We know that Mackenzi Adams will start at quarterback this Saturday at Georgia, but here five other things we learned from Bobby Johnson's press conference Monday afternoon.

1. That on the record, Johnson has no interest in the Clemson job.

It while probably be a non-issue since he does not appear to be one of the Tigers' top choices to replace Tommy Bowden, who was ousted this morning, but Johnson said he has no desire to return to his alma mater.

"Clemson is a wonderful place," Johnson said, "but I've got my hands completely full and I love it at Vanderbilt."

Johnson played wide receiver and cornerback at Clemson, graduating in 1973. He served as the Tigers' defensive coordinator for one year in 1993 before returning to Furman to accept the head coaching position.

Asked about mid-season coaching changes general, Johnson drew laughs with his response.

"I'm totally against them, especially when everybody's talking about me," he said with a smile. "I think it's unfortunate, but we all know the business is like. People scrutinize every aspect of your program, everything you do.

"They expect a lot and they should. It's just the way it's done now and when that happens, nothing really surprises me anymore."

2. That there was nothing that led Johnson to suspect the Dores would come out flat against Mississippi State.

"I thought we practiced well and had a good attitude and our guys were very attentive and gave it their attention during practice," Johnson said. "Like I said, tough league, things happen in football all the time. You're playing with human beings who make mistakes. Coaches are human beings. We make mistakes obviously.

"It's hard to be perfect, not that we had to be perfect. In fact, we weren't very good and still had a chance to win the game so that's the upsetting thing to all of us. We felt like we should've won the game."

Johnson said he felt his team was ready to play, but "just didn't play well."

"Why that happened? I don't know," Johnson said. " If I had known, I would've stopped practice out there on Wednesday or Tuesday and said, 'Hey, let's don't do this.' That's football.

3. That Johnson isn't about to hit the panic button after one loss.

"I know the fans were upset, but right now, we just can't panic," he said. "We're 5-1. If I could start off 5-1 every year, put me down as in favor of that."

You can bet that the coaching staff is going to do everything in its power to prepare for Saturday's showdown in Athens.

"We've just got to keep managing it and fighting and whatever we can do to try to win some games," Johnson said. "Believe me, our coaches will work hard and we'll try to figure out something to do to try to gain a few yards against Georgia. It won't be for a lack of trying."

The same can be said of the players.

"We've got to go down to Athens, just the people they have on their football team to make plays and defend is a pretty daunting task," Johnson said, "but I think our guys will come back and work hard, have the right attitude, and that's all we can ask them to do, and we'll get ready to play."

4. That Johnson isn't overly concerned with the Dores' remaining schedule.

"It doesn't look easy, but we're not daunted or whatever," Johnson said. "Heck, you look at the first games and you could say the same thing about them. You've got to play each one of them and see how it goes.

"We've got some playmakers who can make some things happen and we're playing fairly good on defense, the kicking game's working, all those things that have to work for us to have a chance to beat great programs. We feel like we can get it done."

The fact Vanderbilt can compete with every opponents speaks to the increased parity throughout college football.

"In the way football has evolved, I think it's just harder for schools to just out-muscle people and out-man you," Johnson said. "Sometimes you'd go in games, maybe 10, 15 years ago, you really didn't have a chance to win.

"They were just bigger, faster, stronger, and I think that's evened out..And then when you do have a chance to match up with them a little bit in talent, a break here or there can mean a game can go either way so people start winning games they haven't been winning in the past and it's just grown into that."

5. That putting pressure on quarterback Matt Stafford will be crucial.

The Commodores will need take advantage of Georgia's youth on the offensive line and disrupt Stafford's rhythm. Starting left tackle Vince Vance went down with an injury over the weekend, which means that the Bulldogs will now be starting three freshmen and two sophomores.

"He's so good in the pocket if you don't put pressure on him, I think he can get the ball anywhere he wants to get it," Johnson said of Stafford. "If you allow him to do that, you better have some very good coverage, but you've got to mix it up.

"You can't pressure him all the time because that puts your defensive backs in such tough position all day. Nobody can be that good, but then you can't sit back in coverage either. He'll pick you to death."

The key, then, will be to mix up their schemes.

"I think Coach Fowler has done a good job of that all year," Johnson said, "and our guys battle pretty hard on defense and we'll be out there."