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Re: Goin' back to Vandy: A B-Dawg dual NCAA '14/NCAA '07 flashback dynasty
So, I've actually played this thing four games into my second season. I've been slow on doing updates because there were games that I didn't take down the stats for immediately after playing. It's a time-consuming process, especially having to go back and get first names after typing in stats after the fact. I should be able to post my next two games in fairly short order. |
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NCAA 2007 INJURY UPDATE
 Vandy loses starting QB for 6 weeks NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — If coach B-Dawg was thinking about replacing Chris Nickson as his starting quarterback at Vanderbilt, he has no choice now. Doctors have determined that Nickson will miss the next six weeks after sustaining a torn shoulder muscle while scrambling for a first down late in a 27-24 victory over Tennessee State last week. Nickson has been putrid during the Commodores’ 1-3 start, going 72-for-152 (47.4 percent) for 844 yards, four touchdowns and 12 interceptions. His 78 SPD earned him the starting job, but the red-shirt sophomore has only 55 yards on 20 carries. Red-shirt freshman Mackenzi Adams is the only healthy quarterback on the team’s active roster. Adams can still run the option with his 76 SPD. He has 84 THP and 80 THA. If Adams gets hurt, B-Dawg will be forced to activate true freshman Jared Funk, whose 82 THA is the best on the team. B-Dawg is hesitant to do so, because he feels Funk could be the team’s quarterback of the future and wants to milk an extra year out of him. Last edited by BDawg35; 07-20-2022 at 10:15 AM. |
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GAME 5 OF 2021/2006 SEASONS
 Vanderbilt receiver Chris Pierce heads to the end zone with the game-winning 45-yard touchdown catch with 3:39 left in the game.  Vanderbilt linebacker Anfernee Orji picks off a pass in the end zone with 47 seconds left in the game.  Vanderbilt linebacker Anfernee Orji sacks Eastern Michigan quarterback Ben Bryant with six seconds left to seal the victory. STEPPING UP Orji makes 2 huge plays late in game to preserve Vandy’s victory over EMU NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Anfernee Orji had enough. Everyone on the Vanderbilt defense was sick and tired of being punked by Eastern Michigan quarterback Ben Bryant, but Orji actually manned up and did something about it. Orji made two enormous plays in the final 47 seconds of the game to secure Vanderbilt’s 38-31 victory over the Hurons on Sept. 27, 2021. The Hurons were threatening to tie the game, getting first-and-goal at the Vanderbilt 2-yard line. Two tackles for losses pushed Eastern Michigan back to the 7 where it had fourth-and-goal. That’s when Orji stepped up to make his first huge play, picking off a pass in the end zone with 47 seconds remaining. Eastern Michigan got a three-and-out, getting the ball back at its own 38 with 30 seconds remaining. The Hurons moved to the Vanderbilt 30 with 10 seconds remaining when Orji put an end to the shenanigans by sacking Bryant with six seconds to go. “We needed someone to man up and play some defense,” Vanderbilt coach B-Dawg said. “Anfernee was a beast in that final minute. You love to see a player step up like that.” Vanderbilt led 21-10 at halftime, but Eastern rallied to tie the game 31-31 on a 33-yard pass from Bryant to Hassan Beydoun with 4:31 remaining. It was the third touchdown pass of the game for Bryant, who was 33-for-44 for 460 yards. On what proved to be the game-winning drive by the Commodores, receiver Devin Boddie made things more difficult than they needed to be by dropping the first two passes of the drive. He did make up for it with a 19-yard catch on third-and-10 with 3:57 left, moving the ball to the Eastern 45-yard line. On the next play, receiver Chris Pierce took a slant left to right, caught the ball, reversed field after seeing room to his left and was in the clear for the go-ahead touchdown with 3:39 left. “That’s a play that usually gets you 10 to 12 yards, then that’s it,” B-Dawg said. “Chris wasn’t content to just get the first down and line up for the next play. He saw an opening and he took it.” The Commodores couldn’t get anything going on the ground against a suspect EMU defense, with starting running back Re’Mahn Davis managing only 2.1 yards per carry with his 27 carries for 58 yards. Wright made up for it with his arm, going 30-for-40 for 399 yards, three touchdowns and no picks. Boddie had eight catches for 172 yards and a touchdown. Five receivers had at least four catches.  Amir Abdur-Rahman grabs a touchdown pass.
