Vanderbilt Commodores @ Northern Illinois Huskies - Sept. 17. 2022 - Ethan Hampton, Cole Tucker

a day right for tailgating in dekalb illinois the home of the northern illinois huskies the champions of the mac two years ago it was a winless season last year mac champions and in 2022 the huskies are ready to roll against the vanderville commodores college football on cbs sports network presented by the home depot the two-in-one vanderbilt commodores from the sec visit the niu huskies picked again to win the west here in the back with the college football hall of famer randy cross i'm carter blackburn and there's one way of looking at this football game randy you look at mack versus sec and draw certain conclusions however you turn on the tape maybe a little bit different story this is a fair fight these are two very similar football teams and as we know northern illinois wants to do run the football apropos with randy here we begin with the offensive line for the huskies well you look at the size of this group you look at the style of this group they want to be tough they want to be physical they want to pound the ball and when it comes to pounding the ball for northern illinois it's going to be antario brown doing most of the work he won't double his load so far this year at 33 carries but i believe for them to win he's got to have about 25. well when vanderbilt got off to a 2-0 start their quarterback mike wright played very well last week not so much so as we take a look at the home depot do project smarter this is what vanderbilt needs to get back to doing with the quarterback mike wright it really is and yeah the blocking up front's pretty good but watch the blocking outside with the receivers on the defensive backs that gives mike wright the chance to say aloha to the rainbow warriors and he goes 87 yards for a touchdown and a couple of those dbs had angles and couldn't catch by frank wright so niu has won the toss and has elected to defer so vanderbilt to receive the football to begin this contest and that means that back deep to receive it will be jaden mcgowan who has been a talented freshman for vanderbilt part of a terrific recruiting class that means clark lee's offense gets a chance to go their rpo away right away richardson's kickoff and it will be brought out of the end zone and vanderbilt will start it at the 20-yard line mcgowan brings it right back out to the 20 and already some drawing between the huskies and the commodores [Applause] there's one thing this northern illinois team doesn't take much of and that is kind of guff you think you can intimidate them you know hammocks football team is very very tough especially on defense they will hit you all in the boundaries of the field so if you get by the sidelines and you're carrying the ball do not relax against this defense well here's the answer to who's going to start at quarterback for vanderbilt it is the true freshman aj swann so we discussed mike wright in which mike wright we would see the answer is the freshman aj swann who played terrific in the second half in fact he's played good stretches for vanderbilt and that's why he's out there to begin his first career start and swan tucks it so aj swann the true freshman from white georgia who enrolled in the spring went through spring bowl but this is his first chance to start two touchdown passes in two games played well against wick well they say the best thing about him is he plays exactly like he practices and that's a pretty good compliment to most players and if you can do that as an inexperienced freshman that's saying something ray davis in the backfield it is a thin vanderbilt backfield so ray davis will have to carry the load offensively davis picks up the first down and gets across the 35-yard line it is a thin offensive line as well for vanderbilt learned just before kickoff that devlin xavier castillo at center would be unavailable so that means hernandez steps up at center there's just not a whole lot of room for error on the vanderbilt offense including the line no it's a group that wants to pound on you they also want to want to run the ball but they want to do with that rpo that's run pass option that sets up the play action shots down the field don't expect to see rocco griffin jr in the backfield for vanderbilt either today so that's why ray davis back there with swann pressure swan gets rid of it swan finds shepard on the outside so dancing around the pocket aj swann through the pressure to find shepherd esther applies the pressure well swan did such a good job in that last game against tulsa it's the way he played it's the way he practices and it's the way he makes plays like this when you've got that receiver open sure he's wide open but it's how he got him the ball of avoiding that rush 18-yard pickup for shepard who has been the go-to guy for vanderbilt five touchdown catches on the season 12 personnel and here's davis on the right side and so far this northern illinois defense is struggling to stop vanderbilt on the opening drive rainer makes the stop on first down as we take a look at the husky d you mentioned that 12 personnel yeah that's two tight ends they'll sometimes have three tight ends on the field this is not your classic kind of air raid offense it's not wide open throwing it's let's be physical let's run the ball let's set up play action so you have two teams who were very much committed to the run swan the freshman qb finds davis out of the backfield davis spinning inside the 30 dives to near the 25 yard line rainer finally makes the stop as davis points first down move the chains again for the commodores this is what this is what clark lee the head coach at vanderbilt wanted to see out of this freshman quarterback he wants what he wants out of his offense he wants consistency he wants a good start he wants to be able to build on with the true freshman aj swan leading the way that last pickup goes for 17. [Applause] davis takes it again trying to bounce outside davis [Applause] [Music] we miss most of last year injured after transferring from temple it was a toe injury and then a knee injury for davis but he will get a lot of run today for the commodores you notice that kind of drag that lag period between the time you get the ball and the run actually starts that's part of that rpo and that's you're reading the defense see how they're going to react expect this offense to get blitzed a lot linebackers and safeties to plug those holes [Applause] give it to gillespie the freshman running back chase gillespie who backs up davis today and vanderbilt in the red zone where they have been exceptional so far this season 13 trips to the red zone 12 touchdowns [Music] and randy you pointed out that does not mean you were perfect in the red zone but you are awfully good in the red zone when you go 12 out of 13 touchdowns they'll have third and one after crossing the northern illinois 20. ideally you want to be north of 75 in the red zone of touchdowns gillespie in the backfield with swan [Applause] a single coverage bottom of the screen [Applause] timeout vanderbilt before you get the delay a game so aj swann the starter at quarterback has march vanderbilt into the red zone it's third and one coming out of the timeout in the red zone [Music] isn't it time you realize the farther you go the better it gets secured a campsite that doesn't require reservations found out the only way to dive in is head first and realize that even out here you're never alone discover what true adventure really means with the most awarded suv brand experience freedom electrified with the all-new jeep grand cherokee 4 by e plug-in hybrid electric suv available now fanduel is dropping you in the middle of all the fantasy football action all season long right now new customers get a free entry into a single game contest or share of millions in prizes it's easy to build a team in minutes and from single 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winfolk college football on cbs sports network is sponsored by the home depot how doers get more done by ram trucks built to serve and by geico save even more when you bundle home and car insurance special honor for thomas hammock now the head coach of the niu huskies he will go in the northern illinois university athletics hall of fame class of 2022 terrific running back now head coach but all of that is in the back seat because it is third and one coming out of this timeout for vanderbilt in the red zone opening drive led by the freshman quarterback aj swann ray davis in the backfield davis takes it on third and one through the penetration davis across the 15 and a fresh set it down to the red zone for vanderbilt that's a really nice job and mike wright the former starting quarterback for vandy keeping himself in the game there watching his uh richard freshman replacement aj swann nice job by northern illinois at least trying to blitz inside on that last play they had a shot they got a penetration but they couldn't make the tackle in the backfield part of the consensus top 30 recruiting class for vanderbilt so clearly getting the freshman on the field including this first start for swan gonna be a little a little twitch against vanderbilt cost him five offense five yard penalty it is first time was that old game when you're a little kid made you flinch in the arm don't try it now please the backfield again behind swan davis takes it on the right side davis to the 11. now what a nice job up front by this vanderbilt offensive line specifically that right side braemer and ashmore getting some good stuff going on hernandez the center you just get the push you cover people up long as you cover them up even if you're coming the guy is coming off you and you're on him you're making life miserable and this is the ideal start in drive for the commodores long and physical out of the two tight end set davis straight ahead again davis pushing the pile davis to the five talk about committed to the run i mean this is exactly what vanderbilt wanted to do like you said physical to begin against northern illinois well you saw that on that last play they had a shot at getting davis but both tacklers are coming off guys that are being blocked or coming off blockers and you can't help but go backwards when those blockers are still pushing you north that was an extra three yards because of the push davis gets a break chase gillespie in the backfield now so freshman quarterback freshman running back on the 11th play of the opening drive for vanderbilt on third and one gillespie inside the five it will be first and goal vanderbilt what a drive to begin for the commodores yeah nice job inside you've got your tied in sean field there is the left wing he comes inside the trap you go right behind him with that push inside that sets up all those extra extra yards right now vanderbilt is having their way physically with this northern illinois defense clark lee pleased with what he's seen on the opening drive for the commodores tight ends on first and goal and they're all on the right side fake it and now swann to the end zone and it is touchdown vanderbilt on a remarkable opening drive schoenwald holds it in on the td pass from aj swann smiles for the freshman vanderbilt is on the board with a tremendous opening drive was featured as that trapper that blocker on the last run you got three tight ends to the right schoenfeld gets out there he's on the he's the lead blocker out there but he comes through comes off that so-called fake block and salon is able to get himself another touchdown three so far in his young career and two of those have gone to schoenwald one late versus wake forest and now early against northern illinois bulova's had the p.a.t and vanderbilt marches on the opening drive led by the freshman quarterback aj swann a physical vanderbilt starts seven nothing commodores on the road at northern illinois [Music] when you're the leader 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as a spartan including a win over michigan no idea where he was going to go when the transfer transfer portal and of all places you choose a winless northern illinois team two seasons ago winless lead them all the way to the mac championship but this is clearly rocky lombardi's football team program he's the big man on campus here in dekalb and he's a quarterback that can not only throw it and you'll see here when he does get pressured and or they design plays for him to actually run the ball he's got some pretty good wheels on him too ontario brown with him in the backfield lombardi to the outside and that's thornton [Applause] you take a look at the starting offensive lineup and it is the second start of the left guard for john champ already taking us through in the open this offensive line randy but that is where northern illinois hangs their hats it really is and vanderbilt knows that they're designing everything they're squeezing in they're looking at the run look at this formation they're thinking run all the defenders in the box that's why that pass is so available outside [Applause] to brown the sophomore who had a solid freshman year including 75 