Vanderbilt's passing game was grounded the past two weeks.

It finally took off Saturday night, albeit against the woeful pass defense of the Rice Owls in a 36-17 victory to even the team's record at 2-2.

But who cares who it was against? The Commodore aerial attack was so anemic the past two contests, this kind of a shot in the arm for both quarterback Larry Smith and his beleaguered receivers is immeasurable, especially with angry Ole Miss on slate in just six days.

They say good defenses always beat good offenses, so does that mean bad defenses beat bad offenses? Well, we knew Vanderbilt's offense was capable of far greater production than it had shown in putting up a touchdown and a field goal over the last eight...

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