 BRIAN ROBINSON, Alabama, HB, rSr. Stats: 71 carries, 489 yards, 9 TD; 4 catches, 69 yards, 0 TD CASEY THOMPSON, Texas, QB, rJr. Stats: 67-for-110, 1,081 yards, 12 TD, 0 int.; 65 carries, 238 yards, 4 TD C.J. STROUD, Ohio State, QB, rFr. Stats: 83-for-124, 1,084 yards, 11 TD, 0 int.; 47 carries, 155 yards, 4 TD ADRIAN MARTINEZ, Nebraska, QB, Sr. Stats: 63-for-121, 823 yards, 6 TD, 2 int.; 76 carries, 363 yards, 7 TD C.J. VERDELL, Oregon, HB, rSr. Stats: 62 carries, 304 yards, 8 TD; 10 catches, 86 yards, 3 TD   Temple’s Richard Sheppard lowers the boom on Vanderbilt receiver Earl Bennett. CAN IT GET WORSE? 119th-ranked Owls rally from 9-0 down, cruise to 23-9 victory over Commodores NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The mess that is Vanderbilt’s football program is apparently worse than even B-Dawg imagined. B-Dawg counted on at least three victories in his first season with the Commodores, with the Temple Owls on that list of expected victims. Well, it’s becoming pretty clear that there are no easy victories for Vanderbilt. The Commodores got out to a 9-0 lead on two scores by their defense, but the offense never registered a point in losing 23-9 to a Temple team that was ranked dead last among the 119 teams in Division I-A college football. The loss comes one week after the 99th-ranked Commodores (1-4) needed some late heroics to squeak past Division I-AA Tennessee State, 27-24. “This has got to be one of the low points in my coaching career,” B-Dawg said. “If we can’t score on a team like Temple, what’s going to happen when we play Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, teams like those? Quite frankly, I may have bitten off more than I can chew slider-wise. Some tinkering will be forthcoming, but nothing drastic. The outcomes of our first three losses all seemed to be pretty realistic, but we should have just steamrolled Tennessee State and should have made this one a better game, if not an easy win.” Thanks to the defense, Vanderbilt got out to a 9-0 lead in the first quarter on a safety by linebacker Chris Johnson and a 71-yard interception return by true freshman D.J. Moore. The safety was made possible because Vanderbilt failed on two cracks from the Temple 1-yard line, leaving the Owls backed up against their own goal line. Johnson shot through and tackled running back Tim Brown for a loss with 6:33 left in the first quarter. Moore’s first career interception became a 71-yard score down the left sideline with 3:48 to go in the first. “I was really happy with that start and figured we would just run a bland defense, not take any chances, not give them a chance to let EA game momentum swing in their direction,” B-Dawg said. “They scored too quickly after that and never relinquished the momentum.” Temple (1-4) made it a 9-7 game less than two minutes later on a 13-yard pass from Joe DeSanzo to Domerio Hamilton. Brown then made up for getting stuffed on the safety by running 35 yards on a toss to the left, putting the Owls ahead to stay at 14-9. “That toss to the left is an absolutely unstoppable play for us,” B-Dawg said. “In the interest of full disclosure, we played this game twice and restarted around halftime each time because in one case Brown had over 200 yards with three minutes left in the first half because of that toss play. We will not post any wildly unrealistic results, either for or against. He was going to put up over 400 yards at the rate he was going and that’s totally unacceptable.” Brown ran 37 times for 186 yards, as CPU starting running backs continue to put up workhorse-like numbers. B-Dawg went into the CPU coaching settings after the game in an effort to get more substitutions. Vanderbilt actually put up big offensive numbers, but among those big numbers were big turnover numbers. The Commodores outgained Temple 358-353, but were done in by six turnovers. Red-shirt freshman Mackenzie Adams threw three interceptions in his first career start, while Vanderbilt lost three of the five fumbles it put on the ground during a rainstorm in Nashville. The weather didn’t bother Temple, which had only one fumble. The Commodores also had seven dropped passes. Amazingly, Vanderbilt didn’t score, despite nine catches for 214 yards by star receiver Earl Bennett. “I don’t think it’s humanly possible