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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Derek Mason has flipped through a few college football previews and saw his Vanderbilt Commodores slotted around 118th in the country. Its not a number he likes, and theres only one way to change it: Win more games.Its very disrespectful to me, the coach said. This football teams got a huge chip on our shoulder.He says its taken the past two years to figure out who we are.We know who we are now. Were not worried about that, he said. Theres some things weve got to iron out with us and college football to help people understand what you get here on West End is going to be good football.After three straight bowl seasons, the Commodores have struggled in Masons first two years. The coach believes his team is ready to turn things around after a 4-8 season. Vandy has 42 juniors on the roster, along with eight starters back on offense and every starter back on defense.The Commodores lost two games by a total of four points, including a 9-7 loss to Florida.I know were better, Mason said.Here are some things to know about Vanderbilt:PASSING AND CATCHING: Mason isnt playing games at quarterback, making it clear Kyle Shurmur is his starter and Wade Freebeck the backup. Shurmur started the final five games last season as a freshman. His first two starts were wins over Missouri and Kentucky. He threw for 503 yards, with three of his five touchdowns coming in the season finale at Tennessee. C.J. Duncan is back from injury to help at receiver, but Trent Sherfield is expected to be the top pass-catcher.The receivers also spent about six weeks working with Eagles receiver Jordan Matthews. Mix that with a handful of tight ends, and offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig is hoping an offense that ranked 116th last year will be much improved.ANCHOR DOWN: Every starter is back on defense, where the Commodores improved last season with Mason acting as coordinator. Vandy ranked 28th nationally giving up 350.5 yards per game and 22nd in scoring defense allowing 21 points per game. Linebacker Zach Cunningham was All-SEC after racking up four sacks, four forced fumbles and 16 + tackles for loss. Nigel Bowden is back after an injury wiped out most of last season.SEASON OPENER: The first game has set the tone for the Commodores the past two seasons with last year featuring a 14-12 loss to Western Kentucky. Now Vanderbilt opens against SEC foe South Carolina on Sept. 1.KEY GAMES: Vanderbilt has a chance to avenge its loss to Western Kentucky on Sept. 24, a road game that follows a visit to Georgia Tech on Sept. 17. The SEC slate features road games at Kentucky (Oct. 8) and Georgia (Oct. 15). Home games include visits from Florida (Oct. 1), Mississippi (Nov. 19) and Tennessee (Nov. 26).PREDICTION: Vanderbilt should end a two-year bowl drought and could win seven games, which would match its total of the past two years combined.---Online:AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalkerHydro Flask 40 OZ . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. Hydro Flask Coffee . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. http://www.hydroflaskpullosuomi.com/hydro-flask-32-oz.html . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. 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He was hardly spectacular, going 30 of 50 for 286 yards and two TDs, but he was good as ever in the end.Brady tied Peyton Manning for most wins by a quarterback in NFL history, getting his 200th by throwing a go-ahead 8-yard touchdown pass to Malcolm Mitchell with 1:56 left. It also was the 50th win for Brady after facing a fourth-quarter deficit or tie.The quarterbacks job is to win, coach Bill Belichick said. Hes won a lot. Thats good. Im glad hes our quarterback.The Patriots (9-2) had to play mostly without tight end Rob Gronkowski, who returned after missing last week with a chest injury but left this one with a back injury late in the first quarter.Belichick had no update on Gronkowskis condition, but the tight end was seen walking very gingerly from the locker room to the team buses outside MetLife Stadium.I havent seen Rob, Belichick said. I dont know.While the health of Brady and Gronkowski will again be a hot topic this week leading up to the Rams game, the Patriots proved a little to themselves with this victory.Weve been the same team all year, tight end Martellus Bennett said. Wherever we go, we bring the fight with us. I always say, B.Y.O.E., which is Bring Your Own Energy. When you come to a place like this, thats something we have to do. We were able to make plays when it counted.Trailing 17-16 with 5:04 left and the ball on the Patriots 17, Brady led a solid drive by completing six passes. After James White stretched for 4 yards on fourth-and-4, a 25-yard catch by Chris Hogan put the ball at the 8. Brady then zipped a pass to Mitchell to put the Patriots ahead.A 2-point conversion try by White was initially ruled good, but reversed on replay because the ball never crossed the goal line -- giving the Jets (3-8) a final chance.But Chris Long hit Ryan Fitzpatrick before he could throw, resulting in a fumble recovered by Trey Flowers.The Patriots then ran out the clock to win the closely played game that had been flexed out of a prime-time spot. The teams have had a final margin of seven points or fewer in each of their last seven meetings.Weve got to find a way to finish at the end of ballgames, Jets coach Todd Bowles said.ddddddddddddHere are some other things to know from the Patriots win over the Jets at MetLife Stadium:BRADYS DOMINANCEBrady improved to 22-6 in regular-season games against the Jets, joining Brett Favre as the only QBs in NFL history with at least 22 wins vs. two teams. Brady has 26 victories vs. Buffalo.He reached another milestone in the second quarter when he completed an 18-yard pass to Julian Edelman, joining Manning (71,940), Favre (71,838), Drew Brees (64,180) and Dan Marino (61,361) as the only players with 60,000 yards passing. Brady is now at 60,229.Ive had a lot of really great support over the years, so hopefully we can keep winning, he said. It never gets old.MITCHELLS MARKMitchell has begun to emerge as a big playmaker for the Patriots.The fourth-round draft pick out of Georgia has nine catches for 140 yards and three touchdowns, including two against the Jets, in his last two games.Hes come through in the clutch, Brady said, so we keep giving him opportunities.FITZ STICKING?Bowles was non-committal about having Fitzpatrick remain the Jets starting quarterback next Monday night against Indianapolis.Fitzpatrick, back as the starter after missing New Yorks last game with a sprained knee, was 22 of 32 for 269 yards and two TDs.Ill evaluate everything as the week goes forward, Bowles said. Im not going to make a rash decision today one way or the other. For the most part, he did a good job.Q IS THE ANSWERQuincy Enunwa set a single-game high with 109 yards on five catches, the first 100-yard game of his Jets career.He also made a highlight-reel play when he hauled in a 22-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, soaring above Malcolm Butler for the catch, with his right foot coming down in the end zone and then his backside, but not his left foot. It was initially called an incomplete pass, but Bowles challenged and the call was reversed.Good thing he does all those squats and got his butt down, Fitzpatrick joked.CONSISTENCY RULESWith the victory, the Patriots clinched a 16th straight season with winning record and tied San Francisco (1983-98) and Dallas (1970-85) for the most consecutive winning years since the 1970 merger.New England also has its 31st winning season since the merger to tie Dallas for second, behind only Pittsburghs 33 in that span.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '