The Coaching Legacy of Gus Malzahn: Vandy's Rise to Greatness

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Quote: Originally Posted by Jefferson2Lafell

Looking good. Nice win over Tech. My cousin played for Mahlzahn at Springdale, so its pretty cool to see all the attention he's getting (even though I hate Auburn.) I'll be following.

Oh yeah? I don't guess he played for him in '04 or '05 did he? It was a circus at Springdale those two years. Then "the book" came out the next year chronicling their 2005 season, while Mustain, Gus, Damien Williams, Ben Cleveland, and the other receiver (name slips my mind right now) were playing for the U of A, and all hell broke lose. From about the spring of 2006 through late winter 2007 the Arkansas football program was one huge soap opera.

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Vandy Bye Week (Week 5)

Top 25 Games Week 5
1 Alabama 34 - 23 Florida 7
2 Southern Cal 21 - Arizona State
3 Wisconsin 14 - 10 Iowa 17
4 Texas 44 - Kansas State 3
5 Florida State 33 - Duke 23
6 Boise State 49 - Louisiana Tech 28
7 Ohio State 3 - Michigan State 19
8 Virginia Tech 21 - North Carolina 16
9 Oklahoma 51 - Colorado 21
11 Miami 38 - Boston College 17
12 Stanford 16 - Washington State 21
13 West Virginia 18 - Rutgers 28
16 California 17 - 20 Oregon 30
17 LSU 23 - Mississippi State 0
18 Clemson 30 - Wake Forest 19
19 TCU 32 - New Mexico 7
21 Arkansas 19 - 25 Texas A&M 7
22 Auburn 14 - South Carolina 41
24 Nebraska 30 - Iowa State 3



National Players of the Week
WR Tyshon Goode, Kent St: 15 rec, 313 yds, 4 TD
OLB Chris Norman, Mich St: 11 tkl, 4 tfl, 2 sacks

SEC Players of the Week
QB Matt Simms, Tenn: 16/31, 247 yds, 56 rush yds, 4 total TD
CB Anthony Anderson, Tenn: 4 tkl, tfl, 2 INT, TD

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Week 6

Vanderbilt (2-2, 0-1) vs. Ole Miss (3-1, 0-1)

Visiting Recruits
4* WR Dominic Jones, 5'11" 189, Fairview, TN (#27 WR): Vandy, Virginia Tech, Navy

4* HB Clarence Tillman, 5'11" 160, Hoehenwald, TN (#25 HB): Vandy, North Carolina, Clemson

3* WR Tyler Johnson, 6'3" 180, Hendersonville, NC (#34 WR): Vandy, Wake Forest, East Carolina

3* QB Brandon Nelson, 6'3" 215, Middle Valley, TN (#26 QB): Vandy, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech

3* DT James Kirby, 6'4" 258, Dickson, TN (#41 DT): Vandy, North Carolina, Missouri

3* HB Daniel Pollock, 5'11" 169, Highland Springs, VA (#53 HB): Vandy, Maryland, Louisville

3* TE Van Greene, 6'4" 252, Crystal Springs, MS (#29 TE): Vandy, Missouri, Mississippi State

3* OT Shane Adams, 6'6" 342, Groveton, Virginia (#31 OT): Vandy, Louisville, Maryland

3* HB Dominic Sears, 5'11" 178, Ponchatoula, LA (#88 HB): Vandy, Tulane, Missouri

3* CB Marcus Bates, 6'0" 188, West Augusta, GA (#41 CB): Vandy, Georgia, Georgia Tech

3* OT Ross Newell (JUCO), 6'6" 313, Athens, TN (#59 OT): Vandy, Ole Miss, Arkansas

3* CB Bobby Morris, 6'0" 188, Dunwoody, GA (#26 CB): Arkansas, Vandy, Georgia

3* OG Justin Campbell, 6'4" 274, St. Cloud, FL (#31 OG): South Carolina, Vandy, Tennessee

3* TE Eric Lambert, 6'3" 237, Sanford, North Carolina (#34 TE): Wake Forest, Vandy, East Carolina

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Vanderbilt Defense Dominant in 38-10 Win

Nashville, TN -- This rivalry game went up several notches as soon as Gus Malzahn was hired as Vanderbilt's head coach. In 2006 Malzahn was hired as Arkansas' offensive coordinator under head coach Houston Nutt. Since then, Nutt has been fired from Arkansas, immediately hired as Ole Miss' head coach, and Malzahn made stops at Tulsa and Auburn as an offensive coordinator. It looked like the relationship between Nutt and Malzahn was going to be a good one after Arkansas went 10-2 in their first year together. However, a massive fallout ending in a messy divorce developed a split in the Arkansas fanbase, and inadvertently created a rival between the two that was begun this Saturday in Nashville.

