For your Tuesday reading...

[BrentVU]

AP: Lea targets bowl game for VU knowing the Dores’ have only a thin margin for error
(by longtime Vanderbilt AP reporter Teresa M. Walker)


Not sure about some of these predictions...
Tennessean: Ranking Vanderbilt football's 2023 schedule from easiest to hardest. You may be surprised.
(by Aria Gerson)


Pro Football Network: VU Preview: Roster, Prospects, Schedule, and More


Get ready, Vandy is going to take a lot of abuse this season about the state of the stadium this fall from outsiders and opposing fans. It's already started. The only way to silence them is to win.
Outkick: VU WILL PLAY 2023 SEASON IN CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH STADIUM RENOVATION NOWHERE NEAR COMPLETE
(by Grayson Weir)

[AuricGoldfinger]

Get ready, Vandy is going to take a lot of abuse this season about the state of the stadium this fall from outsiders and opposing fans. It's already started. The only way to silence them is to win.
Outkick: VU WILL PLAY 2023 SEASON IN CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH STADIUM RENOVATION NOWHERE NEAR COMPLETE
(by Grayson Weir)

The amount of ignorance around this is staggering. But Grayson did a better job than most of providing needed context.

I've been trying to inform people on Twitter/X by noting that this situation is not that uncommon:

[AuricGoldfinger]

Apologies if this has already been posted...

Nashville Post: Vanderbilt WR Will Sheppard earning national attention

https://www.nashvillepost.com/sports/fo ... bb08e.html

[vandy05]

Get ready, Vandy is going to take a lot of abuse this season about the state of the stadium this fall from outsiders and opposing fans. It's already started. The only way to silence them is to win.
Outkick: VU WILL PLAY 2023 SEASON IN CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH STADIUM RENOVATION NOWHERE NEAR COMPLETE
(by Grayson Weir)

The amount of ignorance around this is staggering. But Grayson did a better job than most of providing needed context.

I've been trying to inform people on Twitter/X by noting that this situation is not that uncommon:

AGREED! The ignorance really is staggering. I have vivid recollection of seeing many stadiums under construction during a season. God bless you if you can complete all the demolition and reconstruction in 8 months. That would be a ridiculously fast pace.

[vu2003rpl]

Forget them. VU can’t win either way….

They haven’t renovated their stadium in 100 years!!!

They’re renovating their stadium and ruining the season!!!

blah blah blah who cares.