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LSU 66, Vanderbilt 38: It was worse than the score looked

Tennessean: Vanderbilt football falls hard, 66-38, to No. 5 LSU

There are times when I do the Statistical and end up feeling better about the game I just watched, and there are times when I end up feeling worse. This is definitely the latter.

Oh, the defense was exactly as bad as the numbers made it look. There was a blocked punt that resulted in a touchdown, and LSU started a drive at the Vanderbilt 1 after an onside kick that went very poorly; even taking those away, though, the defense gave up 52 points and LSU’s offense had a 50 percent success rate — and that was with the backup quarterback playing for a quarter and a half.