Vanderbilt's Comeback Effort Falls Short in Loss to Florida, 26-21

Any youtube, jpg or gif of the most obvious pass interference that never happened?

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First, let me say that, that was a horribly officiated game. From the non-PI call, to the “catch” for Vandy, it was just garbage all game long.

Secondly … allow me to say, that thanks to Jordan Rogers, I’ve now chugged 2 1/2 bottles of cheap wine (white zin).

(From BloggyWo)

but we lost this game in the first half with some atrocious defense.

I only slept from 4 to 9 this morning, and I’m a little drunj and a little wired and the wife is too tired to jump in and help prevent me abusing the soapbox here, so I’m going to reel myself in. I have done my officiating-related venting elsewhere, and in extremely strong language and in the context of things I will not go into or speak of here.

That said.

We are still suffering from the recruiting gap, to some extent – there are too many guys with too much speed and too much size, and we have to play perfectly to compete. If we are a step slow, or a step wide, or out of position, we will get blown by or bowled over or jacked up. This will change, but for now, it takes perfect execution to close the gap.

Nowhere is this more evident than when we try to run the ball outside. Florida just has way too much lateral speed for us to get the ball out on the edge with only a couple of blockers (if that many) and expect to get down the field. We either need holes from the O-line (shoutout again to Herb Hand, who is really getting through to these guys) or we just need to stretch the field (and my God, how that has changed since week one).

Not much to say about the placekicking situation. It’s not uncommon, though – I watched Cal struggle with extra points – EXTRA POINTS – all month, and of course after Alabama-LSU nobody’s going to be talking about Vandy’s missed kick. Placekicking is half psychology and half voodoo anyway, so hopefully the staff can iron something out.

0-20 against Florida since 1992, but 11-9 against the spread. We’re close a lot, and it would be easy to say “Same Old Vandy,” but that would be to ignore the trends. Zac Stacy is doing yeoman work, Jordan Rodgers has become the QB we always hoped he would, Jordan Matthews has broken out and Chris Boyd is right there with him. And it’s not profitable to throw at our secondary – no Florida receiver had more than 3 catches or more than 41 receiving yards. We didn’t throw a pick or hand over a fumble. Time of possession was within 3 minutes.

Things are moving the right direction. Sure, this was as good a chance as we’ve had in years to get a win in Gainesville, but it’s not going to be our last chance. We are actively and indisputably on the way up.

BTW, if attendance was actually 90,144 then I’m Dinah Shore. Either that or there’s a lot of guys dressing up as bleachers.

I’m going to go pass out now.