to get 200 receiving yards and never score,” B-Dawg said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen it happen. You’d think one of those catches would go to the house.” The rest of the team had only six catches, as B-Dawg became too gun-shy about throwing anywhere else. Linebacker Jonathan Goff had double-digit tackles for the fourth time in five games, picking up 10. “The reason he’s getting so many tackles is we can’t stop anybody and we can’t run ball-control offense,” B-Dawg said. “The CPU is just pounding the rock on us and we can’t do the same thing. The only time he didn’t get 10 tackles was against Tennessee State, which threw the ball 46 times.” PLAYAZ OF DA GAME Tim Brown, Temple; Earl Bennett, Vanderbilt TEMPLE 23, VANDERBILT 9 First quarter VANDY: Safety, Johnson tackles Brown, 6:33 VANDY: Moore 71 interception return (Hahnfeldt kick), 3:48 TEMPLE: Hamilton 13 pass from DeSanzo (Murphy kick), 2:02 Second quarter TEMPLE: Brown 35 run (Murphy kick), 5:31 TEMPLE: Murphy 46 field goal, 2:43 Third quarter TEMPLE: Murphy 27 field goal, 3:32 Fourth quarter TEMPLE: Murphy 38 field goal, 6:02 Jamaal Charles, Texas, HB Stats: 96 carries, 598 yards, 11 TD; 10 catches, 185 yards, 2 TD Sidney Rice, South Carolina, WR Stats: 28 catches, 517 yards, 9 TD Chad Henne, Michigan, QB Stats: 93-for-147, 1,401 yards, 17 TD, 6 int. Jeff Samardzija, Notre Dame, WR Stats: 39 catches, 517 yards, 5 TD John David Booty, USC, QB Stats: 102-for-162, 1,354 yards, 14 TD, 5 int. Last edited by BDawg35; 07-20-2022 at 10:17 AM. |
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GAME 6 OF 2021/2006 SEASONS
 Missouri kicker Harrison Mevis celebrates his game-winning 19-yard field goal in overtime. Mevis was 5-for-5 on field goals.  Missouri’s Mookie Cooper hauls in a 21-yard touchdown catch with 1:15 left in the fourth quarter. PARTY POOPERS Missouri snatches victory from Vandy as kicker completes perfect day in OT NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt football players were already planning the postgame party, trying to figure out which cheerleaders they’d hook up with that night. Missouri spoiled the Commodores’ plans. Victory seemed certain for Vanderbilt after it took a three-point lead with 29 seconds left in the fourth quarter, but Missouri moved quickly down the field to get a game-tying field goal before winning 35-32 in overtime on Oct. 4, 2021. After giving up a touchdown with 1:15 left in the fourth quarter, the Commodores took a 32-29 lead with 29 seconds remaining in the fourth on a 15-yard pass from Mike Wright to running back Re’Mahn Davis. The Tigers ran four seconds off the clock on the kick return, taking over at their 28-yard line with 25 seconds to go. Three straight completions by Connor Bazelak put Missouri in field goal range. After a pass to the end zone went off a receiver’s hands, Missouri forced overtime on a 32-yard field goal by Mevis with three seconds left. Vanderbilt coach B-Dawg called for a fair catch on the ensuing kick return to give the offense one more shot. Wright hit Devin Boddie for a 36-yard gain on a play that beat Colorado State earlier in the season, sending the game to overtime. B-Dawg’s shoddy stick skills betrayed him in overtime, as he kicked wide left on a 42-yard field goal attempt following three straight incompletions. The Tigers just needed to protect the ball, move closer and claim the walk-off victory with an easy field goal. They had first-and-goal at the 5-yard line before attempting a couple risky passes and having a run come up short of the end zone. Mevis, an 87 OVR sophomore, came on and hit the 19-yard chip-shot to end it with his fifth field goal in as many attempts. “I’ll be second-guessing how I defended the final 25 seconds for a long time,” B-Dawg said. “There had to be a way to keep them from moving that far in such a short time. We could’ve settled it by not leaving as much time on the clock, but you have to score when you can. You’re never guaranteed the end zone.” Wright had an off day, going 24-for-43 for 303 yards, one touchdown and two picks. The Tigers broke up nine passes Cornerback Ennis Rakestraw had an interception and three deflections.  Re’Mahn Davis snags a touchdown catch out of the backfield to give Vanderbilt a short-lived lead with 29 seconds left.