Trey Wilson intercepts an Ole Miss pass in the first quarter

In the first meeting between teacher and student, the student got the better of his teacher in an impressive manner. For the second straight week, Vanderbilt's defense was the story, as they held Ole Miss to just 10 points and 242 yards of offense, 77 of which came on a 77 yard touchdown run by Rodney Scott in the fourth quarter in garbage time.

Warren Norman runs through a huge hold for a touchdown

Gus Malzahn
"Look, I know people want to believe there's this deep seeded hate between Coach Nutt and I, but that's simply not true. We didn't see eye to eye when we were both at Arkansas, but since then we've mended our relationship and get along fine. This was just another win for us."

Larry Smith looking for a receiver

Ole Miss (3-2, 0-2) at Vanderbilt (3-2, 1-1)
Oct 1, 2013 1 2 3 4 F Ole Miss 0 3 0 7 10 Vanderbilt 14 7 14 3 38 Top Performers Ole Miss R. Scott: 6 carries, 89 yds, 14.8 ypc, TD D. Junald: 7 tkl, INT Vanderbilt W. Norman: 18 car, 130 yds, 7.2 ypc, TD T. Fugger: 7 tkl, 4 tfl, 2.5 sacks	Team Stats Comparison MISS VAND First Downs 12 19 3rd Down Efficiency 7-16 4-7 4th Down Efficiency 1-1 1-1 Total Yards 242 466 Passing Yards 122 250 Rushing Yards 120 216 Penalties-Penalty Yards 0-0 4-41 Turnovers 1 1 Time of Possession 15:10 12:50
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING MISS VAND 4:36 (VAND) TD Vandy: J. Matthews, 12 yd pass from L. Smith (R. Fowler kick) 0 7 2:20 (VAND) TD Vandy: W. Norman, 6 yd run (R. Fowler kick) 0 14 SECOND QUARTER SCORING MISS VAND 3:38 (MISS) FG Miss: B. Rose, 22 yd FG 3 14 1:51 (VAND) TD Vandy: J. Matthews, 11 yd pass from L. Smith (R. Fowler kick) 3 21 THIRD QUARTER SCORING MISS VAND 4:28 (VAND) TD Vandy: L. Smith, 14 yd run (R. Fowler kick) 3 28 1:32 (VAND) TD Vandy: W. Norman, 64 yd run (R. Fowler kick) 3 35 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING MISS VAND 6:48 (VAND) FG Vandy: R. Fowler, 44 yd FG 3 38 0:00 (MISS) TD Miss: R. Scott, 77 yd run (B. Rose kick) 10 38
Ole Miss PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT L. Smith 14/25 250 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD W. Norman 18 130 7.2 1 L. Smith 4 62 15.5 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Matthews 6 106 17.6 2 U. Umoh 2 35 17.5 0 B. Barden 2 53 26.5 0 M. Johnson 1 24 24.0 0 Vanderbilt PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT N. Stanley 11/22 122 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD E. Davis 19 60 3.1 0 R. Scott 6 89 14.8 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Logan 2 28 14.0 0 F. Fallen 1 34 34.0 0 Z. Mason 1 21 21.0 0 K. Neat 1 16 16.0 0

Top 25 Games Week 6
2 Southern Cal 38 - Oregon State 20
3 Texas 20 - 8 Oklahoma 30
4 Florida State 30 - Wake Forest 17
5 Boise State 38 - Fresno State 7
6 Iowa 48 - Illinois 31
7 Virginia Tech 37 - FCS W 3
9 Wisconsin 28 - Michigan 6
10 Miami 49 - Duke 24
11 Stanford 21 - 12 Washington 3
13 Pittsburgh 30 - Rutgers 13
14 LSU 35 - Florida 3
15 Oregon 17 - Arizona 49
16 Ohio State 19 - Penn State 7
17 Clemson 20 - North Carolina 45
18 TCU 20 - Wyoming 6
21 Texas A&M 28 - Oklahoma State 16
22 Nebraska 21 - Missouri 28
23 South Carolina 10 - Kentucky 16
24 West Virginia 34 - Syracuse 0
25 UTEP 23 - East Carolina 20



National Players of the Week (Week 6)
HB Embry Jones, GT: 39 car, 248 yds, 4 TD, rec TD
OLB Royzell Smith, UTEP: 18 tkl, 2 FF, 2 FR