yards in the mac championship game and here's the question for vanderbilt i mean can their defense hold up against this northern illinois offensive line for four quarters that was one of the big questions clark lee their head coach had is how do we react to things whether it's positive or negative and build on them how do they build on that long drive vanderbilt does get a boost with devon lee back and defensive tackle this week lombardi second and seven complete to the outside that's travis who makes the grab northern illinois opening possession moving to football yeah quarterback's got a nice lombardi's got a nice arm good quick little short roll motion and when he sees the receiver he just darts that thing right on that inside number gain of 13. a little formation issue back the other way baby mcrae well that's leadership by your qb you over here no not you kristen brown nothing much doing on the left side stood up clifton and anthony orgy in there on the stop yeah you're gonna have to be saying orgy's name a lot in this game if vanderbilt's gonna have a good solid defensive performance he's the he's the bell cow up front in that front seven as that front seven goes so goes orgy third team preseason all sec [Applause] vanderbilt creeps another player into the box [Music] [Applause] mahoney the nickelback lombardi on the roll tosses to the goal line and it is caught just shy at the one-yard line mcrae holds it in first and goal huskies nice read by lombardi he saw how wide open that was going to be watch as things come good pickup blitz pickup they did blitz he rolls out then he kind of floats it just the second catch of the year for mcrae goes for 33 yards first and goal lombardi to the air again back shoulder touchdown huskies on opening drive touchdown from northern illinois to match the opening drive touchdown from vanderbilt tucker holds it in well vanderbilt now knows you can't leave little windows for rocky lombardi he will drill a ball right through that window into that back number what a nice throw not much of a space to fit the ball but he's got so much confidence in that arm he just juices it right past this the cornerback [Applause] richardson on for the p-a-t off and running between the commodores and the huskies an opening drive touchdown for vanderbilt methodical quick strike td lombardi to tucker in northern illinois from one yard out back shoulder touchdown even at seven cole tucker the dekalb made him in the end zone again [Music] out here you're more than just a landowner you're a gardener a landscaper a hunter because you didn't settle for ordinary same goes for your equipment versatile powerful durable kubota equipment more goes into it so you get more out of it [Music] at mass general brigham sports medicine you'll find sports medicine care 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perfect four for four passing on the opening drive here's the touchdown there's tucker up top he's gonna line up look at this the area that isn't there there's not that much space to throw that ball but if you're a defensive back and you're covering tucker you got to figure i've got that guy covered up pretty good but lombardi's got a pretty high level type of arm to fit a ball in that fast in that smallest space four for four four different receivers on the opening drive for lombardi and northern illinois let's take a look at our keys to the game brought to you by pedigree yeah so they're promptly now throwing the heck out of the ball and running it pretty good vanderbilt that rpo we've seen that defensively attacked the ball we haven't seen much of that offensively for northern illinois be the bully they've tried that but they've thrown more than anything else and set up the pass rush we haven't seen that part of it yet i think that's something that northern illinois can really do if they win first down and get vanderbilt into passing situations swan back out at quarterback for vanderbilt it was three for three on the opening drive 12 plays 80 yards longest of the season for vanderbilt on the opening drive gillespie gets him started on the second possession for vanderbilt and talk about a statement i mean that was just a muscular drive by vanderbilt to get it started it was i mean and that was just inside good physical blocking but outside it's just a flip sweep and my guy's faster than your guy and right there clark lee's half back was a lot faster than the defense got all those yards eight of them in fact for the vanderbilt alone the former vanderbilt fullback already two wins this season including the blowout at hawaii to begin out of the backfield incomplete off the hands of gillespie kennedy there in coverage michael kennedy the fifth year senior from chicago see it still leaves you in a pretty good dictating position your third and two that's the great thing about getting eight yards on first down the second and two is kind of a free down you can try whatever you want now you can't really guess run because the pass is still there at third and two that tight end formation again top of the screen that was the first incompletion of the game for either side and now give it to davis on the left side davis has enough for the first down moving the pile javon bird the corner comes up to make the stop but davis physical running again to make it first and ten for vanderbilt yeah we showed you schoenwald going out for that pass on that touchdown he caught earlier from swan and that tied in showing while lined up on the edge over there and made the key block to set up that run a lot of stuff so far has gone through the tight ends and runways it's been find the tight ends that's where the ball is going seven carries already for 42 yards for ray davis give it to him again short toss davis takes it and told you the beginning of this game i mean without rocco griffin jr they're very thin and running back so ray davis is gonna have to carry the load and he certainly is in the first quarter eight carries already they find the tight end and the ball goes there bresnahan came in motion they flipped that ball to davis if you're on defense that's going to work for a short period of time you got to make them stop it before they're going to stop it another six yards on first down for the commodores little toss on the sweep northern illinois bottle up but it's first down again for vanderbilt it's mcgowan on the sweep [Applause] and clark lee loves it well one thing about nick benedetto the defensive choir coordinator for northern illinois his defense is fundamentally very sound very solid and it's not what you usually see out of them or that many missed tackles on a play there were three separate missed tackles mcgowan another part of that top 30 recruiting class as a freshman he was under recruited out of south carolina had to make his way [Applause] via a tryout onto the vanderbilt roster runs a 4-4 in the 40 and they get the football in his hands gillespie takes it pew on the stop the eight year senior kyle pugh yes eighth year senior for northern illinois combination of injuries in a coveted season and few who arrived in northern illinois in 2015. yeah he was all mac 2018 and 19. right then a little vacay [Applause] gillespie the freshman from tallahassee in the backfield with aj swann the quarterback hit as he throws swann to the outside wide open shepard takes it inside the 30 dragging a husky defender inside the 25 it's jamai who makes a stop and swan takes a pop as he reaches will shepherd well that's the price you're going to pay if you're going to blitz this young quarterback you better get there they almost did they got a big shot on him but he made him pay hurry up swan has a pocket now looking inside the five and it's incomplete intended for the tight end fresno hand [Applause] back to the blitz on swan again it's the run pass option so you're blitzing this they're thinking well it might be run well you go inside you blitz it with a linebacker and a safety safety almost gets it [Music] 25 on the second vanderbilt drive davis in the backfield again davis takes it on second and ten rainer makes the stop riding davis out of bounds and now third down for vanderbilt yeah a three or four yard run and that was just that was a hundred percent davis has some good quicks the blocking was okay over there but it was just his speed to get a part of the edge they get to hold it only three or four yards [Applause] now i can northern illinois finally get a stop [Applause] vandy's perfect on third down three for three swann completes to the outside perfect again it's shepard who makes the grab and vanderbilt into the red zone again moving the chains again cj brown on the outside on will shepherd well aj swann doing a really nice job he is on his rhythm we've seen him be pressured we've seen him not be pressured the common theme in all that is he got a nice bounce to him right now and anytime you get a quarterback that can throw with rhythm accuracy follows and so do a lot of yards you got to blitz guys like that you got to break break that rhythm up you got to put them on their back a little bit vanderbilt doesn't want to snap it again here at the end of the first quarter so 7-7 clark leaves commodores with an 80-yard touchdown drive to begin and now driving to try and take the lead here in dekalb content to go to the second quarter even at 7-7 vanderbilt and northern illinois college football on cbs sports network presented by the home depot [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] better ingredients better pizza better brace yourself because this right here is a papa john's papa bowl no crust just piping hot toppings and melty cheese in an oven baked bowl better ingredients better pizza now in a bowl papa john's this is inside college football with you for the next two hours where 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really impressive drives by aj swan and the vanderbilt offense to start this game so first play of the second quarter will be first down and 10 from just inside the 15 for swan [Applause] get them in the backfield very good chance for a pass here only one tied in in the game they've had three most of the time toss it to the outside complete again and it's shepard gandy they're on the stop but move it again on first down yeah that's that's more of a defensive play by northern illinois you expect you're going to get yards you're going to get it but you're only going to get what you catch the ball at because you're going to get that kind of tackling that is beautiful open field tackling to minimize a good play [Applause] second one davis that's enough to move the chains first and goal for vanderbilt it's been vanderbilt taking illinois they want to go ball control and the commodores have turned it around give it to davis davis his end of the end zone touchdown vanderbilt ray davis gives vanderbilt the lead again [Applause] two possessions two touchdowns for the commodores yeah that was that was a beautiful job on the right side of that offense braemer and ashmore hernandez at center i mean you don't get hit until you're a yard into the end zone that's the ideal situation if you're a running back all of us for the p-a-t it is 14-7 vanderbilt send our condolences to our vice president of remote production steve karasik and his family on the passing of his beloved father bob steve the entire cbs sports family thinking about you your mom irene wife alyssa and children eli and ben we have to tell everyone that we just switched to verizon's new welcome unlimited plan for just thirty dollars i've already told everyone wait did you say verizon for just thirty dollars it's their best unlimited price ever thirty dollars that's awesome yeah and it's from the most reliable 5g network in america for 30 dollars a line i'm switching now yeah it's easy and you get 960 when you switch 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even if they forgot the ice save up to 30 on auto insurance with usaa safe pilot get a quote today better ingredients better pizza better brace yourself because this right here is a papa john's papa bowl no crust just piping hot toppings and melty cheese in an oven baked bowl better ingredients better pizza now in a bowl papa john's the first vanderbilt drive goes 12 plays the second vanderbilt drive goes 13 plays into the end zone watch bresnahan close this down watch the drive good contact good back angle good legs oh that's your that's your tight ends doing some business there that's that's why that was such an easy touchdown well clark lee has to be pleased with the physicality that his vanderbilt team has brought on the road oh absolutely absolutely they're out northern illinois northern illinois right now touch back bring it down to the 25-yard line for the huskies tomorrow at three eastern the world's top bull riders unite for the most action-packed eight seconds you won't want to miss cats pbr teams right here on cbs sports network [Music] we live down in texas would you try that no heck no [Laughter] man eight seconds that must seem like about five minutes when you're actually on that thing yeah i would not know northern illinois touchdown