 Josh Allen grabs his second interception (left), his third interception (center) and takes the latter to the house (right). Allen’s 3 picks pave the way for Vandy’s first SEC victory OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A big play needed to be made by Vanderbilt’s defense. On this day, no player in all the land was better suited to come through than Vanderbilt cornerback Josh Allen. Allen’s third interception of the game was taken back 19 yards for a touchdown with 4:54 left in the game, sealing 113th-ranked Vanderbilt’s 41-29 victory over 86th-ranked Mississippi on Oct. 7, 2006. Allen’s three interceptions, which tie the real-life school record, directly or indirectly led to 21 points for Vanderbilt, which won for the first time in Southeastern Conference play under first-year coach B-Dawg. Both teams came in with woeful 1-4 overall records and 0-2 SEC marks. “Josh Allen is a kid who hasn’t really shown us a whole lot in the first five games,” Vanderbilt coach B-Dawg said. “The only guys in our secondary who were playing with a crap were strong safety Reshard Langford and true freshman cornerback D.J. Moore. Josh was amazing today, the way he read the play and broke on the ball. He’s only a red-shirt sophomore, so we’re hoping a game like this gives him a big boost toward becoming a big-time stud by his senior year.” The Commodores, who didn’t score a single offensive point against lowly Temple last week, had an out-of-body experience in the first half against Mississippi. Red-shirt freshman quarterback Mackenzi Adams started the game 11-for-18 for 270 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in staking Vanderbilt to a stunning 31-7 lead with 5:18 left in the first half. Two of Vanderbilt’s touchdowns came after interceptions by Allen. Adams hit six different receivers during that stretch, throwing touchdowns to three different players. Marlon White opened the scoring with a 7-yard touchdown catch, Earl Bennett caught a 21-yard pass to make it 14-7 and tight end Brad Allen snared a 12-yard scoring strike to put the Commodores ahead 31-7. “I was stunned, absolutely stunned,” B-Dawg said. “Here we’ve been struggling all season to scrape and claw for every yard, every point we can get. All of a sudden, it was like the floodgates opened. I switched to the Vanderbilt playbook for this game and the guys seemed much more at ease using their own book. It gives us a good mix of plays that seem suited to our talent. Mississippi isn’t the toughest defense in the country by a long shot, but we had a hard time with Tennessee State and Temple, so we expected another tough battle.” This is Vanderbilt, of course, which meant this victory would become far from easy. The Rebels got some momentum heading into halftime when Brent Schaeffer hit Marshay Green with a 14-yard touchdown pass with 41 seconds left in the second quarter. A 2-point pass cut the Commodores’ lead to 31-15. Mississippi hardly ran at all in the first half, but established a ground game coming out in the second half and had its patience rewarded. The Rebels, led by running back Mico McSwain, outscored Vanderbilt 14-0 in the third quarter to make things very interesting at 31-29. “At that point, I’m bracing for another one of our patented fourth-quarter meltdowns,” B-Dawg