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Conor Weasler, a freshman (invited) walk-on from California, would be the backup to Hayball if needed. Yes, it's a bit of a concern.

As I understand it, the fires are on the island of Maui, and the university (which is on Oahu) has not been affected. However, the Lahaina Civic Center, where the basketball Dores have played several times in the Maui Classic, was very much in jeopardy at last report. https://www.sportingnews.com/u...

One year ago today... Vandy fans were wondering if Clark Lea could improve upon a two-win rookie season; Mike Wright had been announced at Media Days as QB starter; and the Dores were preparing for a weeklong trip to Hawai'i. VandyManiacs collectively predicted a 4-win season for 2022. Well, things ...

They're back on. YouTube URLs were new as of today; I edited the links in the pinned thread above.

Coach Lezynski mentioned Nicholas Rinaldi, and the interviewer asked a follow-up question about him... he's another one of those really great walk-on stories... the interviewer is not too well-informed; Rinaldi only started playing HS football TWO years ago, but last year Barton Simmons invited him ...

Ha! I used to have two SEC alternate channels on my cable system, and if they're gone now, I'm not surprised... they would show a game once, maybe twice a year, and the rest of the time, they showed the SEC Sports logo! Biggest waste of a channel I've ever seen!

Ms. Gerson writes this story about all this below, and it's worth reading... it includes some photos the Tennessean photographer took on Tuesday showing the current state of things, worth clicking through... Tennessean: How Vanderbilt football will play in FirstBank Stadium amid construction in 2023...

This was recorded during SEC Media Days...

SEC Network: LEA MAINTAINS HIS LOFTY EXPECTATIONS FOR VANDERBILT
While joining Marty & McGee, Clark Lea makes it very clear that he's not satisfied and has extremely high expectations for the Commodores' program.

While others are excited about young guns Junior Sherrill & London Humphreys at WR... drooling over Sedrick Alexander and A.J. Newberry at RB... I'm quietly very excited about Ted Gregoire and De'Marion Thomas, the two bookend interior defensive linemen that Vandy signed last December. Gregoire,...

Construction noise going on in the background...

This camera angle gives a good view of what the West stands look like today...

Head Coach Clark Lea

While you're watching videos, check this one out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeuC7bAkYXc

If you are nostalgic for the Poach Era, you might enjoy this one, especially since all those old ReVealed videos are no longer available... I have to admit, it brought back some great memories...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXqNqm9WOA4&

Founder's Walk was last weekend. Classes start tomorrow. The heat is still here; it should be close to 90 when Vandy kicks off on Saturday night. Time for some wild predictions about the season... 1. I am unusually bullish on this year's Commodores and think folks are underestimating them; I 'm bold...

Find it here... you'll need Adobe Acrobat installed...

https://vucommodores.com/wp-content/upl ... Hawaii.pdf

Holy cow, would you look at the depth on the defensive line... the coaches have listed 11 players for the four DL positions, indicating they feel good about where all 11 of these players are. And those 11 do not include Christian James, a senior starter from last year who is going to have to sit out...

Seadog73 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 2:50 pm And I was wondering about Davieon Davis as well.

In the press conference, Lea mentioned that Davis is still suffering from the after-effects of a longtime injury... I think it's the same one that kept him out most of last season.

Andrew Wilf is sports editor this year.

Vanderbilt Football Preseason Mailbag: Can Vanderbilt make a bowl game?
The Vanderbilt Hustler Sports Editorial Board answers questions ahead of the 2023 football season.
(by various staffers)

The Ouachita Citizen newspaper's preview of Ouachita Christian School (Monroe, La.) has a great photo and good words about Vandy commit Tate Hamby; the Eagles open Sept. 1 in an interstate game vs. Dallas Christian... [img=https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/hannapub.com/content/tncms/asset...

Player profiles have been mostly absent this year; the Tennessean certainly isn't doing them. The Hustler did this one on A.J. Swann, which is almost a player profile... Hustler: QB AJ Swann is built to be Vanderbilt’s signal-caller AJ Swann enters his sophomore season with lofty expectations, hopin...

On the first play of his senior season, Tristen Brown (Lamar, TX) returned the opening kickoff for a TD... and things only went uphill from there. Lamar pounded Beaumont West 51-7... https://twitter.com/Rgraves04/status/1695241449174872441 Ensworth (Jaren Sensabaugh) defeated MBA for the first time ...