Auburn vs. Vanderbilt: Key Insights for SEC Matchup

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00:00and Auburn taking on Vanderbilt in Nashville.

00:03It's on the road, and this game's inside of a touchdown

00:06and trying to figure this out for what's going on there

00:09with the Auburn Tigers, and I know Vanderbilt lost last week,

00:12but still in a pretty good spot, and you still have playoff hopes alive.

00:16Listen, that was a tough spot for Vandy last week, as we discussed.

00:19Depending on when you bet that number, if you bet that number,

00:22the doors might have even came through the back door to cover

00:25the three-and-a-half-point dog in Austin.

00:28A really tough beat if you laid a bad number on Texas.

00:31It's why you always have to do things early.

00:33Vandy is still a really good football team.

00:35As we have said, Vanderbilt is going to give you some chunk yardage.

00:39Vanderbilt is going to allow some points to be scored.

00:41We saw Archmanning in Texas take advantage of that in the opening half

00:44on Saturday in Austin.

00:46Again, a tough spot for the Commodores that, although they are on the Ascension

00:50as a program, they were playing three consecutive weeks

00:52against three straight-ranked foes.

00:54Texas back at home for the first time since late September.

00:57Vandy is still a really good football team.

00:59But guys, if you were to take off Hugh Freeze and maybe the Auburn name right now

01:04and look at some of the numbers the Tigers have put up each of the previous two seasons,

01:08you would also think Auburn is a really good football team

01:10in terms of how they can move the football.

01:13Offensively, this year has struggled to put points on the board,

01:16but even defensively, limiting yards per play for their opponents.

01:20There's a lot to be said when you have these fired head coaches

01:23not matching the expectation at these premier programs,

01:26but the talent on the roster is still there.

01:29And we have seen the interim bump be incredibly productive this year.

01:33In the first game following a firing, because Florida covered last week

01:37in the cocktail party in Jacksonville against UGA,

01:40the team in their first game following the dismissal of a permanent head coach,

01:44now 7-2 against the number.

01:47So, maybe there is something to be said.

01:50But Auburn is not a fired football coach and an 11-and-a-half-point underdog

01:54against a ranked foe in the SEC.

01:56This game is within a touchdown.

01:58I think a lot of the metrics say Auburn can keep it in this football game.

02:01The key, as it always will be for Vandy, is what does the ground game look like?

02:05We saw Texas last week stifle everything Diego Pavia

02:08and Vanderbilt wanted to do on the ground.

02:10It's still how they construct their offense.

02:12They don't want Pavia to be an air-and-out type quarterback.

02:15Auburn is really good up front.

02:16Can they contain Vandy and keep this game close?

02:19Again, I still think Vanderbilt is a better football team.

02:21You're only asking them to win by a touchdown.

02:23But there's a lot to be said about how good Auburn really is,

02:26but how much they faltered under a head coach who cared more about his tee times

02:30than figuring out how to run the football.

02:31So, we'll see what happens on Saturday.

02:34Man, that's – and Auburn's one of those teams, like,

02:37there's only three teams that have given up 24 points or less.

02:40Ohio State, Indiana, Auburn.

02:42But they also can't score.

02:42They only scored three points versus Kentucky last week.

02:44Guess what?

02:45You know, War Eagle.

02:46War Eagle.

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