said. “We had momentum, we had everything going our way, but they got to +2 on the momentum meter and I fully expected a load of EA-orchestrated B.S. to come our way.” Mississippi’s defense came up with a big stop by stuffing a third-and-goal run from the 2-yard line, forcing Vanderbilt to settle for a 23-yard field goal by Bryant Hahnfeldt with 5:08 left in the game. At 34-29, the Rebels could have taken the lead with a touchdown. But Mr. Allen had other ideas. He leapt to snare a short pass by Schaeffer and went 19 yards to the house with Vanderbilt’s second defensive touchdown of the season, making it a two-score game at 41-29. “We breathed a huge sigh of relief, because we knew we could just drop back and not give up the big play and ride out the victory,” B-Dawg said. Mississippi moved all the way to Vanderbilt’s 2-yard line, but Schaeffer threw three straight incompletions to end the Rebels’ final threat with 1:01 remaining. Adams finished 19-for-31 for 334 yards, three touchdowns and — the truly beautiful part — NO INTERCEPTIONS!!! Cassen Jackson-Garrison showed some versatility, catching two passes for 71 yards and rushing 26 times for 112 yards and a touchdown. His 28-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the longest run this season for the Commodores. Seven different Commodores caught passes, with six grabbing at least two. White had five catches for 77 yards and his first touchdown of the season. Bennett, whose big-play ability has been the only offense for the Commodores so far, was relatively quiet with four catches for 47 yards and a touchdown. “I tell you what, when Bennett has so-so numbers, I’d be willing to bet we’ll win the majority of those games,” B-Dawg said. “It’s when we get desperate and nothing else is working that we lean heavily on him. Today was a perfect display of how I want to run my offense. We got everyone involved and had a good mix of short, medium and deep balls, not to mention a much more effective ground game.” The Commodores were 12-for-17 on third-down conversions. Vanderbilt doesn’t have much time to celebrate. The Commodores will have to go between the hedges next Saturday to face 23rd-ranked Georgia (4-2). PLAYAZ OF DA GAME Josh Allen, Vanderbilt; Marshay Green, Mississippi VANDERBILT 41, MISSISSIPPI 29 First quarter VANDY: White 7 pass from Adams (Hahnfeldt kick), 5:52 MISS: Green 71 pass from Schaeffer (Mosely kick), 5:21 VANDY: Bennett 21 pass from Adams (Hahnfeldt kick), 3:08 Second quarter VANDY: Hahnfeldt 35 field goal, 7:33 VANDY: Garrison 28 run (Hahnfeldt kick), 6:24 VANDY: B.Allen 12 pass from Adams (Hahnfeldt kick), 5:18 MISS: Green 14 pass from Schaeffer (Hough pass from Schaeffer), :41 Third quarter MISS: Lane 2 pass from Schaeffer (Mosely kick), 5:06 MISS: McSwain 27 run (Mosley kick), 1:41 Fourth quarter VANDY: Hahnfeldt 23 field goal, 5:08 VANDY: J.Allen 19 interception return (Hahnfeldt kick), 4:54 Jamaal Charles, Texas, HB Stats: 115 carries, 777 yards, 15 TD; 11 catches, 186 yards, 3 TD Drew Tate, Iowa, QB Stats: 116-for-204, 1,608 yards, 21 TD, 8 int. Sidney Rice, South Carolina, WR Stats: 35 catches, 561 yards, 9 TD John David Booty, USC, QB Stats: 123-for-193, 1,576 yards, 18 TD, 6 int. Zac Taylor, Nebraska, QB Stats: 128-for-211, 1,689 yards, 21 TD, 6 int.