SEC Players of the Week (Week 6)
QB Matt Simms, Tenn: 23/44, 275 yds, 61 rush yds, 4 total TD
DT T.J. Greenstone: 6 tkls, 2 tfl, 2 sacks

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Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 2, 2011
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
John Clay	HB	Wisconsin		205 car, 1074 yds, 5.2 ypc, 8 TD
Trent Richardson	HB	Alabama		195 car, 949 yds, 4.9 ypc, 8 TD
E.J. Manuel	QB	Florida State		158.6 rating, 152/232, 2124 yds, 15 TD, 6 INT, 65.5% comp, 122 rush yds, 5 TD
Kendall Wright	WR	Baylor		76 rec, 966 yds, 12.7 ypc, 10 TD
Nick Foles	QB	Arizona		195.6 rating, 118/172, 1925 yds, 19 TD, 3 INT

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 2, 2011
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (38)	5	0	1502
2	2	Southern Cal (21)	4	0	1423
3	4	Florida State (1)	6	0	1233
4	5	Boise State (1)	4	0	1093
5	7	Virginia Tech	6	0	1091
6	8	Oklahoma	4	1	1037
7	6	Iowa	3	1	995
8	10	Miami	5	0	967
9	14	LSU	5	0	896
10	9	Wisconsin	5	1	881
11	3	Texas	4	1	870
12	13	Pittsburgh	4	0	859
13	11	Stanford	4	1	841
14	16	Ohio State	3	2	643
15	21	Texas A&M	4	0	548
16	12	Washington	3	1	548
17	18	TCU	5	1	544
18	19	Michigan State	4	1	506
19	20	California	3	1	468
20	NR	Notre Dame	4	0	353
21	25	UTEP	5	0	347
22	24	West Virginia	3	2	335
23	15	Oregon	5	1	312
24	17	Clemson	4	1	287
25	NR	North Carolina	4	2	253

[Jefferson2Lafell]

Quote: Originally Posted by TomahawkChop10

Oh yeah? I don't guess he played for him in '04 or '05 did he? It was a circus at Springdale those two years. Then "the book" came out the next year chronicling their 2005 season, while Mustain, Gus, Damien Williams, Ben Cleveland, and the other receiver (name slips my mind right now) were playing for the U of A, and all hell broke lose. From about the spring of 2006 through late winter 2007 the Arkansas football program was one huge soap opera.

He graduated the year before Mustain and Williams. Cody Varner, played DB. Got some scholly offers but didn't have the grades to play.

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Commodores Win a Nailbiter Over Bulldogs



Jonathan Krause making one of his two touchdown catches

Nasvhille, TN -- It appears one of Vanderbilt's most talented teams in a long time is turning a corner under first year head coach Gus Malzahn. Despite trailing most of the game Saturday, the Commodores found a way to get it done in the end, and escaped with a narrow 30-27 victory. The win pushes Vanderbilt's win streak to three in a row, all three coming against quality opponents: Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, and Georgia. All three coming at home.

Walker May makes a diving sack against Georgia





Krause eludes a diving Georgia defender on his way to a go ahead fourth quarter touchdown




