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Seems like a good time for a week off.

Missouri football survived a scare from Vanderbilt on Saturday in Columbia, defeating the Commodores 30-27 in double overtime to head into the idle week undefeated.

Not for the lack of trying, mind you.

Here’s how we graded Missouri in its sweat-it-out victory over Vanderbilt:

Defense: B

Toriano Pride Jr.’s blown coverage of Joseph McVay let the true freshman waltz in on a 65-yard catch for a touchdown in the first quarter. The tackling and block-shedding left a lot to be desired as the Commodores marched to the 4-yard line to end the first quarter.

But then … a response. Zion Young and Chris McClellan had a third-down sack of Pavia. Chuck Hicks did the same. Aside from an eight-second drive to end the half, Missouri’s defense forced four straight three-and-outs to give the offense a chance.

The defense was not the problem.

Offense: C-minus

The Missouri offense owes Nate Noel big time. His breakaway, 64-yard, third-quarter run set up the other half of Mizzou’s tailback tandem, Marcus Carroll, for a 5-yard, go-ahead touchdown. He was a rare bright spot for the Tigers, and the lone reason the Tigers didn’t get a lower grade.

Missouri, otherwise, was inefficient. Two second-quarter red zone trips got Missouri a grand total of three points due to some inefficiency and poor blocking. Mizzou was unable to capitalize on good starting field position multiple times.

Brady Cook was 23-of-37 passing for 226 yards and pretty unproductive on the ground. The QB took a few hard hits as his line again was below-par in pass protection. His OT touchdown to Burden was the play of the game.

Special teams: F

Blake Craig nearly took the goal post clean off with a 23-yard doink that left the Tigers trailing in the first half. He missed 40- and 46-yard attempts in the fourth quarter that would have given MU a slim lead.

But when the Tigers needed him to put the game to bed, the redshirt freshman stepped up to the plate.

A block in the back call from Jamal Roberts negated a tremendous second-quarter Burden punt return. There was mass confusion on a kick return from Marvin Burks Jr. Craig had a kickoff go out of bounds, giving Vandy a free 10 yards on a third-quarter touchdown drive. It was an all-around atrocious day from the Missouri special teams.

But, his kick did end up winning it in 2OT.

Coaches: D

It’s fourth-and-3 with time ticking away at the end of the half and Missouri at midfield. The Tigers left the offense on the field, surely trying to draw Vanderbilt offside, right?

No, the Tigers ran a play. Cook got sacked. The clock stopped, and Vanderbilt needed just a few yards to get its kicker out for a 57-yard field goal, which he made.

You can debate the decision plenty, but the clock management was exceptionally poor. Vanderbilt gave no indication that it wanted to stop the clock. Missouri had the opportunity to run it all the way down, or take a timeout and run one more play.

It chose neither. That cost the Tigers 3 points.

Overall: C-

Uninspiring from the No. 7 Tigers, and uninspiring all over.

Mizzou will head into its idle week undefeated, but not without having to sweat out a win over the cellar-dwelling ’Dores.

This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Here’s how we graded Missouri football after surviving 2OT against Vanderbilt