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Sunday began preparations for the Vanderbilt game. They're 3-5, 1-4 in conference. If the Commodores lose on Saturday, they're officially out of contention for the SEC Championship game.
The good news is that LSU runs an offense similar to our own, and the game tape showed Vandy ran an 8 man front against them. They stopped the Tigers for 2 and a half quarters...but LSU finally pulled the game out.
I believe we'll have a better day. We've got a better defense than the Tigers, and the Commodores are banged up in a major way. I don't even think they can afford to look at running an 8 man front.
Quite literally, 8 players on the Vanderbilt team are listed as out for the game, and 6 others are nursing injuries of some sort. The best thing about Vandy's defense? They have a very good secondary. The worst thing? Three of the four players they started on the defensive line against LSU are walk ons, thanks to major injury issues.
Vanderbilt's defensive rankings are horrid as well, with no ranking above 73rd overall (avg per rush, 3.79).
It should be a good day for us. Of course, Ole Miss was supposed to be a good day for us as well.
Injury wise TE Dominic Witt, CB Bart Serra, and DE Andrew Harding are all still out. In fact, Witt is the only possibility of coming back during the regular season.
Both Witt and Serra will be ready for any bowl game the Vols go to. A bowl game is essentially a lock at this point with 7 victories.
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