Vanderbilt posted a 40-point margin of victory after trailing Austin Peay early in the first half. Was Trent Sherfield's record-setting day enough to restore confidence in this team's offense?
For 3:46 in the first half, Vanderbilt fans got to see what it's like when the sky falls. A muffed punt set Austin Peay up on the Commodore 17-yard line, and three plays later Derek Mason stood and watched as his team fell behind an FCS program that has won only one game since 2013. Snark became a commodity on message boards and comment sections. Vandy's doomsday seers grew crapulent from the schadenfreude.