Vanderbilt came into Saturday night’s game at Texas A&M as a 30-point underdog, with an offensive line decimated by opt-outs and a true freshman starting at quarterback. This had “disaster” written all over it, only Ken Seals had other ideas.
Vanderbilt took the opening kickoff and early on, the offense looked a bit better than expected. Redshirt sophomore running back Ja’Veon Marlow converted a 3rd and 8 on a 21-yard run on the Commodores’ third play, and true freshman Ken Seals hit Cam Johnson for a 14-year completion on another third down to get Vanderbilt into field goal range for Pierson Cooke, who got Vanderbilt on the board first with a 33-yard field goal.