Ryan Fowler drains a 48 yard game winning field goal as time expires

Georgia (5-2, 3-2) at Vanderbilt (4-2, 2-1)
Oct 8, 2011 1 2 3 4 F Georgia 0 17 0 10 27 Vanderbilt 0 7 10 13 30 Top Performers Georgia A. Murray: 11/18, 201 yds, 3 TD A. Jones: 7 tkl, 4 tfl, 2 sacks Vanderbilt J. Krause: 7 rec, 168 yds, 24.0 ypc, 2 TD W. May: 6 tkl, 4 tfl, sack	Team Stats Comparison UGA VAND First Downs 9 16 3rd Down Efficiency 3-9 5-12 4th Down Efficiency 0-0 1-1 Total Yards 324 372 Passing Yards 201 287 Rushing Yards 123 85 Penalties-Penalty Yards 0-0 3-39 Turnovers 0 2 Time of Possession 12:42 15:18
Scoring Summary SECOND QUARTER SCORING UGA VAND 4:57 (UGA) TD UGA: O. Charles, 11 yd pss from A. Murray (B. Walsh kick) 7 0 2:07 (VAND) TD Vandy: J. Krause, 12 yd pass from L. Smith (R. Fowler kick) 7 7 1:41 (UGA) TD UGA: A. Green, 86 yd pass from A. Murray (B. Walsh kick) 14 7 0:19 (UGA) FG UGA: B. Walsh, 51 yd FG 17 7 THIRD QUARTER SCORING UGA VAND 2:49 (VAND) FG Vandy: R. Fowler, 45 yd FG 17 10 1:37 (VAND) TD Vandy: J. Krause, 38 yd pass from L. Smith 17 17 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING UGA VAND 6:27 (UGA) FG UGA: B. Walsh, 23 yd FG 20 17 4:07 (VAND) TD Vandy: W. Norman, 9 yd pass from L. Smith 20 24 2:03 (VAND) FG Vandy: R. Fowler, 49 yd FG 20 27 1:36 (UGA) TD UGA: R. Wooten, 23 yd pass from A. Murray (B. Walsh kick) 27 27 0:00 (VAND) FG Vandy: R. Fowler, 48 yd FG 27 30
Vanderbilt PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT L. Smith 16/32 287 3 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD W. Norman 16 21 1.3 0 L. Smith 10 55 5.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Krause 7 168 24.0 2 W. Norman 3 23 7.6 1 J. Matthews 2 27 13.5 0 U. Umoh 2 31 15.5 0 B. Barden 2 38 19.0 0 Georgia PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT A. Murray 11/18 201 3 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD W. Ealey 22 111 5.0 0 C. King 4 11 2.7 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Wooten 3 28 9.3 1 T. King 2 12 6.0 0 M. Brown 2 64 32.0 0 A. Green 1 86 86.0 1 O. Charles 1 11 11.0 1

Top 25 Scores Week 7
1 Alabama 37 - Ole Miss 6
2 Southern Cal 27 - 20 Notre Dame 24
3 Florida State 24 - 8 Miami 47
4 Boise State 37 - Nevada 23
6 Oklahoma 37 - Missouri 14
7 Iowa 19 - Penn State 38
9 LSU 21 - Kentucky 20
10 Wisconsin 14 - Minnesota 7
11 Texas 38 - Iowa State 3
12 Pittsburgh 34 - Syracuse 27
13 Stanford 35 - Arizona State 13
15 Texas A&M 37 - Texas Tech 20
18 Michigan State 30 - Purdue 3
19 California 27 - Arizona 42
21 UTEP 20 - Tulane 23
22 West Virginia 17 - Marshall 7
24 Clemson 38 - North Carolina State 10
25 North Carolina 24 - Tennessee 3



National Players of the Week
QB Kellen Moore, Boise: 38/51, 426 yds, 4 TD
SS Barry Valcin, Troy: 8 tkl, 2 tfl, sack, FF

SEC Players of the Week
WR Jonathan Krause, Vandy: 7 rec, 168 yds, 2 TD
CB Neiko Thorpe, Auburn: 5 tkls, FF, FR, INT

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Week 8 Around the Nation

Coaches Poll

NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Oct 9, 2011
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (41)	6	0	1505
2	2	Southern Cal (20)	5	0	1480
3	5	Virginia Tech	6	0	1229
4	8	Miami	6	0	1159
5	4	Boise State	5	0	1124
6	9	LSU	6	0	1101
7	6	Oklahoma	5	1	990
8	12	Pittsburgh	5	0	873
9	3	Florida State	6	1	838
10	10	Wisconsin	6	1	836
11	11	Texas	5	1	794
12	15	Texas A&M	5	0	764
13	13	Stanford	5	1	716
14	14	Ohio State	3	2	649
15	16	Washington	3	1	587
16	17	TCU	5	1	557
17	7	Iowa	3	2	538
18	18	Michigan State	5	1	522
19	22	West Virginia	4	2	380
20	NR	Penn State	4	2	366
21	23	Oregon	5	1	360
22	20	Notre Dame	4	1	355
23	24	Clemson	5	1	338
24	NR	Arizona	5	1	337
25	25	North Carolina	5	2	293

Receiving Votes: BYU (251), Rutgers (224), Nebraska (155), UAB (90), Kentucky (51), UTEP (31), Missouri (6)
Dropped Out: Cal (#19), UTEP (#21)

