Close your eyes for a moment and consider all the offensive firepower in Saturday’s Auburn-Georgia game.
Now, open your eyes and check out Vanderbilt’s plight.
The Commodores enter this week’s trip to Kentucky on the most reprehensible offensive stretch in recent Southeastern Conference history. Vandy is averaging 163 yards the past four games and has lost its top two threats, sophomore tailbacks Warren Norman (wrist) and Zac Stacy (concussion), the past two weeks.
Georgia, Arkansas and Florida each defeated the Commodores by 35 or more points, margins they never endured in any of Bobby Johnson’s final six seasons.
“Any time you suffer the defeats that we have, it’s very demoralizing to everyone involved,” first-year Commodores coach Robbie Caldwell said Wednesday. “On the other hand, you’ve got to look at the big picture and see the youth we have. They’re getting some playing experience. Don’t get me wrong, we want to win this week, next week and every week, but we’re also getting some experience for the future.