Can the Longhorns bounce back from last week’s loss with a win over the upstart Commodores?
The upset-minded No. 25-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores are becoming adept enough at the art of better favored opponents to make it into the AP Top 25 during the regular season for the first time since 2008 as the No. 5 Texas Longhorns show up to FirstBank Stadium in Nashville.
The Longhorns are trying to bounce from last week’s disappointing home loss to the then-Bulldogs, 30-15, while fourth-year Clark Lea has his program riding high at 5-2, also the best start for Vanderbilt since 2008, with upset victories over Alabama and Kentucky before a less impressive effort last week against Ball State.
Injury report
Texas enters the game without two key starters junior wide receiver Isaiah Bond (ankle) and senior safety Andrew Mukuba (knee), both of whom were officially ruled out by the Longhorns with the release of Friday’s injury report.
Because of that update, there isn’t anything new to report from the team on Saturday as kickoff approaches at 3:15 p.m. Central on SEC Network other than the brief flare of drama during warmups when Texas freshman wide receiver Ryan Wingo, set to receive extensive playing time with Bond out, if not his first career start, collided with a Vanderbilt staffer.
Can’t make this up.
Ryan Wingo was running a route in warmups, and collided with a Vandy staffer at midfield, both of them went down, but got up quickly.
Wingo is now down there trying to work out his left knee.
— Josh Newman (@Joshua_Newman) October 26, 2024
Ryan Wingo is fine.
In pregame warm ups as usual. No brace, no limp. pic.twitter.com/TPDahxyB87
— CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_OTF) October 26, 2024
Whew.