Media Poll

NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 9, 2011
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	1	Alabama (43)	6	0	1603
2	4	Miami (21)	6	0	1590
3	2	Southern Cal (1)	5	0	1564
4	9	Virginia Tech	6	0	1173
5	10	LSU	6	0	1137
6	7	Boise State	5	0	1113
7	8	Pittsburgh	5	0	1077
8	6	Oklahoma	5	1	1065
9	3	Florida State	6	1	901
10	11	Wisconsin	6	1	842
11	15	Texas A&M	5	0	807
12	12	Texas	5	1	797
13	13	Stanford	5	1	755
14	14	Ohio State	3	2	694
15	16	TCU	5	1	633
16	5	Iowa	3	2	595
17	17	Washington	3	1	588
18	18	Michigan State	5	1	556
19	NR	Penn State	4	2	457
20	21	Oregon	5	1	411
21	19	Notre Dame	4	1	398
22	22	Clemson	5	1	376
23	NR	Arizona	5	1	369
24	23	West Virginia	4	2	365
25	25	North Carolina	5	2	302

Receiving Votes: Cal (221), Rutgers (216), BYU (187), UAB (148), Nebraska (93), Kentucky (46), Florida (33)
Dropped Out: Cal (#19), UTEP (#21)

SEC Standings

SEC East Conference Standings - Updated: Oct 9, 2011
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
South Carolina	5-2	0.710	3-1	244	138	L2
Vanderbilt	4-2	0.660	2-1	216	172	W3
Georgia	5-2	0.710	3-2	185	134	L1
Kentucky	4-2	0.660	2-2	116	64	L1
Florida	3-3	0.500	2-2	64	91	L2
Tennessee	4-3	0.570	1-2	181	130	L1

SEC West Conference Standings - Updated: Oct 9, 2011
TEAM	REC	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STRK
(1) Alabama	6-0	1.000	3-0	207	30	W6
(6) LSU	6-0	1.000	3-0	206	142	W6
Arkansas	4-3	0.570	2-2	216	171	W1
Auburn	2-4	0.330	1-3	95	109	L4
Ole Miss	3-3	0.500	0-3	147	129	L2
Mississippi State	3-4	0.420	0-4	158	136	W1

Heisman Watch

Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 9, 2011
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
John Clay	HB	Wisconsin		232 car, 1176 yds, 5.1 ypc, 9 TD, 244 rec yds, 4 TD
Trent Richardson	HB	Alabama		217 car, 1071 yds, 4.9 ypc, 10 TD, 229 ec yds, 2 TD
Kendall Wright	WR	Baylor		85 rec, 1046 yds, 12 TD, 12.3 ypc
Nick Foles	QB	Arizona		189.7 rating, 148/215, 2285 yds, 23 TD, 4 INT, 68.8% comp
E.J. Manuel	QB	Florida State		154.4 rating, 176/272, 2402 yds, 17 TD, 7 INT, 64.7% comp

Vanderbilt Player Stats Through Six Games

Vanderbilt Commodores Stats - 2011
Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	LONG	TD	INT	RAT
Larry Smith	112/211	2024	18.0	337.3	82	17	16	145.1
Jordan Rodgers	7/11	77	11.0	77.0	26	0	0	122.4
Rushing	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	20+	TD	YDS/G	FUM
Warren Norman	106	477	4.5	66	3	5	79.5	2
Larry Smith	53	374	7.0	44	6	5	62.3	4
Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	DROPS	YDS/G	YAC
Jordan Matthews	33	565	17.1	7	40	4	94.1	227
Brandon Barden	20	342	17.1	1	30	0	57.0	86
Jonathan Krause	16	333	20.8	2	38	2	55.5	110
Udom Umoh	14	207	14.7	1	23	0	34.5	58
Warren Norman	11	151	13.7	2	82	2	25.1	120
John Cole	10	212	21.2	2	76	0	35.3	102
	Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions
Defense	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TLOSS	PD	INT	TD
Archibald Barnes	18	10	28	0.0	3	3	0	0
Eddie Foster	18	9	27	0.0	1	2	1	0
Tim Fugger	16	5	21	4.5	6	1	0	0
Rob Lohr	16	5	21	4.0	11	1	0	0
T.J. Greenstone	16	6	22	2.0	6	1	0	0
Trey Wilson	15	9	24	1.0	3	2	1	0
Walker May	10	3	13	2.0	6	0	1	0
	Kickoffs					Punts
Returning	ATT	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD	RET	AVG	TD
Warren Norman	11	211	19.1	29	0	0	0	0
John Cole	9	188	20.8	24	0	8	72	0
	Field Goals				Extra Points
Kicking	FGM	FGA	PCT	LONG	XPM	XPA	PCT	PTS
Ryan Fowler	6	8	75	54	24	24	100	42
Punting	PUNTS	YDS	LONG	AVG	NET	BP	IN20	TB
Richard Kent	14	654	49	46.7	283	40.4	0	1