They were 3-for-3 inside the 20 and were up 20-10 at one point. The Commodores ran 38 plays and held the ball for nearly 20 minutes. The second half was a stark contrast to the first-in which Vanderbilt executed its game plan to near perfection. “It’s just about trying to keep that going throughout the second half and making sure that we execute and do what we got to do.” “I think we had momentum,” Vandy running back Ray Davis said. It was a demoralizing result for a Vanderbilt team that knows it didn’t give itself a shot to compete at its highest level. Vanderbilt went 0-for-4 on third downs, committed three penalties and turned the ball over once. The Rebels outgained the Dores 217-31 and collected nine first downs in those 15 minutes.

Then it didn’t do itself any favors in the pivotal third quarter, which proved to be the deciding period of the day. Vandy (3-3, 0-2 SEC) had a 20-10 lead in the second quarter and a 20-17 lead going into halftime. The things that we did well in the first half, we weren’t able to carry over into the second half.” “I felt like we came out playing the style of football that we needed to play to win the game, and we had every intention to come out in the second half to do that all over again. “Disappointing result and really, really disappointed for our team,” Vandy head coach Clark Lea said.

9 Ole Miss landed a vicious uppercut in the third quarter, scoring 21 points en route to a 52-28 victory over Vanderbilt at FirstBank Stadium on Saturday. And then in one swift motion, the Commodores were looking up at an insurmountable deficit. NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete Prospective student-athlete questionnaire Student-athlete mental health and performance Vanderbilt University Athletics - Official Athletics Website Open Menu

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