Gameday picture · Week 11 · SEC
BAMA at VANDY
Sat, Nov 14 · TBD · FirstBank
Desk line: Alabama −7.5, total 52.5. Road favorite. Russell is the edge; FirstBank and a November identity are why it isn't more.
Spread
BAMA -7.5
Market desk line
Total
52.5
Win
68%
Vanderbilt
22
desk projection
Crimson Tide
30
Desk implied 30–23 · BAMA −320 / VANDY +250
Kick weather
58°F
November in Nashville · lo 40°F
25% precip
Window
TBD
Sat Nov 14 at FirstBank. Kick TBD.
Lea's November identity
Unit matchups
Quarterback
BAMA 8 · 6 VANDY
Russell should be the best player. Don't let Nashville get cute.
Offensive line
BAMA 7 · 6 VANDY
A push turns this into a Hill day.
Receivers
BAMA 8 · 6 VANDY
Brooks as the coverage answer.
Front seven
BAMA 7 · 6 VANDY
Stay gap-sound. Vanderbilt wins when you over-pursue.
Secondary
BAMA 6 · 6 VANDY
Don't gift explosives. This is a cover-and-close game.
Special teams
BAMA 7 · 6 VANDY
November weather. Kick it to cover.
Players to watch
- BAMA
Keelon Russell QB
Russell is the edge if the line holds.
- BAMA
Daniel Hill RB
Hill should find creases.
- BAMA
Lotzeir Brooks WR
Win on the outside.
- BAMA
Jackson Lloyd OL
A push turns this into a Russell day.
- BAMA
Desmond Umeozulu EDGE
Set the edge.
- BAMA
Kedrick Bingley-Jones DL
Two-gap and close.
Key injuries
- out
Jeremiah Beaman DL · BAMA
Torn ACL, late-August practice. Out for the season.
- out
Noah Rogers WR · BAMA
A-Day injury. DeBoer still had him in a return window as of FSU week.
- questionable
AK Dear RB · BAMA
Ankle. Missed ECU, Kentucky, and FSU. Week-to-week after that.
- available
Aubrey Walker WR · BAMA
Full go.
- available
Keelon Russell QB · BAMA
23-of-30, 320, 3 TD plus a 57-yard rush score vs FSU. Full go.
Opponent injury report not cited yet.
What the tape says
- Start on schedule. Nashville punishes three-and-outs.
- Hill as the closer.
- Don't get cute on fourth down in their building.
History
- Road November SEC. Lea’s Vanderbilt is no longer a bye-week trap by default.
- Alabama should be the better team. The number says don't sit on it.
Roster advantage · vs Vanderbilt
BAMA holds the two-deep
Starter-vs-starter grades for Clark Lea's Vanderbilt. Tap a card for stats and reasoning.
Net grade
+10
7 BAMA · 1 even · 0 VANDY