Anchor Of Gold · Oct 1, 2022
Lessons in Vanderbilt Football: Alabama
Will Sheppard showed the talent he has against a very good Alabama secondary.The Commodores went to Tuscaloosa and drowned under the Crimson Tide. The 55-3 final score sitting on the schedule reminds us all of how far Vanderbilt is from being an elite team. The problem is putting these games into context is so difficult. Kent State stayed within 3 scores of Georgia. Meanwhile, Northern Illinois, who we beat by 10, only lost to #8 Kentucky by 8. The margin in Tulsa-Ole Miss was also 8. Does that mean Vanderbilt is close to being a top 10 team (Kentucky), or are the Dores a middling G5 team? Because we can add in that Tulsa lost to NIU by 3 to this mess of connecting games.