The Vanderbilt head coach apparently thought this was an NFL preseason game.
The Vanderbilt Commodores’ second offensive possession of the game on Thursday night was, perhaps, the best offensive possession we had seen in the Derek Mason era. Kyle Shurmur only attempted three passes, but he completed two of them for 22 yards as Vanderbilt marched down the field on a 13-play, 67-yard touchdown drive that ran 6:06 off the clock.
It was exactly what you expect a power-based, ball-control offense to look like. There weren’t a lot of big plays — the biggest was Shurmur completing a 16-yard pass to C.