Another week, another game. Your Vanderbilt Commodores, 0-3 for the first time since — wait for it — 2006, host the Northern Illinois Huskies. The Huskies played FCS Illinois State in Week 1 for their only win of the season; since then, they’ve lost 35-17 at Utah and 44-8 at Nebraska.
It’s perhaps a sign of how quickly the Commodores have faded in the minds of the people who do this for a living that they’re favored to win by only 6.5 points. Northern Illinois’ reputation is much greater than its actual product on the field this year.