Diego Pavia . . . .

[The-Hack]

This NM State transfer to Vandy looks dangerous.

It’s in the first overtime.
If Vandy has to go back on offense, Pavia might never let go of the ball.

 

[azubuikefan]

Big win for Vandy. Makes the ACC look even worse.

 

[bballcat4]

VaTech can win the ACC and still make the CFP. Imagine a conference winner and playoff team having a loss to Vandy.

Vandy is probably better than they have been, but this will not bode well for ACC!!!

 

[kyleb740]

Pavia was very good at NMSU and he’s fun. I would however be shocked if he can stay healthy through a whole SEC slate. He takes a lot of hits and he’s not the biggest guy,

 

[Fox2monk]

Big win for Vandy. Makes the ACC look even worse.

Miami routed Florida, looks like UF is gonna need another coach.

 

[HalHR2500]

Pavia is legit, won at Auburn last year for NMSU

 

[JHB4UK]

Vandy is a much much better team than both Florida and USC Jr this season

 

[bigblueinsanity]

Vandy is a much much better team than both Florida and USC Jr this season

Imo vandy has a staff id be looking to hire if i was a slumping major program. Since hired, they are always competitive and get a few surprise wins. Staff does more with less despite constantly losing talent. Very impressive imo.

 

[YaketySax]

Good thread worth bump

 

[Boz]

He is sneaky good passer. Need to keep him in the pocket; he is a short and not as effective there.

 

[Stretch98]

Just read his bio. Last season's Player of the Year in Conference USA. Also won a state championship as a wrestler in high school. That tells me he is a tough, physical competitor.

 

[gamecockcat]

Have to keep him in the pocket. If he starts improvising, that's when he can be deadly. Kill, the OC, is very creative and sets up plays very well (see: at least two shovel passes that went for big yardage against Bama). Like many, many QBs, if we hit him often enough and get in his face, he will be much less effective. Also, we can't score only 20 points. We need a 28+ point output to give us the best chance to win, imo.

 

[Boz]

Have to keep him in the pocket. If he starts improvising, that's when he can be deadly. Kill, the OC, is very creative and sets up plays very well (see: at least two shovel passes that went for big yardage against Bama). Like many, many QBs, if we hit him often enough and get in his face, he will be much less effective. Also, we can't score only 20 points. We need a 28+ point output to give us the best chance to win, imo.

Ball control game for both teams just don’t see a lot of points in this one. Time of possession could be the a deciding factor.

 

[Edgarman]

Ball control game for both teams just don’t see a lot of points in this one. Time of possession could be the a deciding factor.

Pavia may be the best QB in thr SEC. Not saying NFL but SEC best. I wish we had him. We would have beaten GA if he were taking snaps. He worries me big time. He is a DC nightmare.

 

[YardCat]

Pavia may be the best QB in thr SEC. Not saying NFL but SEC best. I wish we had him. We would have beaten GA if he were taking snaps. He worries me big time. He is a DC nightmare.

I don’t think we beat Georgia with him as our QB, we still have the same OC and the same plays. Now I agree that a running QB gives us fits. I hope we use the same game plan we used for Jackson at UL. Make them one dimensional and take away the run.

 

[Boz]

Pavia may be the best QB in thr SEC. Not saying NFL but SEC best. I wish we had him. We would have beaten GA if he were taking snaps. He worries me big time. He is a DC nightmare.

I don't think Pavia is the best SEC QB but he is perfect for the offense he runs. When Vandy's office is clicking it can be a handful as Alabama learned. He scares me too but Stoops/White has game planned against some good running QB in Lamar Jackson, McKale Cunningham and had success.

 

[bigblueinsanity]

Have to keep him in the pocket. If he starts improvising, that's when he can be deadly. Kill, the OC, is very creative and sets up plays very well (see: at least two shovel passes that went for big yardage against Bama). Like many, many QBs, if we hit him often enough and get in his face, he will be much less effective. Also, we can't score only 20 points. We need a 28+ point output to give us the best chance to win, imo.

This plus rush lane integrity. Getting out of rush lanes hurt us early vs ole miss. Good news though we cleaned it up and started shutting down dart.

Same concept this week.

