Saturday’s matchup against a 2-3 Ole Miss team was supposed to be a reprieve from a brutal stretch that featured four straight games against ranked opponents. Instead, it was just another example of how broken the Vanderbilt defense is.
The Commodores blew assignments, whiffed on tackles, and served as the remedy for the Rebels’ offensive woes in a 57-35 loss. The Vandy offensive line was just as bad. Ole Miss game into Saturday’s showdown with four sacks in its first five games. After just 22 minutes, they’d sacked Kyle Shurmur five times.
Shurmur was mercurial in a gave his defense forced him to play from behind and his offensive line forced him to play from his back.