Lessons in Vanderbilt Football: Western Kentucky

With my reputation as one of the most optimistic on AoG, it could be assumed this week’s article is easy to write. The nature of the win makes it infuriatingly difficult. It has nothing to do with who Vanderbilt beat either. My whole premise is that each game is a learning experience. How am I supposed to approach a game that challenged literally everything we know about Vanderbilt football? Should I just tear back all the things that myself and others thought to be true?

The simple answer is that is NOT what I will do. Each game is one data point. A good scientist will not scrap all previous research due to any single result because outliers do occur. There are too many variables for me to…