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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Coach Derek Mason made it very clear Tuesday that the Vanderbilt Commodores have a starting quarterback in Kyle Shurmur and plan to play backup Wade Freebeck as well.Now they just need to help whichever quarterback is on the field.Weve got to make some plays for our quarterback and keep our quarterback upright, Mason said. But thats part of learning from a Game 1.Mason has been heavily criticized since Vanderbilt failed to protect a 10-point lead in losing its opener 13-10 to South Carolina with most of the questions over how the head coach and offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig handled their quarterbacks. Shurmur started and drove Vanderbilt to its lone touchdown within the first minute of the second quarter but was replaced by Freebeck on the next drive.Vanderbilt never scored again. Shurmur was 8 of 22 for 73 yards passing, while Freebeck was threw an incompletion on only his only attempt. That puts Vanderbilt 120th in the nation in passing offense after one game, which would be a drop from 111 for 2015. Freebeck went three-and-out on back-to-back drives before Shurmur returned.Mason defended the move after the game, noting the switch had been predetermined. He didnt back off that decision Tuesday.I dont have any regrets about throwing him in there, Mason said. That was the thought. That was the game plan. You always look and evaluate. Hindsights 20-20. When those things arise in the future, maybe you attack them differently.Shurmur, a 6-foot-4 sophomore, was named the starter in July. The son of Minnesota Vikings tight end coach Pat Shurmur, he started five games last season and threw for 503 yards with three touchdowns. Freebeck, a 6-5 junior, started four of five games in 2014, and he played only one game last season as one of three quarterbacks used last season. He has one TD pass in his short career.But what Mason and Ludwig like about Freebeck is his mobility and experience running the read option in high school in Florida. Freebeck will play in situational opportunities, even though his longest career run is 7 yards while in college.That was the great thing about college football this weekend, Mason said. We all watched a lot of college football and what you saw was theres guys who are situational players. Wade Freebeck is our backup. Kyle Shurmur is our starter, and when situations arise, man, well look exactly do that. Play a situational player and give us a chance.Vanderbilt (0-1) got plenty of production from Ralph Webb, who ran for 97 yards against South Carolina, and converted linebacker Khari Blasingam added 68 yards. C.J. Duncan and Kalija Lipscomb were the only receivers to catch passes, though Mason said some throws were high.The Commodores will need more production Saturday hosting Middle Tennessee (1-0), a Conference USA team whose home is about 40 miles southeast of Nashville. Vandy needed a late Webb TD run to snap a three-game skid to Middle Tennessee last season in the first game between these teams since 2005.Middle Tennessee routed Alabama A&M 55-0 with Brent Stockstill throwing for 329 yards and five touchdowns.He put up some video game-like numbers, Mason said.---Online:AP College Football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org and AP-Top 25 Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-Top25Follow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalker Yeezy 350 Outlet . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two. Yeezy 350 Fake . 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HARTFORD, Conn. -- UConn eased past Chattanooga to stretch its winning streak to 80 games and that has coach Geno Auriemma concerned.Napheesa Collier scored 23 points to lead the nations No. 2-ranked team to an 80-43 rout of the Mocs on Tuesday night.Katie Lou Samuelson added 19 points for the Huskies and the two sophomores combined to hit 19 of their 30 shots from the field.UConn has won 127 of their last 128 games and 52 straight at home.But Auriemma said he hopes those streaks will be tested when the Huskies face No. 15 DePaul on Thursday and four other top-25 teams in December .Cause we need to get our ass beat and soon and bad, so that some of our guys will come to realize that this is not as easy as they think it is, Auriemma said.UConn (5-0) led by just 12 points at halftime, before holding Chattanooga scoreless for more than 8 minutes during an 18-0 third quarter run. That gave the Huskies a 61-33 lead and put the game out of reach. The Mocs had just 12 points after intermission.Collier said she agrees with her coach that the Huskies didnt play tough enough in the first half, something that could come back to bite them in the coming weeks.Hopefully it doesnt take a loss to wake us up, she said.Gabby Williams scored 11 points and had 10 rebounds, the second straight game she has reached double figures both points and rebounds and the 11th double-double of her career.Four players finished with nine points for Chattanooga (3-6), including Chelsey Shumpert, who sat out the Mocs last two games with an ankle injury.UConn dominated underneath, outscoring Chattanooga 48-16 in the paint, and outrebounding the Mocs 44-32.The Huskies played without freshman point guard Crystal Dangerfield, who missed the game with concussion-like symptoms after bumping her head in UConns win over Dayton a week ago. Auriemma said she still needs to pass several parts of her concussion protocol before being cleared to play against DePaul.THE BIG PICTUREUConn: Without Dangerfield, the Huskies had to rely more on senior guard Sanaya Chong and junior Kia Nurse to run the offense. Nurse had 12 points and dished out four of UConns 21 assists. Chong finished with three points andd five assists.dddddddddddd.UConns winning streak is just the third 80-game streak in Division I basketball history, behind only its own program record of 90 straight from 2008-10 and the UCLA mens record of 88 consecutive victories from 1971-74.Chattanooga: Coach Jim Foster has put his team through a tough non-conference schedule that included losses to teams such as Florida, Indiana and Louisville. The Mocs play top-ranked Notre Dame next month and must guard against losing confidence while dropping games to the bigger names in womens college basketball.I think in the long run it has to help because you have to learn to play hard every night, Foster said. The program has had success within of the framework of our conference and getting to the NCAA Tournament, but it hasnt had success winning in the NCAA Tournament. Playing more teams that are going to be playing in March, you get an idea of what you have to be like.POLL IMPLICATIONS:UConns ranking likely wont be affected by this game. Barring any upsets, they should stay where they are until the Dec. 7 showdown with top-ranked Notre Dame in South Bend.HE SAID IT:Auriemma said hes coached several teams that had the ability to dominate all competition and others that won because they refused to back down from anyone under any circumstances.We gave up like eight layups in the first five minutes of the game, so were not that, he said. And yet we dont have that kind of talent that blows you away, like weve had in the past. So, that means that every single minute of every day, every practice, every game, theyve got to be tough, hard-nosed and I mean really tough. And thats hard to do.UP NEXT:UConn: The Huskies begin their December gauntlet of games against ranked teams when they face No. 15 DePaul on Thursday. The Huskies then travel to face No. 14 Texas on Dec. 4 before their Dec. 7 showdown with No. 1 Notre Dame. UConn also faces No. 9 Ohio State and No. 5 Maryland before January.Chattanooga: The Mocs visit Tennessee-Martin on Saturday, before returning home to face Stetson. ' ' '