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GAME 7 OF 2021/2006 SEASONS
 Army quarterback Christian Anderson breaks a tackle by Vanderbilt linebacker Ethan Barr on one of his two long touchdown runs.  Vanderbilt’s Dashaun Jerkins picks off a pass at the goal line. TALE OF 2 GAMES Army option attack shreds Vanderbilt in restarted game that originally froze WEST POINT, N.Y. — How much does game momentum factor into the outcome in NCAA ’14? We now have an example of two wildly different results just based on the whims of EA Sports’ momentum programming. Vanderbilt coach B-Dawg had the dreaded game freeze while taking down stats of his game against Army, one which the Commodores dominated. Vanderbilt won that game, 26-3, holding a potent option attack to only 67 yards on 31 carries. That total included runs of 32 yards by A.J. Howard and 24 by quarterback Christian Anderson. Vanderbilt had 20 tackles for losses, including four sacks and three interceptions. So, after getting over the disappointment of wasting almost two hours of his life on a game that didn’t count, B-Dawg was confident when he played Army again a few days later. It was like two totally different teams took the field, with Army’s option attack shredding the Commodores on its way to a 30-14 victory. Anderson played about as realistically as an Army quarterback can, running 17 times for 161 yards and two touchdowns, while going 4-for-12 for 41 yards, no touchdowns and a pick through the air. Supplementing his running was a 10-carry, 118-yard performance by Tyrell Robinson. Army finished with 317 yards on 38 carries. “You can’t tell me the outcome of games isn’t heavily determined by the momentum programming,” B-Dawg said. “I didn’t get any more stupid, my team didn’t get any worse. I ran the same defense the second time we played these guys, and it’s almost as if they practiced against it for a few days and were ready to shred us. I’ve played that Army option attack many times, going back to my Air Force days, but have never been destroyed like that.” During 13 seasons at Air Force, B-Dawg had a 13-0 record against Army. He lost twice to Navy during that time. The first indication this game would be different was when Anderson ran 71 yards for a touchdown on Army’s first snap of the game. “And, thus, the momentum programming was triggered in Army’s favor,” B-Dawg said. B-Dawg’s offense can typically outscore its defensive problems, but the Commodores didn’t score again after taking a 14-7 lead two minutes into the second quarter. A major part of Vanderbilt’s ineptitude on offense was an abysmal performance by quarterback Mike Wright, who threw five interceptions and completed only 20 of 46 passes. Wright started the game completing 13 of his first 14 attempts. Despite Wright’s self-destructive behavior, Vanderbilt’s defense hung in there, with the game tied 14-14 after three quarters. Army outscored Vanderbilt 16-0 in the fourth quarter, as Wright threw three interceptions. A 55-yard run by Anderson was the only touchdown. Cole Talley kicked three field goals in the fourth. “My quarterback starts out 13-for-14 and ends up 7-for-32 the rest of the way,” B-Dawg said. “That can’t happen unless the game’s momentum conspires against you.”
 The photo which is going on Vanderbilt’s bulletin board: Georgia halfback Kregg Lumpkin throwing a 64-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of a blowout game. A RIVALRY IS BORN? B-Dawg vows to get back at Georgia for running up the score in 59-10 rout ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — There isn’t much of a history between Vanderbilt and Georgia, even though both schools have been long-time members of the Southeastern Conference. Well, a bitter rivalry may be brewing after the events of Oct. 14, 2006. Vanderbilt isn’t a threat to the Bulldogs any time soon, as 23rd-ranked Georgia’s 59-10 rout of the 99th-ranked Commodores would suggest. But Commodores coach B-Dawg believes his team will someday become a national power and has essentially told dem UGA ’Dawgs to watch their backs when that day arrives. B-Dawg was steaming hot after the game, believing that Georgia ran up the score on his team. There were several instances to support B-Dawg’s case, but the most egregious came when backup halfback Kregg Lumpkin took a pitchout, then pulled up and threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Mario Riley with 7:08 left in the game. Georgia was winning the game 45-3 