Missouri-Vanderbilt endure ‘Review Madness’

Vanderbilt Stadium was gripped by “Review Madness” during the Commodores’ homecoming battle with Missouri, a game that featured eight video reviews (and four overturns).

“That was funny,” MU senior safety and captain Ian Simon said. “I got a good little laugh out of that. That was a lot of reviews going on.”

The game started with a review on the opening kickoff when Tigers junior John Gibson appeared to fumble, though it wasn’t ruled that way.

Vanderbilt challenged, but the call stood.

The Commodores also challenged an Ian Simon tackle at the goal line on an 8-yard run by Ralph Webb, believing the sophomore running back had scored.

Again, the call stood, but Vanderbilt’s replay luck changed when a Missouri-initiated review of an incompletion to sophomore Nate Brown in the closing minutes of the first half was upheld.

The Commodores also got a crack at a 45-yard field on the final snap before halftime by winning another review, asserting correctly that Webb stepped out with time remaining on a 46-yard run in the closing seconds.

Early in the third quarter, redshirt freshman Walter Brady jarred the ball loose from Vanderbilt freshman Kyle Shurmur on a sack.

Junior Rickey Hatley picked up the apparent fumble and raced 56 yards — after a few seconds of confusion — to the end zone, but review showed Shurmur’s arm was moving forward.

“It does get annoying, especially when it’s something that’s really obvious,” senior linebacker Kentrell Brothers said.

Missouri lost a 49-yard Emanuel Hall reception later in the third on review.

Vanderbilt also challenged a backward pass to Hansbrough, which he fumbled forward for a 1-yard gain, trying to get it ruled incomplete and move Missouri back a yard.

The call stood, but a third-down incompletion on Missouri’s final drive was changed to a sack upon review. Not that it mattered when Vanderbilt committed pass interference on fourth-and-24.

▪ Senior Evan Boehm started his 48th consecutive game, which is tied with former quarterback Brad Smith for the fourth-longest starting streak in Missouri history.

Boehm passed offensive line coach A.J. Ricker, who started 47 games from 2000-03, on the Tigers’ all-time list.

Adam Spieker (2004-07), Martin Rucker and Carl Gettis (2007-10) are tied for first with 50 consecutive starts.

▪ When Missouri’s Drew Lock and South Carolina’s Lorenzo Nunez started in the same game two weeks ago, it marked the first game in SEC history started by opposing true freshman quarterbacks.

Three weeks later, it happened again with Lock getting his fourth consecutive start opposite Vanderbilt’s Kyle Shurmur.

This story was originally published October 24, 2015 at 9:52 PM with the headline "Missouri-Vanderbilt endure ‘Review Madness’."