Really, what else needs to be said about Saturday’s game?
Vanderbilt and Missouri were two evenly-matched teams. Yards per play and success rate paint a picture of one team (Missouri) that was able to dink and dunk its way down the field, but didn’t have a ton of big plays; the Tigers had just four plays of 20 yards or more. Vanderbilt had nine such plays, but the Commodores’ offense was less successful if it wasn’t ripping off big chunks of yardage. That tie should have been broken by Missouri committing two turnovers to Vanderbilt’s zero, and both turnovers happened to give Vanderbilt excellent field position: Vanderbilt had a significant advantage in starting field position thanks to two drives that started at the Missouri 30 and the Missouri 35, both off Drew Lock interceptions.