes for offensive improvement

Jim Brown-USA TODAY SportsUnlike in 2015, the Commodores retained their offensive coordinator, and the presumptive quarterback of the future won't be learning a new system.

The 2015 Vanderbilt Commodores featured an offense that could be fairly described as "putrid." The Commodores averaged 4.5 yards per play and 15.2 ppg. Things look even worse when you remove the Austin Peay game (because a game against an 0-11 FCS team shouldn't really count): in the eleven games against FBS opponents, Vanderbilt averaged 4.2 yards per play and 12.3 ppg.

But regular AoG readers probably didn't need numbers to tell them that Vanderbilt had a bad offense last year. You saw it, after all. But the numbers do…