 

[rockycard]

Big win for Vandy. Makes the ACC look even worse.

VT played them tougher than Bama did.

 

[The-Hack]

VT played them tougher than Bama did.

And Georgia State beat them!

 

[The-Hack]

Pavia and NMS beat the Hell out of Auburn, last year, 31-10.

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

He is a total wildcard. We need to get ahead early and take Vandy out of thier comfort zone.

 

[Eagles_Ball]

Probably not a coincidence Pavia/Vandy are driving SEC defenses crazy while Jerry Kill is calling shots. That old fart knows his business.

 

[Boz]

Vandy is # 63 rushing offense- 169 yards a game. Kentucky rushing defense- #6 78 yards a game. Vandy passing offense- #94 198 yards a game. UK pass defense- #20 166 yards a game. Keep Pavia in the pocket and force the pass and we win.

 

[bthaunert]

Jerry Kill and Pavia are on their 3rd season together as Kill was his HC at NMSU. I've always liked Jerry Kill since his NIU days.

 

[Eagles_Ball]

Jerry Kill and Pavia are on their 3rd season together as Kill was his HC at NMSU. I've always liked Jerry Kill since his NIU days.

He can coach, no doubt about it. His health has been his toughest opponent for quite some time now.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

VaTech can win the ACC and still make the CFP. Imagine a conference winner and playoff team having a loss to Vandy.

Vandy is probably better than they have been, but this will not bode well for ACC!!!

Now imagine Bama winning the SEC and going to the playoff.

 

[The-Hack]

Keep Pavia in the pocket and force the pass and we win.

Yes. Rush lane gap integrity.

Lose it and watch him hit the right gap every time.

He isn’t the running talent that was Lamar Jackson for U of L, but the styles are similar.

 

[The-Hack]

Now imagine Bama winning the SEC and going to the playoff.

Lol.

A tad different talent level, but ain’t that the crazy thing!!

Heck, VPI actually led Vandy for some part of their game. Bama literally looked overmatched for most of the game vs. Vandy, and never led.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

VT played them tougher than Bama did.

It went to OT. Otherwise the games were similar. Bama had 2 TOs and VT had 1. VT had 397 yards with OT and Bama had 394 in regulation. VT held Vandy to 371 yards. Bama gave up 418. Bama scored 35, VT 27 in OT. Bama got its points by having the ball only 17:52, VT accumulated 25:28.

I watched both games. Anyone would be hard pressed to say one team looked better in the loss. I get it, you ACC guys love to tout conference, but trying to make a case for either loser in this instance is just silly.

 

[Caveman Catfan]

The one thing I will give the VT is they they played without Drones for a bit in that game, but like Bama, they got behind early and only led for a short bit in the fourth before Vandy marched down and tied it.

 

[Deeeefense]

Vandy is a much much better team than both Florida and USC Jr this season

Looks like your were light years ahead of everyone else. Congrats - nice call

 

[TuckyFB]

Pavia is the kinda QB I like and I'm scared about this weekend. We usually don't have a good time with QB's like him who like to use their feet. i.e., 2022 Vandy game w/ Mike Wright

 

[bballcat4]

Now imagine Bama winning the SEC and going to the playoff.

Touché

Vandy should have beaten Mo. Vandy’s loses cause you to scratch your head.

A good college QB can win you a lot of games. I watched Sat’s game and the last few minutes of the VaTech game. He’ll never play in the NFL, but he’ll give Brad White and other DCs all they can handle.

 

[Old_Red]

It went to OT. Otherwise the games were similar. Bama had 2 TOs and VT had 1. VT had 397 yards with OT and Bama had 394 in regulation. VT held Vandy to 371 yards. Bama gave up 418. Bama scored 35, VT 27 in OT. Bama got its points by having the ball only 17:52, VT accumulated 25:28.

I watched both games. Anyone would be hard pressed to say one team looked better in the loss. I get it, you ACC guys love to tout conference, but trying to make a case for either loser in this instance is just silly.

That's one area that is pretty impressive. Vandy has one turnover and no interceptions so far. They aren't beating themselves. I was going to have Vandy turnovers as our tiebreaker this week but I didn't want to jinx us.