on their only possession rocky lombardi the senior from clive iowa motion on the line [Applause] all start on northern illinois false start offense number 65 five yard penalty it remains first down that was on surenets right right guard that just puts lombardi in a little bit of a uncomfortable position not too bad ball's always already on the 20. play call has to be a little different though you need at least five to six yards to get back that yard those yards [Applause] brown takes it on first down and brown will be tackled for a loss as orgy leads the way for vanderbilt tfl forces northern illinois into second and long yeah very nice job by the vanderbilt linebacker orgy getting into the backfield it's one thing to run into the backfield because nobody really blocks him as he scrapes but then he accelerates and then accelerates his feet and then he gets help that's how you get a tackle for loss when you get about three you're doing it harrison whaley now into tailback for northern illinois lombardi to the outside complete again mcrae makes the grab mcrae had the 33-yard catch to set up the touchdown for northern illinois yeah that's that yard total you wanted on that first down play you probably lost a couple yards but you drive the cornerback off and when your quarterback's got that kind of a that kind of an arm when you drive him off he can get you that ball in the spot you need it to come to and it gets there fast [Applause] third and eight [Applause] lombardi now six for six passing on third and eight northern illinois gets just enough thornton on the grab in front of bj anderson that was an excellent route run because that route is run exactly to the first down the ball is delivered in a good spot sure you're driven past that and backwards once you catch it that was good coordination between lombardi and his receiver [Applause] 17 to move in the chains again whaley first down commodores rally to the football again hello that'll loosen up some earwax and get a safety come in there and hit you like that worship comes down to make the stop along with devin lee getting his first action of the year for vanderbilt all that for only two yards the way that hole opened up it looked like it was gonna be a four or five yard run [Applause] in no rush yeah he he sees they're they're they look like they're blitzing [Applause] check to the run whaley through the shoestrings orgy makes the stop but whaley died forward whaley does a very nice job there of not being available because there was almost a tackle there orgy could have had him but suddenly he started grabbing and there's no running back there [Applause] third and more manageable for the huskies [Applause] whaley stood up and driven back wesley leads the way for vanderbilt how about inside that was some nice tough physical defense wesley comes from that defensive tackle position he fights off a double team arm over off that double team and comes right into the running backs mode pulling down and the offense is staying on the field for northern illinois what do you think of the offense here at northern illinois's own 43 going for it oh you're confident you're at home you're playing an sec team and an sct sec team by the way that's kind of on a roll offensively that's the gamble part of it the confidence well we'll see if they actually go for it now you have to snap the ball so time out we'll see if the huskies do indeed go for it on fourth down after the timeout isn't it time you realize the farther you go the better it gets secured a campsite that doesn't require reservations found out the only way to dive in is head first and realize that even out here you're never alone discover what true adventure really 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timeout northern illinois offense on the field and sure enough got him to buy randy yeah yeah i mean you had to spend all that time during the time out telling your guys on defense do not move i don't care what they do don't jump [Applause] [Music] [Applause] we're not right there on the field you've gotta you gotta figure though that the quarterback was a little bit of piece of that you didn't see the head move but that voice inflection can really influence defenders and it seems that lombardi had a little effect on the defensive line fourth down conversion of the year for northern illinois a team not afraid to go for it on fourth down screen to the outside that's billy dozier who makes the grab and is immediately wrestled down by jeremy lucian the yukon transfer nice job by lucian that's an open field tackle we've seen northern illinois do the same thing it's set up for a one-on-one play that if you can break that one tackle if you can catch this pass and run through this tackle you can gain 15 20 yards but lucian would not let him get past defense has a stop yet it has been ball control on both sides for vanderbilt in northern illinois [Applause] [Applause] they came in from the empire so that usually involves a face mask or a hold [Applause] personal foul hands to the face number 98 on the defense that's a 15-yard penalty added to the end of the run first down it on to the end of the run so that's a big one for the huskies [Applause] [Music] right at the top of the screen working against the uh left tackle marcus cox who's starting his 32nd game in a row get into that face mass didn't rip off his helmet but got pretty doggone close [Applause] [Music] [Applause] scrambling the slide begins right around the 15-yard line so that's where lombardi is marked that's a nice job two nice jobs one is protection and two's lombardi and his just ability to get out go and then make that nice self-preservation move of sliding and getting down before the pincer move of three 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the ground and the leg kind of wobbles like that not a good thing so that means a red shirt freshman ethan hampton takes over at quarterback at least for now for northern illinois [Applause] haley on the outside hampton who's barely played i mean you actually have to go back to his last competitive season 2019 no senior season in high school because of the covet year and then a redshirt last year he hadn't played it all this year so this is ethan hampton's first action this year first action since high school for the northern illinois husky yeah how do you answer this call and for coach hammock and the huskies this is what you would refer to as worst case scenario is having to play a purely inexperienced fresh young quarterback now freshman qb's on both sides whaling in the backfield [Applause] blakemore blakemore has it blakemore fighting gets to the 11-yard line and that will move the chains so northern illinois replacing a quarterback and doing exactly what northern illinois does converting on third and short remember that graphic we showed early of the offensive line in the very beginning of this game this offense now has to go through that offensive line if you don't have lombardi they those guys up front right there you're looking at they've got to control this game if these huskies have a chance with vanderbilt [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i mean that's one of those things you just can't do you see the little ease back a little semi squat back like going to pass block up on a on a red shirt freshman quarterback with no experience you don't need to be adding extra yards in hands it's brown seven touchdowns including the opening drive touchdown already found cole tucker from one yard out and the hardest part about this when you do have to pass is how much coordination does your young quarterback have with his receivers how he's just not used to working with these guys probably more used to the scout team receivers first has it inside the five worship makes a stop rude kowitz loses his helmet but on the reverse sets up northern illinois it'll be third and short nice little job by ethan hampton watch the quarterback come back around he peels back inside not only peeled back i mean it didn't exactly intimidate the defensive lineman but again this is the defensive lineman the freshman quarterbacks going in there to get a little piece of that's why arukuwicz gets those extra couple of yards and they've got to get all the way down to the four yard four yard line before they can get to 14th play of the drive [Music] [Applause] hampton toss to the goal line it is hold and touchdown northern illinois rudkowitz holds it in ethan hampton has his first touchdown pass as a husky [Applause] well there's your answer you're thinking about vanderbilt comes in here a couple of great drives puts 14 points on the board and two touchdowns your quarterback lombardi goes off the field is in the injury tenth a redshirt freshman comes in at quarterback and makes a couple of really nice plays that wasn't a really accurate pass it was a nice catch by rickwoods p-a-t caps off a 14-play 75-yard drive rocky lombardi goes down ethan hampton comes in to replace the injured starter for northern illinois and it's hampton rutgers comes back to get it northern illinois even with vandy at 14. on a fansville homecoming by dr pepper surprise cj oh we weren't expecting you hey buddy what are you doing here hey go state you replaced me with star quarterback bryce young he could never replace you here's your dr pepper mom mom it's just a silly nickname he came up with dad for me here you go kid they're my family now cj next time on fansville hey brother get out of my room dr pepper the one fans deserve out here you're more than just a landowner you're a gardener a landscaper a hunter because you didn't settle for ordinary same goes for your equipment versatile powerful durable kubota equipment more goes into it so you get more out of it [Applause] [Music] at 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that it's a fourth down that was converted by northern illinois because of a penalty in fact two defensive penalties by vanderbilt helping out the 14-play 75-yard drive for northern illinois yeah the face mask got you 15 and the big one though was that the offsides that was crazy mcgowan's going to take it at the 10. with a terrific speed tripped up as he crosses the 30-yard line but still good starting field position for vanderbilt makes a stop on special teams all right who's going to make a stop on defense because no one has whoever it is going to be the first time we've seen that it's it's been all offense some good accurate quarterback play some savvy quarterback play a lot of really nice running mark lee and vanderbilt what do you do nothing different until they make you stop doing something doing what you're doing you stay with the two and three tight end formations there's three three tight ends here swallowing the freshman qb first start for vanderbilt [Applause] [Music] gives it to ray davis on the left side northern illinois holds him to about a yard which counts as a win as jeffrey griffin leads away that's the key we haven't seen that very much out of northern illinois in this game so far is winning on first down because if you win on first you can start to set yourself up in a situation where you can rush the pass if you're constantly third and one you're on your heels you're trying to survive swan on second and nine check down davis nothing doing there and northern illinois has finally forced the third and long as hanson and pugh combined on the stop okay so this sets up the situation of you're gonna make this offensive line now pass protect and that means 15 isaiah green may the best pass rusher that the huskies have turn him loose get him on that quarterback isaiah green may grad transfer from wisconsin elected a captain of this team swan on third and ten incomplete off the hands of devin bonnie jr remember the play on the last drive where swann stayed in there and got hit late got hit hard but still competed the pla completed the pass the rush gets here a little bit earlier the rush affects this throw it's just barely off that it's enough off that it's not a completion wow first pawn to the table either side first defensive stop a ball gets it away cole tucker will let it bounce out of bounds right around the 20-yard line so it's northern illinois defense who steps up to get a stop at last after tuesday ruined your schedule then a 16-hour makeup day nobody could blame you for calling today a washout that's not your style not ours either at weatherguard we're built for this with heavy duty features like double welded seams and high security latches and locks now add innovative powersync lighting to keep working for as long as the job demands because a job worth doing is a job worth weather guard old trapper beefs last bag [Music] [Music] you know there's plenty for both of you old trapper what's your beef buying a home then 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and by old trapper beef jerky what's your beef among the off the field accomplishments for nick routine was awarded a community service soldier medallion at the 2021 cure bowl he volunteers habitat for humanity team in fact helping out the community a whirlpool trophy watch list for community