It’s been a trying month for the Vanderbilt Commodores. After a 2-0 start to the season, they’ve lost five of their last six — and the lone win was just barely scraping by FCS Tennessee State.
Granted, four of the five losses have come against teams currently ranked #3 (Notre Dame), #7 (Georgia), #9 (Florida), and #12 (Kentucky.) And three of those losses were by ten points or less. Of course, we’ve also become accustomed to losing close games to good teams. Beating actual good teams has been a different matter.
Another thing we’re accustomed to: when a beatable team appears on the schedule, we lose that game, too.