Lessons in Vanderbilt Football: South Carolina

Ray Davis left a lot of Gamecocks clutching at air en route to a great night on the ground for him.The loss to South Carolina was brutal. The Gamecocks were viewed as a beatable opponent. A few experts even took the Commodores to pull the “upset.” Instead, Vanderbilt did some things we have talked about here. Some other topics may need to be revisited. Full disclosure, I did only re-watch the first half.

Lessons We Know Well

Ray Davis is a damned good running back if he gets any help. The offensive line was not creating a ton of push, but they were creating seams. Davis was finding them and making one man miss. Even hobbled a few times, he was able to carry the ball 20 times for 167 yards. If…