Missouri vs. Vanderbilt Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

By Pete Fiutak | October 16, 2019 1:51 pm

Missouri vs. Vanderbilt fearless prediction and game preview.

Missouri vs. Vanderbilt Broadcast

Date: Saturday, October 19
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, TN
Network: SEC Network

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Missouri (5-1) vs. Vanderbilt (1-5) Game Preview

Why Missouri Will Win

Vanderbilt lost to UNLV.

The Commodore offense is a complete and utter disaster. It can’t convert on third downs, there’s no downfield passing game even with a good group of receivers to work with, and there’s no scoring pop.

The defense isn’t doing much better.

Where’s the pass rush? Where are the big plays? Where’s the toughness against the run?

Mizzou leads the SEC in pass defense, the defense overall has been incredible, and everyone’s struggling to convert on third downs against this group.

No, the Tigers haven’t beaten anyone who’s any good, but again, Vanderbilt isn’t any good, either. It shouldn’t take more than a few scoring drives to put this away.

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Why Vanderbilt Will Win

Welcome to the road, Mizzou.

It’s not like Faurot Field is Death Valley, but the Tigers are 6-0 at home and haven’t had to leave the greater Columbia metropolitan area city limits since August. The one road game? Wyoming 37, Missouri 31.

Vanderbilt isn’t turning the ball over a ton, the offensive line hasn’t been totally miserable – only sort of miserable – and there really is enough talent on offense to do a whole lot more.

Ke’Shawn Vaughn is running well, WRs Kalija Lipscomb, Cam Johnson and Chris Pierce have big play potential, and ….

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What’s Going To Happen

Vanderbilt lost to UNLV.

It’s a maddening Commodore team coming off a good season. It has enough talent to be a whole lot better than this, but it’s been way too much of a disaster when it comes to doing anything consistently right.

Missouri isn’t so good that it can just show up and roll, but if this really is a team strong enough to be an annoying factor in the SEC East race over the second half of the season, this is the type of game that Kelly Bryant and company have to take down without working too hard.

It’ll take a quarter, but then the Tigers will open it up and pull away.

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