Missouri vs. Vanderbilt Showdown: SEC College Football

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00:00Let's start to take a look at that SEC slate today, Joe,

00:02and maybe the top game of the day, Missouri taking on Vanderbilt.

00:05Two weeks in a row, we're talking about Vanderbilt

00:08as the center of the college football universe.

00:10No way, no how, but how about this again, Joe?

00:12Vanderbilt is favored to win a football game

00:14the same way they were last week against LSU

00:16in the exact same line, 2.5s to 3s,

00:19depending on where you're shopping at.

00:20A total, Joe, open up at 51.5 now, sits at 53.5.

00:23The expectations each and every week for Vanderbilt

00:26go higher and higher.

00:27I love to see it.

00:29It's a fun football team.

00:30We're not used to this, Joe.

00:31No.

00:31We're not.

00:31Not at all.

00:32Clark Lee has done a fantastic job in Nashville,

00:35led by their quarterback, Diego Pavia,

00:37that did take that game over in the second half,

00:39had a touchdown on the ground.

00:41His mobility, athleticism really put a lot of pressure

00:43on LSU's front seven, and that's going to be the matchup today.

00:47Now, you have a Missouri team that went toe-to-toe with Auburn.

00:50They pick up the victory in double overtime, 23-17.

00:54It is back-to-back road games.

00:56You're talking about a team in Vanderbilt, Donnie,

00:574-0 at home against FCS and FBS opponents.

01:01The average margin of victory for the Commodores has been 29.5 points per game.

01:06Missouri's a pretty good road team over the past couple of years,

01:089-4 straight up.

01:10This game's going to come down to the speed perspective.

01:13We haven't seen Missouri run the football in back-to-back games consistently

01:17against Auburn and Alabama.

01:19I think the tempo potentially could catch up to Vanderbilt today.

01:23I actually like Bo Pabrula.

01:25I expect a breakout performance by Amard Hardy again.

01:29I like the upset.

01:30Missouri outright over Vanderbilt today.

01:33It's hard to win football games in college football, big division play,

01:36or should I say big conference play like the SEC.

01:38I always like to get a kick out of this, like the anomaly that is college football,

01:41where in the pros it's usually home game, away game, home game, away game.

01:44That's not the case in college football.

01:46Look at Missouri's schedule, Joe.

01:47Home against Central Arkansas.

01:49Home against Kansas.

01:50Home against Louisiana.

01:51Home against South Carolina.

01:52Home against UMass.

01:53Home against Alabama.

01:55On the road against Auburn, you get that loss,

01:57and then you go on the road once again against Vanderbilt.

01:59Talk to me now about are we just more of a home game here?

02:02Was that an anomaly last week?

02:03They picked up the loss because it's hard to win.

02:05And also we saw Vanderbilt play big games at home and win those games.

02:08Yeah, I talked about it.

02:09Almost 30 points per game for Vanderbilt.

02:11They're in the top 10 for the first time.

02:13I mean, you can go back years now and decades.

02:16They were a favorite in the series against LSU.

02:19But again, I think when you look at the football matchup for this game,

02:23you look at Missouri's front seven.

02:25They're only giving up 83 rushing yards per game, 2.8 yards per carry.

02:30I actually believe Missouri, if you want to take a game that just stands out for me,

02:34it was the Alabama game where Missouri did go toe-to-toe from a defensive perspective,

02:40contained Ryan Williams, contained Jeremy Bernard in that matchup at home.

02:44They lost, had an opportunity to potentially win it in the fourth quarter,

02:49but I think that'll carry through into this game.

02:51Not a knock on Vanderbilt.

02:52They're holding opposing offenses to around 93 rushing yards per game,

02:56only 3.5 yards per carry.

02:58They held LSU last week to only 100 yards on the ground.

03:01They limited Nussmeier, very opportunistic on the back end as well,

03:06but it's going to come down to speed.

03:07I think Missouri has a little bit better speed, I believe, more in Drinkowitz

03:11than I do Diego, Pavia, and Vanderbilt.

03:14Even though they've stepped up, I think speed kills,

03:16and that's where Missouri has an advantage.

03:18Talk to me about Vanderbilt, Joe, because the one loss of the season

03:21was at Alabama, 30-14 final on that one.

03:24Then they rebound, they take on LSU and beat them at home.

03:26Coming up, upcoming games, I should say, this weekend, of course,

03:29we're talking about the game right now against Missouri.

03:31Then you go on the road to play Texas.

03:33Maybe Texas gets it together, really good defense,

03:35but still a tough place to play down in Austin.

03:37Then you have Auburn and Kentucky at home before you end the season at Tennessee.

03:41Is there an opportunity in your mind, Joe, that they can run the table,

03:44or do we just look at it and say, they're a good football team,

03:46but come on, man, you play in the SEC.

03:48You get no layups right out of the way.

03:50No, they get this victory today, and let's not forget,

03:52they went toe-to-toe with Alabama and Tuscaloosa.

03:54Alabama's only lost one home game dating back to 2020.

03:58That came by Quinn Ewers and Sarkeesian a couple of years ago,

04:01but at the end of the day, they were in striking distance

04:04as a nine-and-a-half-point underdog.

04:06I think this game does pose problems,

04:08but if they get this victory and win in convincing fashion,

04:12they're going to be potentially favored in a couple of matchups.

04:15Now, you have to keep an eye out for Tennessee at the end of the year.

04:18It's an in-state rivalry.

04:19Tennessee potentially has a speed advantage as well,

04:22but they're going on the road today against Kentucky.

04:25You mentioned Auburn, what happens with Auburn the rest of the way,

04:28tough ballgame on the road against Arkansas.

04:30Will they be checked out at that point?

04:32So, again, I think if Vanderbilt gets the victory today or Missouri,

04:36they're going to be that potential team as an at-large

04:40to crack the college football playoff.

04:42Even if they have two losses on the year, quality losses, I think, will matter,

04:47and both of them have come at this point to Alabama.

04:50So, you look at Missouri, three-point loss at home.

04:53You look at Vanderbilt, they lost it by double digits,

04:56but that was the last touchdown by Jim Miller.

04:58So, they're going to be in the conversation, whoever picks up the victory today.

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