{"id":8845,"date":"2013-09-07T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T19:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=8845"},"modified":"2013-09-07T14:50:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T19:50:53","slug":"looking-back-ole-miss-at-vanderbilt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/looking-back-ole-miss-at-vanderbilt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back: Ole Miss at Vanderbilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Ole Miss\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><i>Vanderbilt 35<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In week one, the Rebels and Commodores battled it out on Thursday night at Nashville in what proved to be another classic barn-burner in this SEC rivalry.\u00a0 After trailing 21-10 at halftime, the Rebels made some adjustments along the offensive line, giving QB<strong>\u00a0Bo Wallace<\/strong>\u00a0the time he needed, sparking a comeback victory finished by<strong>\u00a0Jeff Scott<\/strong>\u2019s 75 yard touchdown run with 1:07 left to play. The Rebels scored 29 points in the second half.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ColumnHeader-CarverRayburn-V2-2013-RGB.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"ColumnHeader-CarverRayburn-V2-2013-RGB\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ColumnHeader-CarverRayburn-V2-2013-RGB.jpg?w=640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Jeff Scott, Sr. RB ~ 138 yards on 12 carries and a TD. Averaged 11.5 yards per carry.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Protecting the Ball<\/h2>\n<p>Bo Wallace did not turn the ball over in this high scoring game. After throwing 17 interceptions in 2012, the junior signal caller was accurate and smart with his passes in this all important game. The Rebels did not yield a fumble either, leaving the game with a +2 turnover margin.<\/p>\n<p><i>Bo Wallace, Jr. QB ~ Completed 31 of 47 (65%) passes for 283 yards. Rushed 18 times for 48 yards and two touchdowns.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Freshmen Shine<\/h2>\n<p>All the hype around this recruiting class proved to be as good as advertised. The numbers don\u2019t lie, as the freshmen on the field proved to be vital components of the victory.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Tony Connor<\/strong>, Fr. DB ~ Recorded 3 tackles and and interception.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Robert Nkemdiche<\/strong>, Fr. DE ~ 2 Tackles, one for a loss and rushed once for 11 yards on a fake punt.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Laquon Treadwell<\/strong>, Fr. WR ~ Caught a team high nine passes for 82 yards.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Evan Engram<\/strong>, Fr. TE ~ Five catches for 61 yards.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Room for Improvement<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_7835-750.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_7835-750.jpg?resize=409%2C614\" width=\"409\" height=\"614\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ole Miss Quaterback Bo Wallace completed 31 of 47 (65%) passes for 283 yards and rushed 18 times for 48 yards and two touchdowns. Photograph by Newt Rayburn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Vanderbilt<\/strong>\u00a0did not have a scoring drive where they failed to capitalize off a big play. The Commodores completed passes of at least 28 yards on four of their five scoring drives. A 32 yard rush paved they way for the other touchdown. Busted coverage in the secondary could cause the Rebels problems down the road, especially at\u00a0<strong>Texas<\/strong>\u00a0next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><i>Big Yardage Plays in Scoring Drives for Vandy<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>2Q &#8211; 28 yard pass<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>2Q &#8211; 55 yard pass<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>2Q &#8211; 33 yard pass<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>3Q &#8211; 32 yard rush<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>4Q &#8211; 42 yard pass<\/i><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published in <em>The Local Voice<\/em> #187, September 5, 2013. Download the PDF here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=8775\">http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=8775<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ole Miss\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Vanderbilt 35 In week one, the Rebels and Commodores battled it out on Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":8855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1637,160,2005,2007,1647,15,7067,653,1645,792,2006,90],"class_list":["post-8845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-athletics","tag-bo-wallace","tag-carver-rayburn","tag-evan-engram","tag-jeff-scott","tag-laquon-treadwell","tag-newt-rayburn","tag-ole-miss","tag-ole-miss-football","tag-robert-nkemdiche","tag-texas","tag-tony-connor","tag-vanderbilt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_7835-crop2.jpg?fit=750%2C464&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}