You know what’s worse than Derek Mason’s quarterback management? Not having a viable backup.
Oh, we’ve heard the reasons. I guess you could call them reasons.
"I thought (quarterback Kyle Shurmur) had rhythm on the touchdown drive. But that was a situation where me and (offensive coordinator) Andy (Ludwig) had talked about it."
That was Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason “explaining” why he inserted backup quarterback Wade Freebeck in the third drive of the South Carolina game. And then last week, when Mason said that Freebeck was going to be the “situational quarterback” in advance of the Middle Tennessee game.