LSU-Vanderbilt preview: Which team is for real?
Josh Pate previews this Saturday’s SEC clash with both teams having something to prove. Subscribe to “Josh Pate’s College Football Show” on YouTube.
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In the grand scheme of things, LSU versus Vanderbilt, LSU wants to throw the ball to win.
They're probably getting Aaron Anderson back this week.
Uh, Garrett Nussmeyer came out of the bye where fingers crossed, he has a little bit better health about himself.
I don't know that he'll ever be 100% the entire season.
Vandy is 69th against the pass.
So look, Garrett Nussmeyer has thrown interceptions in 4 of his last 5.
Games we can't be doing that on the road or ever.
We especially can't be doing that Saturday.
I mean that's how, that's how Vanderbilt ends up getting you towards the half where they've got a 2.5 to 1 plays run advantage and time of possession all out of whack and you can't even get your offense going.
Vandy's top 30 in takeaways, by the way, so that's just sitting there.
Vandy is stewed, by the way.
They didn't disappear.
You hadn't seen them in a couple of weeks.
You hadn't seen them since that Bama game because they had a bye last week.
And I noticed the country kind of wanted to forget about Vanderbilt.
I know the AP voters did.
They may have, they may have dropped Vandy last week because they didn't play.
Because, and according to the AP, Vandy didn't play.
That means they didn't win.
We need to drop them, drop them 3 or 4 spots.
You're getting Vandy's best coming out of the bye.
Like they didn't go anywhere.
They're a 1-loss team.
They're a top 25 team.
They got 1 loss in conference play just like a bunch of the rest of y'all do, including LSU.
So you are an underdog in their building.
In case I didn't state that off the top, that number at the bottom of the screen, if you're watching on YouTube is not a typo.
Vandy is favored by 2.5 against LSU just so we've properly set the table here.
Let's take a look at what the model thinks.
Vandy is a 2.5 point favorite at FanDuel.
The model actually thinks the wrong team is favored.
The model is LSU -1.
I have as little a feel on this game as any game out there.
I, Jesse, I think I may have changed my mind.
I think I may have possibly changed my mind.
I walked out onto the set tonight.
And I was gonna pick LSU to win.
The more I think about Vandy's season and how it could go versus how it's gone so far, it's a little bit of a crossroads moment.
It's a crossroads moment for both of them.
I go back to the thin ice theory.
I need to see it one more time from LSU on the road before I'm ready to fully believe, boy, I'm on the fence about this, and we already made the graphic for LSU.
I'll, I'll go Vandy.
I'll take out, I'll take Vanderbilt to win.
It's crazy you're talking like this with a point spread favorite.
I, I like LSU, man.
But I think Vanderbilt's gonna win the game.
All right, I'll take Vandy to win and cover, I guess.
There it is, I changed it to Vandy.