service for nick routine the junior linebacker for northern illinois husky defense gets a stop hampton back at quarterback hampton completes to the outside mccray lost the helmet we'll see if the defender ripped it off whether mcrae has to come out mccrae will sit a play lombardi back in the locker room for northern illinois so it's ethan hampton the freshman quarterback it really further i think emphasizes anterio brown in the running game just being able to feature that and give hampton some kind of help i mean he's two for two he's on kind of a roll but [Applause] whaley gets the second down carry big hole on the right side worship makes the stop sorahan frees him for a gain of seven yards move the chains and northern illinois did a really nice job of setting that play up and again you're you're getting a play you're getting a nice blocking up front and if this game has to continue the way it is i've said it before i'll say it again this o line has to be the difference [Applause] takes it again orgy there on the stop nothing doing on first down this time hague came in for that defensive end position underneath the block backfield and disrupted that that should have been a loss of two yards vanderbilt staff they like darren augu the freshman who's from london went to high school in georgia [Applause] they're coming complete to the outside cole tucker makes the grab solution there on the stop it's almost a first down saving tackle out there get the ball out there to tackle your ex to tucker you're expecting to break that tackle and get some extra yards hampton delivers it really well and they've kept them pretty clean so far which is important for a young and experienced quarterback not to get them banged around too much lombardi and hampton combined 10 for 10 passing [Applause] two second effort by whaley that's enough for a first down orgy makes a stop but move the chains again that's an impressive run by whaley you remember earlier you saw a safety come up and just smack the northern illinois running back and knock hammock sky backwards he returned the favor there whaley right through the tackler to get that first down and now back to ontario brown in the backfield [Applause] back to throwhampton complete again this time it's thornton on the outside the senior transfer from florida international the hardest thing about running these plays the way they are is what is your quarterback comfortable with you know what lombardi's comfort level is i mean he's been playing for a long time hampton you're not really quite sure when you're calling these plays big hole opens up for ground and he will take it all the way to the house anterior ground touchdown huskies and the perfect offensive day continues for northern illinois to that right side sure nets and porter or potter right here on the right side watch these blocks it goes it's wide open wow now that's a hole if you were standing in that far end zone you just seen that thing open up big enough to drive a car through a 51-yard touchdown run from brown the husky offense changes quarterbacks and doesn't miss a beat hampton leads a touchdown drive brown takes it in and northern illinois with 37 seconds before the half grabs a 21-14 lead on the big one from brown isn't it time you realize the farther you go the better it gets secured a campsite that doesn't require reservations found out the only way to dive in is head first and realize that even out here you're never alone discover what true adventure really means with the most awarded suv brand experience freedom electrified with the all-new jeep grand cherokee 4 by e plug-in hybrid electric suv available now ethan hampton goes three for three on the drive seven plays 81 yards and then anterio brown with his third rushing touchdown of the season from 51 yards out to give northern illinois the lead just as you were starting to think about end of half scenarios strategy for northern illinois here's your strategy 51 yards to the house untouched kick taken by the commodores [Applause] and with roughly 29 seconds left in the half patterson has it right around the 30-yard line look at this hole look at the size of that hole i mean it's not a big car you know maybe a compact but it's still a car and that's a hole and that's the kind of kind of work this offensive line has to do if these huskies have a chance to hang with vanderbilt that's exactly what northern illinois has done so we'll see [Applause] how aggressive vanderbilt's is with 29 seconds in the freshman qb swan well the last thing you need to do is put the ball in danger but swan's got all the confidence in the world there are no plays that can't be run with him in quarterbacks over the middle shepard makes the grab coming up the ram trucks halftime report in the studio today brent stover houston nun and kevin carter to get you caught up on everything college football [Music] it was upset saturday last week for the top 10 not so much time out vanderbilt with 15 seconds vanderbilt's gonna need to get somewhere around the 20-yard line for a field goal i mean the long on the year is 35 so far maybe you say okay i can hit it from 40 to 45. that puts you at about the 30-yard long line to go to get to that you got 16 seconds on the clock but still got a time out in your pocket though the two game-winning kicks and the two wins last year beating yukon and colorado state [Applause] before the play before the snap time out northern illinois 30 seconds one side gets a timeout shows them the formation the other side calls a timeout after they see the formation they want a different defense on the field and after everything else that's happened so far northern illinois gets the ball here to start the second half as we take a look at the ap pole powered by ram trucks as we mentioned i mean this is blowout central so far for the top ten yeah georgia georgia looks to be just a little bit different team this year carter i mean i'm sure they had five first rounders on defense it's scary but they might be better it's crazy to watch them play up next for the vanderbilt commodore is the alabama crimson tide in sec play commodore is getting big time tests from northern illinois out of the back swann steps up delivers to the outside shepherd makes another grab stays in bounds clock stops temporarily to move to chains timeout left for vanderbilt but immediately now not taken here [Applause] one more play to get into field goal range swan is going to heave it looking for shepard looking to the end zone shepard is knocked away zero showing on the clock rogers the quarterback who had two ints in a game earlier this year knocks it away from 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in the pocket he's gonna move to his right and he's gonna find fabian mcrae for the long game setting up the touchdown just to play later and then this is antario brown he's gonna take it split the defense and go 51 yards going the distance for the score 21 points for the nolan illinois husband yeah for the huskies the two quarterbacks combined 11 of 11. perfect for 102. how about you coach this is a good competitive game but vanderbilt to win this game they got to keep mixing up stop the run but on offense i like what they're doing mixing it up on the goal line right here looks like run run action good job by aj swan right it drops it in the back of the end zone and then they come back downhill same formation inside zone good score there you go it's 21-14 the home team with a one touchdown lead at the break right here on cbs sports network elsewhere in the sec big one over on cbs is auburn hosts 22nd ranked penn state the tigers entered having won 17 straight at home against non-conference opponents and looking to avenge a loss to the nittany lions last year that's james franklin big 10 against sec shawn clifford going to take a big hit early on in the game that is sec type defense right there but to his credit he responds yeah he's going to give them a dose of his own power football downhill for the score nice run sean clifford it's a 7-6 ball game over on cbs coach louisiana monroe in deep water against number two alabama bryce young doing bright young things guys passes to treyshawn holden right here for a 33-yard touchdown then chandler rogers trying to set up for a screen bounces off andrew henry and picked off by who will anderson his first ever touchdown first ever interception 28-zip they scored in every phase of the game in the first nine minutes how about ole miss georgia tech zach evans in tight for the touchdown seven nothing no blocking here kevin yeah cedric johnson comes unabated to the punter easy block punt rebels recover on the 20 and this is quid sean judkins finds a crease eight-yard touchdown rebels lead 14-0 and now it's 21-0 byu oregon much anticipated game bow nick's calling his own number nice early drive for oregon to make a statement seven nothing the byu response jaren hall's gonna come right back guys the time to pass completes to isaac rex who takes it 20 yards to the house and then here comes bo nicks again guys play action fake right here to troy franklin mate look at this catch excellent concentration terrific catch right here to set up a bow mix two yard touchdown all right good one there 17-7 late first half upon a return check in on a pair of top 10 sec teams in action earlier today georgia continuing its dominance in the bulldogs opener against south carolina in conference play while kentucky with an easy non-conference victory explore your passions turn dreams into realities get involved connected bring your ideas innovations and artistry to life where your education is affordable where you can 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come right back back shoulder throw to chris lewis for the second touchdown pass this could be georgia's biggest threat this season kevin don't you agree will levis and the kentucky wildcats doing what they're supposed to do against a seemingly lesser opponent 377 yards passing for will levis over 100 yards on the ground and the defense pitching a perfect shutout tough along the line of scrimmage but they're not quite georgia let's let's pump the brakes a little bit okay i i know it was in the prompt and you had to read that no no they're not quite we'll see it remains to be seen what's going to happen all right what do you think of george georgia wow they go on the road you always say what defense better travel better travel well they lost what 8 10 draft choices last year doesn't make any difference they play good sound football before they stop him on the road get the ball back to the offense and stetson bennett what does he do distribute the ball to your man bowers hand the ball to 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ice even if they forgot the ice save up to 30 on auto insurance with usaa safe pilot get a quote today [Music] i would do great things today i will do great things today i did it today scott frost was fired this week the interim head coach mickey joseph takes over but same result for the huskers they lose at home to number six oklahoma 49 to 14 is the score you see the number there for dylan gabriel for the sooners right notre dame starts 0-2 taking on cal scoreless early second yeah this is jack plummer throwing it 18 yards to j michael sturdivant for the touchdown bears lead 7-0 drew pine finds chris tyree running back out of the backfield for the 21-yard score irish tied at seven and this is audrey esteem leaps across the goal line for the touchdown irish 14 to 10. but here comes the cal bears stuffs it over the goal line jack plumber on the keeper bears got the lead 17-14 and it looks like notre dame perhaps is going to tie with a field goal line it up for one right now 21-14 in 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the lights in your house yeah yeah and they just don't answer the door not sorry races thank you all for being here today you are here because you made the decision to be collegiate student athletes so let me ask you a question raise your hand if you want to win a conference championship if you want to win a national championship now keep your hands up if you're willing to wake up 4 30 in the morning for mandatory workouts if you're willing to put student first so i'll ask you are you willing to compete are you willing to execute and are you willing to be a leader are you ready in this space we explore we ascend for the commodores we heal we grow we unite we belong vanderbilt university this is our space [Music] on offensive onslaught in the first half northern illinois interior brown's 51-yard touchdown run the difference in the first half a 21-14 lead at the break with the college football hall of famer randy cross i'm carter blackburn and it is just what you expected randy the offensive line the offenses have provided the way so far in this first half it is and it's more than a fair fight i think the only person that's not being overused in this thing is the punters we've already seen one punt and it's been crazy and our you know rogue player is lombardi he went out with that knee hampton comes in probably throws a touchdown pass he's