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CLARK LEA: Yes. Obviously when I accepted the job all these plans were in place, and so you can, from that moment, start talking about what this future is going to look like. I think the biggest statement that it makes is just support from the highest office on campus. I mean, Chancellor Diermeier h...

See Clark Lea's entire Q&A in the media room on video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQZKkU8A-rQ


And here is a separate Q&A in front of the electronic media...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYgeB4pUtR4

Well, so much for the concert on Broadway; a rain and lightning storm about 4 pm took care of that. But here are some ramblings on what did happen Tuesday... 1. What a torn-up mess downtown has become, with all the new buildings and cranes. I've never seen so many cranes, closed streets, and foundat...

I didn't see this when it aired, and I've heard no announcement about it, but Derek Mason (who resigned as Oklahoma State defensive coordinator after last season) apparently is back now as an analyst for the SEC Network, and appeared on camera at Media Days. He gave Texas and Oklahoma a warning that...

Running back. This is an area with both limited returning experience and incoming freshmen. Is Patrick Smith the guy? I'm envisioning a real RBBC approach with 3 guys. However, Alexander passes the eye test with flying colors. Watching him in the spring game, it was hard to believe he should've sti...

Hey, let's be nice, folks. Civil discussion only, no name-calling.
"Don't make me come back there..."

Fall camp opened Wednesday morning outdoors under cloudy skies and very humid conditions. Players were in helmets and shoulder pads only. One change from past years that I noticed is that the QBs were wearing gold practice jerseys instead of the usual red. Andrew Allegretta reports after the post-pr...

OK, we got videos, and the video crew did a nice job with them... Head coach Clark Lea... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XCo0bfMUeo DL Nate Clifton... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqyO57_H_AY OL Bradley Ashmore... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62sc-pZIORk Unfortunately, after the last board u...

Vandy lost Joseph Bulovas from last year's team, who was a bit streaky with his field goals. Like the team, he started out strong in 2022, but like the team, as the competition got tougher, he lost his cool and went on a streak of misses. As I count them, there are FIVE placekickers on the roster. T...

Jason Patterson, the 4-star RB from Sneads, Fla., is announcing his decision Tuesday, August 1... Vanderbilt , Kentucky, Rutgers, Boston College, Cincinnati... Vandy already has a commitment from one 4-star RB (Johann Cardenas), so if they miss on Patterson, it's not the end of the world. But to sig...

Here's a radio interview the Honolulu station did with Rainbows coach Timmy Chang at Mountain West Media Days, if anyone's interested... YouTube: Hawai'i Head Coach Timmy Chang | Day 2 | 2023 Mountain West Football Media Days P.S. Todd Graham (mentioned in this thread above) is not the coach at Hawa...

Four of them are redshirt freshmen; one is a senior who has suddenly found himself atop the depth chart...

Tennessean: Five Vanderbilt football breakout candidates for 2023
(by Aria Gerson)

Aria also wrote this piece about Vanderbilt's commitment to playing at FirstBank in 2023 despite the construction hubbub... "It was really important for us if at all feasible, to compete in our venues while we're under construction," [AD Candice] Lee said Monday. "I think number one, ...

This morning, August 1 at midnight, was the first day that 2025 prospects can be contacted directly by coaches... that means a lot of coaches stayed up late, and a lot of blue-chip recruits talked late into the night with coaches. Lots of 2025 prospects have reported on X (Twitter) being contacted b...

Seth Emerson covers the SEC, and especially conference realignment stories, for the Athletic. Someone asked him... "With all this realignment, at what point do the “haves” in the B1G and SEC decide to replace the “have-nots” in their respective conferences? For example, wouldn’t it be much more...

Witt Edwards is one of the few 2024 prospects that Vandy is still waiting on... he just released his Top Four: Vandy, Iowa State, Houston, and TCU... He's a 4-star prospect, and even though the recruiting class is pretty full, Vandy would welcome him with open arms... he's 6-5 200, a ready-made tigh...

VU 2024 QB commit Whit Muschamp (son of Will from Georgia) is No. 10 on the Chattanooga Times-Free Press's "Dynamite Baker's Dozen" top prospects in the Chattanooga area. He quarterbacked Baylor to a III-AA state championship last fall. The article about him includes these quotes: "Th...

I'm not jumping in on the pun-fest here, but I will say that the last QB we had at Vandy named Whit was really good!

A dislocated elbow for DL Darren Agu in practice this week, but nothing too permanent (hopefully)...

Coach Clark Lea

WR Jayden McGowan

True freshman CB Martel Hight

Coach Jerry Stackhouse

Tyrin Lawrence, Ezra Manjon