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

[TomahawkChop10]

Quote: Originally Posted by xcrunner4623

I would have dropped a brick in my pants at that last touchdown. In my dynasty against Texas, they threw a Hail Mary at the end of the second quarter and caught it for a touchdown. Hate when that happens.

I wanted to cry. I wasn't surprised though. With the sliders I'm playing on, I suck at tackling against good teams for some reason, and when a WR or RB gets in open space, it's usually good for six after some ridiculous juke move or 4+ broken tackles. I like the challenge though.

[Assassin]

Glad you got the upset over Bama but losing to Florida must have been a let down. Hopefully your team can rebound from this loss and finish strong.

[mm boost]

WOW...this has been one of the most interesting dynasties I've read. You have a follower in me my friend. I like how you put the pictures and video clips up. I don't like the dynasties that are read-only. I think the pics and videos add credibility and more excitement to each game. I've started to do both of them on mine.

Congrats on the huge victory over Bama, that was awesome. I upset them with my Hokies in my 2012 season at Bryant Denny Stadium, and beat them 27 to 24. It's a good feeling, isn't it?

Sorry about the loss to Florida, that is a tough one to swallow after the big victory and getting ranked. Keep it up man, I will be following for sure. Be sure to check my VT dynasty out if you get time

[TomahawkChop10]

Quote: Originally Posted by mm boost

WOW...this has been one of the most interesting dynasties I've read. You have a follower in me my friend. I like how you put the pictures and video clips up. I don't like the dynasties that are read-only. I think the pics and videos add credibility and more excitement to each game. I've started to do both of them on mine. Congrats on the huge victory over Bama, that was awesome. I upset them with my Hokies in my 2012 season at Bryant Denny Stadium, and beat them 27 to 24. It's a good feeling, isn't it? Sorry about the loss to Florida, that is a tough one to swallow after the big victory and getting ranked. Keep it up man, I will be following for sure. Be sure to check my VT dynasty out if you get time

Thanks for the kind words.


And I'll definitely bee keeping up with your VT dynasty.

[TomahawkChop10]

Vandy Bounces Back from Florida Loss to Dismantle Kentucky



Warren Norman finds the endzone for a touchdown






John Cole drags a Wildcat defender in for a touchdown






Jordan Matthews makes a catch and takes it in for a touchdown

Nov 5, 2011 - UK at VAND
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Kentucky (5-4, 3-4)	14	6	0	0	20
Vanderbilt (7-3, 5-2)	7	18	7	10	42

Team Stats Comparison
UK		VAND
217	Total Offense	334
120	Rushing Yards	144
97	Passing Yards	190
17	First Downs	17
25	Punt Return Yards	30
164	Kick Return Yards	65
406	Total Yards	429
2	Turnovers	2
2-15	3rd Down Converstion	4-14
2-6	4th Down Conversion	1-1
0-1	2-Point Conversion	1-1
2-2-0	Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2-1-1
6-73	Penalties	12-94
31:49	Posession Time	28:11

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		UK	VAND
6:14	(VAND) TD Vandy: J. Cole, 2 yd pass from L. Smith (R. Fowler kick)	0	7
4:42	(UK) TD UK: L. King, 14 yd pass from M. Newton (C. McIntosh kick)	7	7
1:32	(UK) TD UK: R. Burden, returned interception 19 yds (C. McIntosh ick)	14	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		UK	VAND
5:38	(VAND) TD Vandy: J. Cole, 23 yd pass from L. Smith (R. Fowler kick)	14	14
4:07	(VAND) TD Vandy: C. Marve, returned interception 31 yds (2-pt good))	14	22
2:55	(UK) TD UK: M. Newton, 2 yd run (2pt-failed)	20	21
1:10	(VAND) FG Vandy: R. Fowler, 47 yd FG	20	25
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		UK	VAND
5:06	(VAND) TD Vandy: W. Norman, 31 yd pass from L. Smith (R. Fowler kick)	20	32
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		UK	VAND
4:46	(VAND) FG Vandy: R. Fowler 25 yd FG	20	39
3:11	(VAND) TD Vandy: J. Matthews, 13 yd pass from L. Smith (R. Fowler kick)	20	42

Kentucky Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
L. Smith	147.0	14/28	190	4/1	13.5
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
W. Norman	24	111	4.6	0	8
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
J. Krause	3	21	7.0	0
B. Barden	3	26	8.6	1
W. Norman	2	39	19.5	1
J. Cole	2	25	12.5	1
U. Umoh	2	43	21.5	0
J. Matthews	1	18	18.0	1

Top 25 Games
1 Southern Cal 34 - Washington 28
2 Boise State 43 - San Jose State 20
3 Oklahoma 43 - Baylor 7
4 Wisconsin 32 - 13 Penn State 14
5 Virginia Tech 30 - Wake Forest 7
6 Alabama 39 - 8 LSU 36
7 Texas 9 - Texas Tech 20
10 TCU 41 - UNLV 10
11 Iowa 34 - Duke 13
12 West Virgina 36 - Pittsburgh 39
14 Clemson 23 - 16 Florida State 20
15 Oregon 31 - Stanford 24
17 Arizona 28 - UCLA 35
19 Ohio State 3 - Purdue 24
20 BYU 10 - Wyoming 17
21 Michigan State 41 - Indiana 20
22 UAB 23 - Central Floida 13
23 Utah 41 - New Mexico 0
24 Texas A&M 7 - Missouri 32





National Players of the Week
HB Trent Richardson, Alabama: 30 car, 154 yds, 3 total TD
MLB Jonathan Bostic, Florida: 12 tkl, 3 FF


SEC Players of the Week
HB Trent Richardson, Alabama: 30 car, 154 yds, 3 total TD
MLB Jonathan Bostic, Florida: 12 tkl, 3 FF

[mm boost]

hell yes, nice way to bounce back!

[Deuce2223]

You have played great so far this year. I must admit I thought you would struggle more with Vandy. Them and Kentucky are sorta the bottom of the SEC, figured it would take you a couple of years and some good recruiting classes before you would be beating Alabama,Auburn,Arkansas,LSU,Floridia. Even Georgia and South Carolina, but you run a balanced offensive attack and do a good job of spreading the ball around.

Are you running Vandy's Offense, or do you use a different playbook?

[TomahawkChop10]

Quote: Originally Posted by Deuce2223

You have played great so far this year. I must admit I thought you would struggle more with Vandy. Them and Kentucky are sorta the bottom of the SEC, figured it would take you a couple of years and some good recruiting classes before you would be beating Alabama,Auburn,Arkansas,LSU,Floridia. Even Georgia and South Carolina, but you run a balanced offensive attack and do a good job of spreading the ball around. Are you running Vandy's Offense, or do you use a different playbook?

Since it's a Malzahn coaching legacy, I'm using Auburn's playbook.

I thought I would struggle more to, but Vanderbilt's ratings are actually good enough for me to not only be able to compete with the upper tier SEC teams, but beat them. I'm a B overall, B+ offense, and B- defense. That's actually pretty dang good. I've got a RB that's a 92 OVR, my QB is in the 80's, have multiple WR's in the 83-87 range, and got multiple defensive starters that are an 80 something overall.

I've seen Vandy actually go 7-5 or 8-4 in year two of other dynasties I've done but then start to fall off pretty drastically. I knew I could maybe got 8-4 or 9-3 in year two if I controlled and played with Vandy.