been effective on other passes so far but the big play of the half anterior brown and this 50-plus yard run and he covered that ground in no time and the offensive line did one heck of a job and you know vanderbilt's touchdown schoenfeld there that sort of made the whole thing work that is our pound for pound brought to you by rogue fitness the huskies the preseason pick to win the mack west again last year's defending champ ethan hampton will come out to quarterback the huskies in the second half as well so rocky lombardi still unable to go just as the score would indicate pretty even all the way across but 7.8 yards per play for northern illinois yeah i mean time of possession too has been fairly evenly split if not maybe favoring vanderbilt at this point they had a couple of long sustained drives over when lombardi went down the red shirt freshman from elbert illinois his first action as a husky bounce it outside and he is wrestled down and dropped for a loss by to ricky wright the junior from gadsden alabama you know nothing against hampton as a quarterback good good young appearance for him and there's his stats perfect four for four 23 yards and a touchdown but it only reinforces the need for that running game to really be what carries the northern illinois huskies and vandy knows that full well [Music] [Applause] on second and ten on the slant that's complete to the outside thornton has the grab russell in coverage we'll say we'll say this for ethan hampton though carter not lacking for confidence right he came right in and just been slinging it from the jump every time they've given him a chance northern illinois still hasn't punted in the football game facing third and five opening drive of the second half [Applause] whaley in the backfield with hampton over the middle caught tucker northern illinois converts again tucker goes rolling across the 50. tucker cuts it back tucker inside the 20-yard line cole tucker all the way to the end zone touchdown northern illinois a 69 yard catch and run for cole tucker well ethan hampton does a nice job of delivering that pass he gets nice protection doesn't get pressured but it's all tucker this is all about yak yards after catch and those all get on tucker's side of the ledger he keeps he kept looking around like he's expecting somebody to be tackling him there's nobody around [Applause] what a third down conversion richardson has the p-80 and it is a two-touchdown lead for northern illinois on the 69-yard touchdown for cole tucker from hampton [Music] rice they let you off campus let's go to autism you know when i was the first ever 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week last week carter with all these great upsets i mean we talked about app state and marshall goes into notre dame and whatnot they got a tradition here when you get a power five school get the non-power the group of five they they called taking them to the bone yard and they haven't it's been a while since they had one of those boneyard wins here but that's right 14. starting to smell like a boneyard win pulled off to a 2-0 start and then they [Music] get rolled by wake forest in the rain last week changed quarterbacks aj swann who enrolled at vanderbilt this january went through spring bowl this is his first start at quarterback for vanderbilt injury update from northern illinois we will not see rocky lombardi the rest of the way and cornerback eric rogers who went down at the end of the half is questionable to [Applause] return handoff goes to ray davis who breaks free davis cuts it back across the 50-yard line with a stiff arm ray davis into husky territory pugh finally makes a stop on the senior from san francisco ray davis another good example of how important tackling is we talk a lot about blocking well if you make that first tackle this is really kind of a non-plus sort of a play but davis wouldn't let that happen runs right through the first attempted tackle and rips off the rest of that thing 23-yard pickup longest of the day for vandy swan steps up and tipped and incomplete intended again for shepard cj brown knocks it away how big were cj brown's eyes that you could almost see how excited he was when that ball came out of the quarterback's hands cj brown looked like the most logical receiver a pretty good job on the backside of breaking that up and give it to davis northern illinois expecting the run right there on davis minimal gain and after that 23-yard run by davis you're in third down and relatively long for the commodores yeah this this sets up you know this is exactly what northern illinois wants this is what their offense their defensive coordinator joey lynch i'm sorry he's the offensive coordinator nick benedetto wants to do he wants third and long and he wants to go after the quarterback make this offensive line of vanderbilt go sideways see how quick they are vanderbilt four for five on third down so far here comes the pressure on third and eight swan complete on the slant lots of football scooped up by the huskies and it's brown who has his hands on the football brown who brings it back across the 40-yard line high-stepping his way inside the 25. brown knocked out of bounds near the 15. cj brown scoops it and nearly scores after vandy had a first down [Applause] nearly flawless execution by clark lee's offense aj swann puts the ball right on the money looks like a big run the ball swatted out from behind cj brown never misses a beat picking that thing up looked like he was going to fall down three or four times during that run penalty from that spot timeout all the way back at the 40-yard line so this is going to 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like he was trying to block low he got tripped and then fell into the legs of the lineman but the official didn't see that he saw the block into the legs and that's illegal so blocking below the waist on rainer the call backs northern illinois back up to their 20-yard line and flying in to make the stop [Music] is ducati if you're vanderbilt you want to make something happen go after the ball opposite true for northern illinois in this situation be very careful with the ball the last thing you want to do is give vanderbilt a big play before ethan hampton the quarterback for the rest of the way for northern illinois rocky lombardi went down on an awkward slide in the second quarter been picking up since then and just keeping everything rolling for northern illinois tucker on the outside makes the grab again in front of russell all hampton's done i mean he doesn't have a ball on the ground yet everything he throws has gotten caught see those receivers doing a little combination one goes up the field one runs a quick out cookout gets the ball tucker a little hobble coming off mcrae back into the game for northern illinois [Applause] blitz [Applause] got rid of it in a hurry it was tipped and incomplete looked like lucian got his hands on it i like that you showed six seven guys at the line of scrimmage and at the snap of the ball three actually dropped see the defenders drop one comes so you end up really ronnie rushing four five late with lucian lucian becomes the definitive member because he but knocks the ball down upon the day by northern illinois [Applause] minnesota transfer we'll punt it will shepard is back for the commodores and he's gonna easily have a first down there is a flag down back at the 20-yard line but for now first down as foley rolls out [Music] check a consequential flag there was a block back there where there were a hole when that block was made that's a question the 10-yard penalty from the previous spot replay fourth down [Applause] i'm not 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opportunity for seven points to bring this thing back into one score territory it's been swann all day rather than the junior mike wright who turned the football over twice last week in the rain against wake forest give it to ray davis again coming for the commodores yeah very patient offensive game plan for clark lee and his offense with the young quarterback aj swann but you know it wasn't so conservative that he aj swann hasn't had to throw some nice passes especially early on he really showed the kind of arm and the kind of anticipation that he has the lesbian davis both in the backfield on third and five swan over the middle it is caught shaking his way that's just enough bird there in coverage on mcgowan very nice that was that was a tight throw there there wasn't a whole lot of room for error for aj swann [Music] well offense here though carter would you start talking about two three tight ends on the field at a time much speed a lot of misdirection and motion [Music] take it to gillespie swann looks up top looking to shepherd again knocked away shepard again the intended target near the goal line this time it's gandy who knocks it away that's his kind of play shepherds i mean you get anywhere near the goal line he's already got five touchdowns on this young season similar to the play at the end of the first half for vanderbilt 12 completions for swan six of them the shepherd who set this drive up with a 23-yard return [Applause] he's going to take it on second down good cutback by gillespie hangs on to the football takes it to the 21 cj brown there on the stop that's a nice little play call there from vanderbilt little uh looks like a counter toss yeah the two offensive lineman coming from the back side from the right side just leading they're running back over that left side of the offensive line for a big for a big gain now he puts you in the third medium kind of a play college delight here on third and fourth swan pressure rolling toss nobody there out of bounds [Applause] dave is the intended receiver not much he could do with that his closest receiver was about five yards out of bounds offense staying on the field for fourth down [Applause] seven minutes to go in the third but vanderbilt going forward on fourth down passing up a field goal here it was kind of a an all-in move a lot of confidence and his offense being shown by clark lee the head coach of vanderbilt play clock winding down and they will have to use a timeout prior to put down [Applause] timeout fourth down coming for the commodores trailing by two touchdowns [Music] buying a home then you've got a lot on your mind now rising rates it's a lot but with rocket you have an advantage you can lock your rate for 90 days while you search for a home if rates rise yours is safe but if they fall within three years of buying you can refinance to a new lower rate with exclusive savings we'll help you lock it and drop it so you can buy today that's the rocket advantage lock your rate 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need to get back to them together we'll write your comeback story start your comeback story today [Music] fourth down for vanderbilt it would be about a 37-yard field goal from here the kicker has hit from 35 versus hawaii but the offense stays on the field on fourth down [Applause] my way of thinking you get your field goal you get the defense back on the field you stop him you're only down by 11 points you're risking going down by 21 if you don't make it here and the momentum will swing wildly in northern illinois [Applause] use the timeout to set it up for vanderbilt bark away trying to get the huskies to jump swann on fourth and four rolling swan slips away from the pressure and now swann looking to the end zone and it is caught touchdown ray davis holds it in on fourth and fourth swann somehow escapes the pressure and finds davis in the end zone what a play by the freshman qb aj swann well i was wrong but then again i didn't know aj swann was gonna put kind of a legendary play together i mean these that's the kind of play that goes into your film archive as one of the great plays in this young man's career when it's all said and done he should have been sacked he did not give up and hitting that pass that is really pulling one out vanderbilt would rather rather have boulevards for the p-18 than boulders from 37 38 yards and the smile for aj swann should be because he made a heck of a play to escape the pressure and find gray davis play should be over right now but aj swann didn't know that and he puts that ball in the perfect spot he sees his receiver is just a little bit beating i mean just a great job there dropping that thing over the top that was that was just perfect a perfect throw he'll never throw i don't care if he starts three more years after this he'll never throw a better ball than that after that escape from that sack well the vanderbilt d finally got to stop then shepard set it up with a 23-yard return so that drive just goes 37 yards over seven plays how big was that kind of tripping illegal block penalty on the well didn't really try to block he was stumbling when it happened but the official didn't see that how big was that play because northern illinois had a first down conversion on the first punt attempt [Music] full of his kickback kick off touch back to the 25. [Music] freshman qb for northern illinois ethan hampton battle of the freshman quarterback