Well, we were all correct last week in that Vanderbilt did beat Hawaii fairly easily. We were all wrong, however, in that we actually severely underestimated Vanderbilt’s margin of victory. Vanderbilt opened the season with a 63-10 pasting of the Rainbow Warriors, their first win to open the season since 2018 and the most points they’ve scored in a game since a 63-8 win over Davidson in 1969.
This week, Vanderbilt gets a visit from the Elon Fightin’ Christians Phoenix, an FCS team that went 6-5 last season. It is completely plausible that Hawaii is worse than a middling FCS team.