Gettin' Ready For Vandy

Frank Lloyd Wrong knows precious little about Vandy. It was founded by Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt. So there's that.

Here's some statistical food for thought. Where would Tech and Vandy rank in each others respective conference. National Rankings on the right, points per game on the left.

ACC Scoring Offense

20 - Georgia Tech 32.63
21 - Virginia Poly 32.57
23 - NC State - 31.86
36 - U Miami - 29.86 (not to be confused with Miami U which is 120)
38 - Florida State - 29.86
41 - Duke - 29.43 (Duke's offense is approaching "hottest girl in the room" proportions)
48 - Boston College - 28.50
50 - Clemson - 28.29
86 - Wake Forest - 23.63
90 - North Carolina - 22.86
97 - Virginia - 22.00
98 - Maryland - 21.63
112 - Vanderbilt - 16.38 (over 6.5 points per game worse than UVA)

SEC Scoring Offense

9 - Florida - 35.29
20 - Georgia Tech - 32.63 (Suck it SEC!)
22 - Arkansas - 32.00
23 - Alabama - 31.75
26 - Auburn - 31.50
32 - Mississippi - 30.14
47 - Tennessee - 28.57 (but tracking much better on the moral victory scale)
60 - Georgia - 26.71
67 - Mississippi State - 26.13 (Dan Mullen needs to shut up about the officials and be glad no one is harping on the awful decision to run a fake punt against Florida. They blew it up Dan because their players are better than yours. Kick it away and build that margin of error for your team.)
71 - Kentucky - 25.86
83 - LSU - 24.14
94 - South Carolina - 22.75 (Spurrier's lost it man, he's just lost it)
112 - Vanderbilt - 16.38

ACC Scoring Defense

17 - North Carolina - 16.14 (If TJ Yates can keep it together for 60 minutes the defense is going to beat someone good this year. VPI we're looking your way.
23 - Vanderbilt - 17.75 (Good, but not as good as UNC, and their offense is worse. Tech's domination of the clock should grind this defense down)
25 - Clemson - 18.43
28 - Virginia Tech - 19.14 (Seriously, UNC, Clemson, and VPI didn't slow down Tech's offense, why should Vandy)
37 - Boston College - 20.63 (looking feisty)
42 - Virginia - 20.86 (down from 29 last week. That's what Tech can do to a good defenses)
54 - Wake Forest - 22.75
59 - U Miami - 23.57
62 - Georgia Tech - 23.63 (C+, not showing off, not falling behind)
70 - Duke - 25.14
80 - NC State - 27.14 (for those of you wondering what happened to NC State's sleeper chances, click here. That kid is probably more important to this team than Russell Wilson)
88 - Florida State - 28.00
101 - Maryland - 31.63

SEC scoring Defense
2 - Florida - 10.14 (krypee these guys are good!)
4 - Alabama - 11.38
9 - LSU - 13.29
11 - Mississippi - 13.57
21 - South Carolina - 17.50
23 - Vanderbilt - 17.75
25 - Tennessee - 18.14 (Do you know who my Daddy is! Do you!)
55 - Kentucky - 23.00
62 - Georgia Tech - 23.63 (D is for "Diploma")
67 - Mississippi State - 24.63
78 - Auburn - 26.88
82 - Arkansas - 27.43
84 - Georgia - 27.43 (Willie Martinez just peed himself, pero un poco)

Vandy's defense has faced LSU, Mississippi State, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina this year, not exactly a murder's row.