right there's something yeah we didn't come into this game figuring we'd see we're talking about mike wright all week long for vanderbilt the chance we might have seen aj swann we're talking lombardi especially earlier in the game [Applause] [Music] [Applause] joe's pressure up the middle first down on the run blitz whaley on the left side gets a nice push from the offensive line [Applause] well that was a really nice scrum jonas usually see that in rugby didn't used to be they'd give you the rest of those yards the northern line does a good job here afterwards i mean vanderbilt's got him now it's that's that's rugby that's not football that's rugby in a five whaley in the backfield with hampton straight ahead [Music] let's go back to the injury rocky lombardi this is the slide at the end of this run he takes the awkward slide right around the 15-yard line and immediately comes out of the game that's when hampton took over at quarterback for the huskies with a fifth-year senior leader in northern illinois hobbling off the field yeah that left leg just had right at the end as he went into that slide just a little bit of a wobble and it's been all ethan hampton since then and he's really come through for the huskies [Applause] the backfield takes it on third and two stood up driven back anthony orgy didn't get enough this is going to be fourth and short coming no no rugby there you didn't see that line come through there after orgy and them got a hold great job by the vanderbilt linebacker orgy getting in there getting his hands around the running back and then rallying the group to stuff him back now if you're vanderbilt you've discussed it you're talking about it right now stay on side you're going to hear a bark you're going to hear loud noises do not move six offensive linemen with boss coming in so the jumbo set on fourth down hampton gibbs whaley has dropped behind the line tackle for loss off the edge wusu comes in to make the stop and vanderbilt gets the stop on fourth down [Applause] well you want to talk about having a 14 point lead and letting the other team back into it i don't understand why you don't punt there i know it's fourth and short but you've got you've got penetration across the board and then you're running into the backfield there's nowhere to go from the outside no one's even going to come close to blocking so hammock's decision to go forward on fourth down sets up vanderbilt second street drive the commodore was taken on the plus side of the 50. so down by a touchdown a chance to get right back in it gillespie's in the backfield with swann read it toss it inside the 15 touchdown vanderbilt a p-a-t away from tying it one play after the stop on defense vanderbilt is in the end zone shepard again shepard does a really nice job of breaking that first tackle first tackles are the bane of defensive coaches existence when they don't happen because you don't tackle a guy like shepard he's going to slough you off and make you pay with six points was a 14 point lead four and a half minutes left in the third quarter we're all tied up [Applause] p-a-t from boulevard evens us at 28. [Music] two touchdowns in a hurry for the vanderbilt commodores northern illinois locked in another tight game well we flash back it is 10 years ago you go back to the 2012 back championship game kent state northern illinois the mac offensive player of the year jordan lynch all he does is run for 160 three touchdowns passing for another touchdown even scored the game winner to earn the huskies an invitation to the 2013 orange bowl ten years ago and it was a reunion of over 40 players back honored between the first and second quarters today and it was fun talking to um yeah it's 10 years later now you got the families getting together in the parking lot with the 10-year reunion of that orange bowl team remembered very fondly yeah 10 years that means you you've got multiple kids everything else of all those guys great memories for that football team tommy lehrer is the star wide receiver on that team blake moore from inside the 10. will shepherd with his sixth touchdown grab of the season for vanderbilt even at 28. a little shell shock now from northern illinois i know this crowd has suddenly gotten very very quiet and they've got to be surprised you had a 14 point lead a couple of couple of plays happened to you and bang it's it's tied up but the circumstances haven't changed you've got a freshman quarterback you've got a good running game you got to go back to it and get some results and some first downs [Applause] tipped in the air and incomplete out of bounds anybody's football a goo gets his hand on it oh good does a nice job drop dropping back he's paying that star position at the bottom of the screen 92 just gets that hand up that's kind of a hybrid mix between a defensive end and an outside linebacker he was the one notre dame was interested in vanderbilt ends up getting a huge commitment hands on the football again this time it's jadis richard who knocks it away yeah this is one of those runs it happens in football game joe clark lee was talking about how it happened to his team last week against wake things started going bad and it kind of snowballed on him well nobody that long ago know they don't know it was up by two touchdowns it's been snowballing since uh about the last eight minutes on the clock and now on third and ten hampton talks it short of the first down hampton brought down by christian james fourth down coming and here comes the punt unit for northern illinois safe to say in this situation yeah he's seen one big punt return that set him up on the positive side of the field and you're gonna probably catch us about the 35 running start of getting some more good field position for this vanderbilt offense a lot of confidence i'll change for northern illinois mcrae gets out there [Music] [Applause] delayed game [Applause] [Music] the lay again on the offense five yard penalty fourth down now you're in even a better position to get a return and get some really excellent field position shepard's last return 23 yards last thing you want here even if it's a long kick is a low kick you'd rather have a shorter high hanging punt that they're going to have to fair catch than one you can catch on the fly [Music] [Applause] [Applause] driven down excellent coverage on special teams travis makes the stop there on shepard [Applause] mission two the three-year-old purebed siberian husky assumed his role as the official live mascot of northern illinois last summer mission daisy spends time on campus visiting the various buildings and by the way mission two recently inducted in the national bobblehead hall of fame which if you're wondering is in milwaukee inquiring mines want to know answers to stuff like that the rotc taking care of mission two shepherd on the outside and now will shepard is having his way with a defensive backfield for northern illinois makes that grab over bird if you're going to get man coverage out there and that's what's happening right now northern illinois is giving vanderbilt man coverage with shepherd keep going back to it [Applause] the shovel to davis right back to shepherd and no flat bird and shepherd hand fighting near the goal line some of that hand fighting looked like it might have been a little tug you know northern illinois gets to dodge one there watch at the very end as this ball starts coming down good non-call but i like how aggressive vanderbilt is very aggressive it suits them well especially when you look at their upcoming schedule they should be aggressive trying to get this win number three davis on the outside written down by eric rogers rogers has made a couple of nice plays and now davis is slow getting up but this is a big fear for vanderbilt davis who was injured much of last year rogers two rogers goes down again second time we've seen rogers hit a knee looked real awkward coming down got to make you wonder the way he landed if he didn't land on the ball we talked about the depth and running back with patrick smith out davis going to have to carry the load a year after he missed all but three games because of injury does get tripped up oh but i think that ball was right there in his belly when he landed on that thing that can put a little hiccup in your get along so both davis and rogers back to their respective sidelines cooper lutz in and running back now for vanderbilt along with chase gillespie this is the defensive down third and ten swan keeps it stood up written back kyle pugh leads away on aj swann rainer in there to finish it off fourth down coming for vanderbilt and again the offense stays on the field i was going to say not much sign of the punt team coming on the field well in this situation the last guy you want to have beat you is sheppard they've already proven to you that that's that's their big play guy today they love that matchup eight catches already for shepard who's at the top of the screen 134 yards and the last vanderbilt touchdown and he's got man pressure up the middle swann to shepherd again ninth catch shepard gets free and shepherd takes it inside the 15. exactly what you said northern illinois cannot give up shepherd on the outside converting on fourth down again in every game plan week by week somebody gets featured and pretty obvious the way this is going with aj swann at quarterback they love the matchup with swan with shepard and these defensive backs and it's like he's got teflon on him because nobody's sticking to him that first tackler is just being schluffed [Applause] another fourth down conversion for vanderbilt take it to davis and now toss shepard touchdown shepard again vanderbilt on top will shepherd taking over [Applause] well nick benedetto and his defensive staff they've got to figure out something to do here with shepard because you put him in these single situations these one-on-one situations clark lee's wide receiver has eaten them alive aj swann is making some pretty decent throws but a lot of it's because shepard has been so open and so much more physical than the dbs from northern illinois seven touchdown catches on the season now for will shepherd that leads the nation ten catches two for touchdowns and will shepherd has led the vanderbilt comeback commodores on top well will shepherd is what's happened to this northern illinois defense in case you went away for a honeydew about 10 minutes ago when it was 28-14 it is now 35-28 a lot of it because of aj swann and shepard at wide receiver 70 plays in just six yards 21 straight for vanderbilt shepard the junior from mandeville louisiana and two touchdown grabs in the road win at hawaii and now seven on the season it's worth mentioning last week against tulsa northern illinois got down got down big came back and twice led in the fourth quarter but couldn't hold that lead [Applause] [Music] blake moore takes it across the 20 across the 25. mason blake moore solid return to near the 30. if you're clark lee and vanderbilt you smell right now this is a chance for win number three hampton the freshman quarterback for northern illinois has played pretty doggone decent all of the momentum all of the action in this in this game right now is heavily on the side of vanderbilt illinois needs either a big play or a big sustained drive to take some of the air out of this vanderbilt balloon [Music] hampton on first and ten [Applause] brown across the 30. we'll beginning sec play next week the commodores have lost 21 straight in sec competition and the stated goal for this vanderbilt team is a bowl game in 2022 so getting to win number three on the road in northern illinois if you have a bowl game in sight this is a big one for bandy for your stated goal of the bowl game your next three year alabama ole miss and georgia so maybe a while till you get a chance for number four to the outside that's thornton wrestled down by russell setting up third and short northern illinois is going to take it to the fourth so after that perfect start first four drives four touchdowns it's 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where the huskies are used to playing one-score games they have another one but northern illinois down by a touchdown against vanderbilt from the sec we begin the fourth quarter with third down hampton the freshman quarterback out of the shotgun pressured incomplete boy vanderbilt bringing the pressure [Music] mcallister right in the face of ethan hampton yeah bringing it all the way around too i mean even even intimidating the receiver a little bit with that the pressure next 25 of 36 combined for six touchdowns and both freshmen that's some strong stuff right now from out of the quarterback position hampton in for the injured rocky lombardi fourth down northern illinois going forward again from their own 35-yard line don't like this at all hampton on the roll hampton complete [Applause] it looks to be short taylous makes the grab but vanderbilt [Applause] see if they're even going to measure they kind of reposition the ball it's going to be pretty close the far side that marker is on the 38-yard line and this ball would appear to be on about