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Sarcasm alert. Wow what a classy guy. Didn’t throw any players under the buss. He took ownership of the situation. Gave credit to the other team and their great play. I get the sarcasm alert but he actually did credit Vanderbilt and even mentioned Lawrence and Robbins explicitly. Obviously he was f...

Well dang, now that we have a competition I have to submit my WAG (wild a$$ guesses). I'll take:

SECT: UK over UT
NCAAT: UConn over Houston

It's no secret that the top SEC teams (Alabama, Georgia and (sigh) UT) are elite and can beat anyone but the second tier teams (LSU, MSU, Ole Miss, etc...) are pretty much equal to most of the other conference teams. So a #12 team like Missouri certainly is susceptible to being beat by a #7/#8 ACC t...

Maybe someday (probably not in my lifetime) Vandy can lay a rotten egg into the national championship game as a 14 point favorite.

If I commit to watching a game, I have to let it get an hour or so ahead on the DVR to skip the continuous playing of Rocky Top and showing UT fans in the stands. Whatever the record is for playing Rocky Top in 4 hours, it definitely belongs to that band as I'm not sure they know any other songs. I ...

I was thinking Vandy was also beaten out for the Gator Bowl after the 2012 season to Miss State although MSU was 7-5 (4-4 SEC) (Vandy 8-4 5-3 SEC). MSU had lost like 5 of their last 6 games while Vandy had won 6 games in a row. I do recall the opponent was Northwestern, a team Vandy had lost to earl...

Thank you Auric as I always enjoy this friendly competition. It's friendly because apparently I finished somewhere between 4th place or last place + 1. Just know that your effort is appreciated and I look forward to the contest next year. MrMemorial - I would be more than happy to take the xCBD pict...

The million dollar question is are they closing the gap or are the other SEC member schools increasing the gap? I guess we shall see how much these rankings matter. It won't get (much) easier though they do trade Alabama for Auburn next year but otherwise a very similar schedule to this year.

It will be a slow, lingering demise, but college football will soon be dead. Next step is no concept of academic progress or participation (the portal has already established that) meaning the average non-athlete student feels no connection to the players or desire to attend games. Alum fans will c...

Yep, it's going to be hard to gain ground on the rest of the SEC with this kind of stat. For example, according to 247 Ole Miss is #13 in the SEC but their recruiting is ranked 37th overall with just 12 recruits (however 7 are 4* recruits). By comparison, Vandy is currently 50th overall with 20 tota...

I think everyone has known that Vandy faces impediments and has always been at a recruiting disadvantage due to their stringent academic requirements and integrity. I guess my take-away is this came out (to me) sounding like preemptive excuses. There are obviously other academic institutions (albeit...

I did (think by the title he had entered the portal). It would actually make sense for a Georgia or Ohio St to cherry pick a talent like that. I see he recently signed an NIL deal so hopefully it's enough to keep in Nashville in the black & gold. I think he's likely the best WR since Jordan Matt...

So he's played 5 years and has one remaining season of eligibility. He's now entered the elite Josh Henderson territory of guys to play into their mid-20's. I wish him the best as if his next destination doesn't work out for him, then he will be eligible (by age) to run for president pretty soon. Gl...

Congrats - ready for that Vegas trip?

I want to provide some kind of insight or valuable input as I certainly have my opinions but this is probably the least engaged I have been with Vandy basketball since I started following them at a very young age (so like 35-40 years). I have tuned in to pretty much every game but found myself easil...

News flash - officiating isn't balanced and just plain bad. This is always going to be the case until technology assists in getting calls more correct as they're human and thus flawed. I officiated high school for a while, studied the rule book religiously, attended meetings/camps, watched film and ...

Reasonable question, right? I mean the reasons are likely not always the same as the other SEC bandwagon fans (see Alabama, UT threads). In my case, it's a sidewalk alumni situation having grown up in Nashville where my entire family were Vanderbilt supporters. I mean, I thought this was normal unti...

I'll tell you what, this small but loyal bunch of VU fans are the most resilient college athletics fans in the nation. We want success like everyone else but understand the limitations and impediments that this program faces and continue to support and hope for the best. It's kind of inspirational t...

Pruitt's illegal cash payments via Chick-fil-A bag to a player's parent is currently the lead story on USA Today online. If it happened once, it certainly happened many times. Nothing will be done. It's the NCAA. Duh alert... UTK is a crooked, classless program. 63. Exactly. My 16 year old son asks...

OK, just finished listening to the whole thing... guys, I'm telling you, this is a must-listen. It gets into the heart and soul of what Coach Lea is about. You can probably also find it in podcast form if you prefer that way. Search for "HeadCoachU". Agree, a must listen! It makes me like...