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Mizzou football: Tigers have ugly first half in Vandy

By Thomas Huitt-Johnson

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 19: Head coach Barry Odom of the Missouri Tigers watches his team warm up prior to a game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Vanderbilt Stadium on October 19, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 19: Head coach Barry Odom of the Missouri Tigers watches his team warm up prior to a game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Vanderbilt Stadium on October 19, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) /
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No. 22-ranked Mizzou football trails Vanderbilt 14-7 after two quarters.

It has not been a good first half for the Mizzou football team.

The Tigers have no energy on offense, and the defense, which was doing fine for most of the two quarters, gave up a 61-yard touchdown catch on a screen pass to Ke’Shawn Vaughn. That wrapped things up 14-7 Vanderbilt at halftime.

Mizzou came into the game ranked for the first time this season. The Tigers are playing a Vanderbilt team that has not seen many positives so far this year, but so far, coach Derek Mason has the team playing well.

Vanderbilt decided to switch things up before Saturday’s game and decided to start Mo Hasan at quarterback. The Commodores haven’t gotten much done the first half of the season, and came into today’s game with a 1-5 record as opposed to Mizzou’s 5-1 record.

Both teams were silent in the first frame. But the redshirt junior Hasan was able to move the football down to take a 7-0 in the second quarter. Vaughn finished off the drive with a 1-yard TD plunge.

Mizzou answered with a solid drive of its own, ending with an Albert Okwuegbunam 4-yard TD in the back corner of the end zone.

But Mizzou’s defense rushed the QB and left a huge lane open for Vaughn at the 2-minute mark of the second quarter that has given the Commodores the lead for now.

Time of possession, first downs and total yards are nearly even so far in this game. But Vanderbilt has made the most of its opportunities so far. Mizzou also missed a field goal in the first quarter, the drive before Vandy’s first score.

It doesn’t look good, but the good news is Mizzou gets the ball to start the second half. Mizzou’s offense hasn’t looked this bad since the second quarter of its Week 1 game against Wyoming.

Hopefully the third quarter will see better results, and the Tigers wake up.

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