the 37 and a half so just eyeballing it should be about a half yard short which is about a ball and a half so here come the chains this little circumstances and series of events is how you turn a 14 point lead and potentially a 14 pound 14 point trail if you're northern illinois easily vanderbilt football [Music] boy you said i mean you said before the fourth down you didn't like it no not at all not in this situation you don't have anybody that can cover shepherd and you know he's coming on the field you know they're going to put a formation out there you have to man cover and they're throwing to them coming up next join our crew in the studio as they spotlight today's gridiron action across the country watch inside college football right here on cbs sports network so vanderbilt with a one touchdown lead and again taking over in northern illinois territory this time it's chase gillespie the freshman running back from tallahassee who takes it to the 31. perfect first down play for vanderbilt you're aggressive with the line you're aggressive with gillespie the way he's running a little bit of the stinger is out of northern illinois at this point you got five yards now you can do whatever you want on second down i'm not sure bottom of the screen is shepard what do you think maybe you go back to him why not [Applause] is it on the slant that's caught and it's mcgowan who makes a sliding catch 11-yard pickup jay swann was a surprise starter in this one we came in expecting right to start at quarterback he's never looked back he's looked so strong he's had some incredible passes in this game he's been flustered and forced to throw early a couple times but he's never really lost his cool [Applause] incomplete on the outside intended again for mcgowan [Applause] [Music] cyrus mcgarrell there in coverage for northern illinois that's one there that's not really on the quarterback that ball when it bounces off the receiver's hands you got to think the quarterback kind of put it in the general area where he could have been ball could have been caught shuffle on the vandy offensive line pitchford is in a left guard uzibu is playing right tackle [Applause] without duplin xavier castillo on second and ten pew makes the stop that was a heck of a fake there by aj swan the quarterback quarterback draw looked like the quick the quick pitch that was but the way they sold that draw it held the inside linebackers pretty good he does pitch it but then the defense thinks he's going to run it in the middle the outside defenders do a really nice job to contain third and 10. swan pressure up the middle on the roll swans going to heave it towards the goal line knocked away and almost picked cj brown bats it away at the goal line to pours fourth down there is a penalty flag against vanderbilt in the backfield holding offense number 77 10 yard penalty replay third down so it's going to set up third and 20. [Applause] that's going to be the holding right there now you think about field goal range too is clark lee has gone forward on fourth down in the tighter situation than this ray davis on the right side davis leaping out of bounds inside the 20. so now fourth down and you would think you're back into field goal range definitely got a kick here you got a chance to go up by two scores you're playing one of the better teams in the country i mean northern illinois the last two seasons they're eight and four and one score games start getting into one score territory you want to stay two scorers up for as long as you can against these guys career long 53 but the long this season 35 so this would match full of this from 35 and it is easily good vanderbilt with the game's first field goal and a 10-point lead make it 24 straight for vandy in my world numbers are everything but my most important stat my sleep quality it is vital to my mental emotional and physical performance only my sleep 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relief of rocky lombardi in the last couple possessions northern has run the ball okay but some of the passes have been almost late and almost late can turn into very late and going the other way if you're not careful important for northern to take care of the ball here backed up with hampton takes it in the backfield on first down [Applause] good bush clifton makes the stop it seems like two days ago that this northern illinois offense was running the ball effectively 14 play drives answered by 20 play drives answered by 10 play drives a lot of big plays between now and then [Applause] get into end around brewkowitz has the first down hit horde orgy and usu combine on the stop patterson there as well after the 12-yard gain what a beautiful play call there a little different thing with the the lead draw the lead play to start with and then ruka woods coming around from the outside on reverse nothing doing for whaley on the first down kerry [Music] line of scrimmage barely time for northern illinois down by 10. the team used to close games and used to winning close games better than they did a week ago against tulsa [Applause] on the right side orgy comes up to make the stop that's going to set up third and long not the forte of the northern illinois huskies [Music] couple of really nice plays defensively on the run set you up in a situation where you can do whatever you want smile and dial you can blitz you can stunt [Applause] on third and ten check down whaley orgy leads the way nice open field tackle from anthony orgy to force fourth down oh you can't ask for a better play than what anthony hargie puts on the field right here he comes up he closes big wingspan out there and gets the arms and wraps them up that is no missed tackle coming there that's a beautiful defensive play illinois will punt ford lets it bounce roll for foley in northern northern illinois it will roll back to the five vanderbilt by 10 38-28 on the huskies college football on cbs sports 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weekend and by gorilla for the toughest jobs on planet earth tough job coaching vanderbilt clark lee and his alma mater however his career began on the baseball diamond and then transitioned to fullback made his way up as a defensive coordinator on the defensive side of the football most recently defensive coordinator at notre dame and now the head coach at his alma mater at vanderbilt yeah played birmingham southern won an naia championship then baseball at belmont finally baseball and football at vanderbilt so the degree in political science and clark lee has talked about the building job at vanderbilt begins with toughness and his commodore team has shown some toughness today really since the drive for this commodore team led by the freshman quarterback aj swann the best way to salt away win number three for vanderbilt here stay on the field as long as possible on this possession [Applause] already thinking 10-point lead now at 8 40. you're already thinking running the football running the clock well you're having conversations too if you're receivers whether it's shepard or whoever you throw the ball to you mentioned don't go out of bounds you've had that conversation on the on the sideline we're not going to call conservative plays but if you have a chance stay in bounds keep the clock going keep the chains moving it's a big third and four here pressured swan gets rid of it early intended for shepard incomplete nice job by northern illinois dialing up the blitz and not giving aj swann much time to throw heck they didn't give much time to think what i think he could think about was getting rid of that thing so you know there's the answer you want you're always looking for answers whether it's drives in this game we've seen some big momentum swings and great answers to drives by one team another drive by that team defensive stop get the ball back for your offense look up at 804 and say there's plenty of time for northern illinois in a two-score game yeah only a minute and a half gold went off that clock is backing up a ball's punt finally rolls out of bounds right around the 33 can northern illinois come back on his home turf here at the home of the huskies more truck owners are switching to ram which means more fathers are switching to ram your body's changing and more suns more tailgaters more tail waggers more men with a lot of confidence easy and more with not so much yeah i'm not going to fit in there and more guys who check straps with a firm tug and say that ain't going anywhere are switching to ram right now during ram power days get 0 financing for 72 months on our most popular models my active psoriatic arthritis can slow me down now skyrizzy helps me get going by treating my skin and joints along with significantly clearer skin skyrizzy helps me move with less joint pain stiffness swelling and fatigue and skyrise is just four doses a year after two starter doses skyrocity attaches to and reduces a source of excess inflammation 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don't miss kickoff right here on cbs sports network fau looking to remain undefeated in conference usa utsa won it all a season to go right now north texas and fau off to 1-0 starts it'll be ucf a former c.u.s.a member taking on the owls [Applause] northern illinois from its own 34. hampton the freshman quarterback to whaley hampton down the scene and overshooting the attempted receiver thornton [Music] good protection there gave the young quarterback a chance to get that one out he just had a little bit a little bit more arm than his receiver had legs just about five yards over so in this situation she got about seven minutes and 45 seconds left it can get late really early [Applause] on second down it's ruku it's on the edge let's check in with the studio for an update guys over on cbs penn state in complete control katron allen his second touchdown run of the day 31-6 late third the nittany lions all over auburn back in the calp third and two coming northern illinois only one for six on third down this half all the shiny stats in the first three quarters this fourth quarter has not been a real shiny experience for the snowmen illinois football team hampton looks like a busted play is stood up and driven back ducati leads the way there's a rookie inexperienced freshman who didn't throw the ball to his wide receiver who was right in front of him wide open watch him roll out and when he rolls out the back coming out of the backfield there's nobody to the right is where the back is he's wide open just throw it over the top and let your back go run with it sitting sets up fourth and short i mean now it makes sense to not to to go for it in this situation you may not see the ball again if you punt it ruku it's in motion on fourth down over the middle complete boy it goes to get it and converts on fourth down brewkowitz makes the grab the illinois state transfer keeping the husky's chances a lot yeah ruka with laying out right there saves his football team and keeps their chances still going he takes it on first down across the 50. whaley shaking his way for a 10-yard pickup owusu finally makes a stop [Music] bears remembering this is a football team in northern illinois that loves these situations these one-score situations get another score on this drive and you're putting yourself in that very position you're eight and four in over the last two seasons greatly again [Applause] and yet the clock rolling nearing five minutes crowd's getting a little bit restless here in dekalb looking at the clock watching the running plays [Applause] fake it and toss it incomplete flag down looks like russell gets tangled up with rukowitz on the outside that's going to be a hole the freshman quarterback could have gone to his tight end who was right over the middle of the field wide open old automatic first down fast interference on the defense number eight 15-yard penalty first down just the fifth vanderbilt penalty but it keeps northern illinois rolling 435. [Music] [Music] [Applause] these leads that go away and these momentum shifts like this it's never unassisted northern illinois had as much to do with this momentum shift as vanderbilt has brown in the backfield hampton pocket holds up back shoulder incomplete lucian in coverage he was intended for dozier boy that thing was on a rope that was a nice little pass by the freshman quarterback right into the numbers he stands in there and that's part of the job description you want to be a quarterback that comes with the job right there standing in there and getting smacked wesley gets the pressure hampton hit as he throws again whoa it's intercepted at the five yard line picked off right has it and wright runs it back to the 35 to the 40-yard line to ricky wright has the interception and vanderbilt set up with 4 15 and a 10-point lead anthony org he got the pressure on hampton and to ricky right with the huge int orgy comes in from that linebacker spot and bout cuts the young quarterback 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conference lines are being redrawn and fansville's being ripped apart nothing sorry logan you live in tech country now but i hate