at the time the play was called. The Bulldogs (5-2) threw three touchdown passes in the game, all of which came in the second half after they’d built a comfortable 31-0 lead on the strength of two returns of Vanderbilt turnovers. “I’m sorry, but I felt like I was playing NCAA 2006 all over again, when the CPU didn’t seem to have a clue about what the score was and how much time was left,” B-Dawg said. “Everyone else we’ve played this season has had the class to just run the ball with a big lead in the second half. What Georgia did was a mockery to the game and showed a lack of respect to our program. “I doubt we’ll be able to beat them any time soon, but the day is coming when we’ll have a team capable of laying a beatdown on them. I can assure all of our fans that it will not be pretty and we will not let our foot off their throats when that day comes. That photo of Lumpkin throwing the halfback option touchdown pass in the fourth quarter will remain in our locker room as a reminder of how badly they disrespected us. I just hope that some of our young guys who were on the field today get the chance by their senior year to exact retribution.” Brad Nessler seemed to support B-Dawg’s asserting. After Georgia’s last touchdown, the ESPN announcer told a regional television audience, “Well, these guys are just out there padding their stats and running up the score.” Until the Bulldogs ran it up in the second half, their offense was overshadowed by their defense. Brandon Miller returned a fumbled punt by Earl Bennett 35 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter and Thomas Flowers took an interception 97 yards to paydirt in the third after Vanderbilt had first-and-goal at Georgia’s 5-yard line. “The next time I call a quick out near the goal line on first down, slap me silly,” B-Dawg said. “That play was just destined to be six the other way.” Vanderbilt was down 38-0 before averting the shutout on a 32-yard field goal by Bryant Hahnfeldt with 56 seconds left in the third quarter. “We weren’t leaving here without any points,” B-Dawg said. Backup halfback Jared Hawkins, playing for only the second time this season, hauled in a 75-yard touchdown pass from Mackenzi Adams with 3:44 left in the game for Vanderbilt’s only touchdown. A bright spot for Vanderbilt (2-5) was the running of Cassen Jackson-Garrison, who had a season-high 162 yards on 25 carries. B-Dawg stuck to the ground in the second half to keep the game from getting out of hand, which is another reason he was so livid that Georgia ran it up with some quick touchdowns off big plays. “It was really good to finally do something on the ground for a change,” B-Dawg said. “Hopefully we can carry this into the rest of the season. We found that the quarterback option play got us some nice yards where just holding the X button would work like the fullback dive on the triple option. Cassen got some nice yardage that way. That’s not even a play I’ve considered using before, but if Lee Corso suggests it, we’ll start using it more. It seems to be a staple of the Vandy playbook.” The final stats don’t suggest this game was a blowout, as Georgia had only a 484-423 advantage in total yardage. Vanderbilt had a 16:21 to 15:39 advantage in possession, but the Bulldogs’ big-play capability meant they didn’t need to hang on to the ball very long. PLAYAZ OF DA GAME Cassen Jackson-Garrison, Vanderbilt; Thomas Brown, Georgia GEORGIA 59, VANDERBILT 10 First quarter UGA: Coutu 37 field goal, 2:02 Second quarter UGA: Brown 2 run (Coutu kick), 7:58 UGA: Miller 35 fumble return (Coutu kick), 4:40 UGA: Brown 67 run (Coutu kick), 2:03 Third quarter UGA: Flowers 97 interception return (Coutu kick), 4:27 UGA: Brown 52 pass from Tereshinski (Coutu kick), 2:26 VANDY: Hahnfeldt 32 field goal, :56 UGA: Massaquoi 62 pass from Tereshinski (Coutu kick), :24 Fourth quarter UGA: Riley 64 pass from Lumpkin (Coutu kick), 7:08 VANDY: Hawkins 75 pass from Adams (Hahnfeldt kick), 3:44 UGA: Lumpkin 17 run (Coutu kick), 1:47 Jamaal Charles, Texas, HB Stats: 129 carries, 854 yards, 16 TD; 11 catches, 186 yards, 3 TD John David Booty, USC, QB Stats: 152-for-234, 2,039 yards, 21 TD, 7 int. Drew Tate, Iowa, QB Stats: 143-for-250, 1,930 yards, 24 TD, 12 int. Zac Taylor, Nebraska, QB Stats: 148-for-242, 1,897 yards, 23 TD, 7 int. Patrick White, West Virginia, QB Stats: 79-for-133, 992 yards, 11 TD, 5 int.; 90 carrries, 651 yards, 7 TD |
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