tech we'll ever be the same schools are changing conferences players are changing schools what happened to tradition so hold on to your dr pepper that's called an off tackle that's where the running back runs i know what it is did you just fan splay me i'm sorry i was out of bounds that's where a player steps dr pepper the one fans deserve today's play of the game brought to you by old trapper beef jerky which will shepherd once vanderbilt without the mismatch on the outside it was shepard rolling towards the end zone two more touchdowns he is now the nation's leader with seven touchdown receptions on the season he's a big physical long receiver but when he gets in tight can use those arms sort of overcome or overwhelm a defensive back 10 catches on the day for 171 yards it began in hawaii with two touchdowns in that road win and vanderbilt in command now thanks in large part to will shepherd 24 unanswered points from vanderbilt to take command it was north illinois by two touchdowns midway through vanderbilt with a chance with a few first downs to albert eisen who's going to take their first of three timeouts here because they know full well clark lee's team is getting on the ball and they're going to snap it at about two seconds on the play clock they're going to bleed maximum amount of time every time they get on the ball [Music] visit our keys to the game presented by pedigree [Music] in what was an even football game mostly throughout obviously vanderbilt taking control beginning in the third yeah all those big plays of 15 plus yards were a big difference as was some of these rushing yards defense only allowed seven points in the second half in the second half that was gigantic as much success as northern illinois had in the first first half northern be the bully well 354 yards but they definitely were not the bully for the whole game they're boboli for part of the game no sacks for northern illinois in several obvious passing situations they just couldn't get the heat on aj swann the freshman quarterback who played so well well now vanderbilt fans you get ready for the sec and look at that road ahead for vandy alabama ole miss georgia well there's good news there you get a week off between alabama and ole miss but then georgia at man george's dismantled south carolina earlier today davis shaking his way 50 first down slides nice play by davis to slide stay in bounds after he had the first down yeah that is a smart smart play you don't see that enough college football or nfl football for that matter of guys they know they can get more yards but without you'd have to risk going out of bounds so why whisk going out just get over there get what you can slide down keep the clock moving make them use this second timeout timeout for northern illinois sure enough that's number three so northern illinois doesn't have the opportunity to stop the clock again for northern illinois it's at kentucky tough task next week and then you begin mac conference play mac play at ball state that's a pretty good little rivalry too yes it is [Applause] trying to run it out davis on his 23rd carry of the game again goes down keeps that clock moving those are little things but you know that's that's coaching that speaks to that that speaks to the discipline in on the team and in the huddle just a nice job in general by clark lee and his staff and his football team of hanging despite being down 14 points looking for a chance to turn the thing around and man they got the chance on that fourth down and made it pay for a long time swan has gone the distance taken over for mike wright let's beginning running back on second down well clearly vanderbilt brought a toughness i mean from that opening drive yeah they re they really did they you know they out northern illinois northern illinois that's what northern illinois had sort of counted on being their calling card they wanted to do that to vanderbilt and vanderbilt just wasn't having any of it third and four no rush timeouts gillespie gillespie has enough for a first down and now vanderbilt with northern illinois out of timeouts a first down vanderbilt can take a knee at this point yeah they just sit in the huddle break the huddle at about 15 seconds on the play clock get up on the ball [Applause] down it's one of those kind of do the math things [Music] it's the schedule ahead daunting for vanderbilt clark lee doing exactly [Applause] but yes you do the math but you see this messed up so many times oh there's no doubt about it no doubt about it you know it's funny you'll rehash a game like this a hundred times after you're done with it but to me the play of the game was that fourth down pass by aj swann where he should have been sacked for about a 10 yard loss flips around and ends up throwing a touchdown pass bird in the corner thing the whole thing went sideways from that point from northern illinois it's going to get off to a 3-1 start last time they did so was 2017 ended up going five and seven that year even with the sec schedule looming with emma beginning next week win number three and it is win number two of the season they opened up with a defending win at hawaii but a different quarterback aj swann leads vanderbilt to a road win in northern illinois the last 24 points of the game scored by vanderbilt they were down two touchdowns in the third but clark lee's commodore team charges back to win it 38-28 they did it being by being extremely physical and extremely smart and taking their chances at the right time and sometimes you need a little luck and they got it will shepherd with two touchdown grabs it showed up the biggest decision of the day starting the freshman quarterback aj swann works out for coach lee in vanderbilt a solid road win for vanderbilt coming to northern illinois and winning 38-28 that's our final score so for randy cross and our entire crew i'm carter blackburn this has been a presentation of cbs sports network the 24-hour home on cbs sports vanderbilt wins it on the road 38-28 in dekalb illinois a pair of td grabs for will shepherd now let's send you back to our new york studio and rinsed over [Applause] carter randy the entire crew well done well done for vandy it's worth repeating first three-in-one start in five seasons welcome inside our new york studios brent stove alongside kevin carter houston nut as well coach biggest takeaway from vandy's victory biggest takeaway is when you go on the road and win and you're three and one you just said it that record is huge celebrated locker room boy you go back home feeling so good and i tell you what so many big plays in northern illinois when they watch this film they're going to be sick there's two or three plays they had the quarterback sacked i mean down there on fourth down had him sacked he extends the play escapes and throws a touchdown i mean it's plays like that it's just it's there's a fine line between winning and losing that's a big win for vanderbilt huge for vanderbilt quarterback play was outstanding today aj swann stepping up for four touchdown passes and 255 yards 18-28 but you look at their defense coach and you mentioned this in the second half they gave up seven points in the third quarter that was huge huge dude going down the stretch giving themselves a chance to come back in this one stay with me on this your head coach in the offseason says we're going to be the best football program in america many of us roll our eyes at that and with respect we roll our eyes but if you're in that locker room and you hear your coach say that how much does that feed into a start like this am i tying this together correctly coach you are because there's nothing like confidence there's nothing like confidence and and when you win they say oh coach is he has the blueprint i'm gonna follow him and you you keep building keep getting better now they're in the tough tough conference there's no doubt about it and vanderbilt uh it's it's very very tough in the league that they're in but three and one that's what you build on three and one and go to the next game and they'll learn from this game they'll get better but as you mentioned though brent they can build off this because they're they believe in their leader right now perception is reality unfortunately or fortunately in the sport that we talk about and play it's football it's perception is what you think is is really the case we talk about having blinders on not listening to the white noise everyone's gonna talk about how this vanderbilt team oh this three and one it won't last or whatever they'll play a tough sec schedule just one game at a time it doesn't matter what anybody else says you go into one game at a time and the more you win the more it feeds that confidence one more thing i'd like to say about vanderbilt at three wins we're still in september in fact we're still in mid-september you're halfway to a bowl bid and for a program like that if they can get to six wins so at this point you're looking all right can we scratch out three more wins this year well that that's exactly right and that's why this this game is so important just if you don't get this game you're not bringing that that conversation up right now now boy there's light at the end of the day we can get to six but it goes back to what kevin said one game at a time let's keep getting better let's build off this all right in terms of northern illinois they left some things on the table this is they're going to go back and watch the film and feel like hey we had several opportunities to win this football game we got to figure out how to basically adjust in the second half i mean they're going to be sick like you said looking at some mistakes they made but when you look at the quarterback play early in this one i mean whether it was ethan hampton or it was rocky lombardi i mean they were stellar to start to start this game and they were just getting a ton of big plays and staying staying in this game and if all you have is big plays i think you need to work on your bread and butter so northern illinois can take a page out of this you can coach from this as well all right vanderbilt 3-1 they go on the road against a mac team and win it 38-28 we mentioned the quarterback aj swann 18-28 255 four touchdowns ray davis 23 carries 116 and a touchdown they get the victory clark lee a short time ago in fact moments ago here's the head coach well clark lee give us an insight into starting aj swann at quarterback because it was obviously the right decision the freshman leads you to a road win here in northern illinois well listen aj did a nice job you know he's been a consistent performer for us in practice i thought he provided a spark last weekend and we needed to open the game up on the perimeter i just felt like people were dialing into us we had stalled out on drives too many three and outs and um yeah i was i was pleased with how we came out on offense i thought it looked way more complimentary to start obviously defensively we got some work to do but uh proud of the way the guys competed talk a little bit about that play by aj on fourth down escaping that blitz getting away from that pla pass rush and then being able to complete that to complete that pass just like it's coached right yeah yeah that's how we drew that one off uh no you know look he's a playmaker he showed that in high school he's shown that for us since january i mean we have a lot of faith and trust in him um and and you know credit to ray davis on that too i mean that was a heck of a catch and uh good job just staying with the play and you know good things happen when you when you stay in the fight you keep competing and that's what those guys did well what does it say about your football team that you come here and especially i mean physically aggressively from the get-go you played is it safe to say the type of football that you wanted to see from your football team yeah i mean i think it's i i think it coaches diseases it's never going to be good enough but um i thought we were physical i thought we competed i thought offensively we set a tone it was interesting we weren't getting a lot of possessions and so rhythm was was hard in the first half and i just thought defensively we never got to the stop you know and uh obviously coming out at halftime and giving up the explosive touchdown wasn't what we wanted but i loved the way the defense settled in and made some adjustments and and at the end there we finished playing vanderbilt football and that's what we need to do well certainly 24 unanswered to close it out clark lee congratulations on the win hey thanks so much guys clark lee moments ago here on cbs sports network and again it is worth repeating because he mentioned in the interview they had success on the perimeter with some big plays will shepherd 10 catches 171 two touchdowns vanderbilt again this is september 17th they already have more wins than all of last season a reminder more college football is on the way here on cbs sports network as ucf hits the road to take on fau in a battle of florida schools we are taking you until kickoff that one 7 30 eastern here on inside college football [Music]