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The headlines tell you things like “Congress may finally fix college sports.” The actual substance, though, is not what I would call a “fix.” It is the people who broke the sport — and there are many, many involved here — telling you that we have to “fix it,” but where the “fix” looks nothing […]
Come, my Anchor of Gold parsons! What were you fine editors doing all week? This should’ve been an easy article to throw together! Anyway, you equally fine readers voted for Kentucky over the Klingon Empire. Previous Result See our list of all previous winners. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” beat out Boston’s “More Than a […]
The major ‘crootin’ additions continued today with some much needed O-Line help in the form of 6’6” 290 lb 4-star OT Jasper Ngokwere from Richardson, TX. Yes, a 4 star OT… who chose us over freaking Texas?!?!?! And last year we got the #1 QB. The times, they are a changin’. Now let’s watch him […]
Tyler Tanner had until… well, basically now to determine whether or not he would enter the draft. Despite giving us all panic attacks, he finally made the right choice. Let’s just say The Leatherman is Byington what Vanderbilt is Sellington. For one more year, at least.
Oh no, they’re turning me loose to try to figure out the WordPress editor. WHAT AM I DOING? (panics, runs into door facing) As a reminder of how all this started, feel free to click on the first Global Song Competition post in which we determined “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” was Australia’s best ever contribution to […]
Down 4-1 after 5 innings, things weren’t looking great in Hooverville for Corbs and The Diamond Dores. The bats and a beefed up Alex Kranzler were not ready to go home, however, and a 4 run 6th followed by a 3 run 8th powered us to an 8-5 win over The Wedding Jerseys. This makes […]
Let’s begin with what I wrote way back in 2016 on the first day of Hooverville: Once yearly, the Robber Barons of Vanderbilt dust off their monocles, travel to an Alabama Hooverville, and see how the other half lives. Not well. The other half does not live well. Since arriving last night, I’ve witnessed some […]
Let’s begin with what I wrote way back in 2016 on the first day of Hooverville: Once yearly, the Robber Barons of Vanderbilt dust off their monocles, travel to an Alabama Hooverville, and see how the other half lives. Not well. The other half does not live well. Since arriving last night, I’ve witnessed some […]
Once again, being in position to sweep the Penises just twists the knife on the series loss to Missourah (spits). Anyway, we play one last SEC regular season game tonight. Our post-season hopes have gone from “dead” to “in critical condition.” There is a faint pulse (likely enough to crush us when we drop an […]
An easy win like last night’s 9-1 beatdown that was never in doubt just twists the knife on the series loss to Missourah (spits). Anyway, we play another one tonight. …and there was much rejoicing. On the Mound Friday @ 6:00pm on SECN+ Vanderbilt #46 Fr. RHP Tyler “The Minstrel” Baird (0-5; 4.81 ERA) vs. […]
Thursday at 6pm CT on SECN+, Friday at 6pm CT on SECN+, and Saturday at 1pm CT on SECN+. You know the season has gotten us all low when I can’t even find the joy in writing a series of South Cackalacky Game Penis jokes. All I can say is this: when facing the Penises, […]
Even though we won late last night in extras, the season is probably cooked. Still, win out from here, take a few in Hoover, and it’s a maybe. We likely won’t have deserved the bid, but I doubt they’d want to set a precedent keeping SEC teams with .500 conference records out. Is this me […]
4pm CT on SECN+. If ever you questioned the baseball gods, last night’s game taught us what happens when they let Cthulu sub in for Jobu for a day. To start, rain kept postponing the opening pitch. Then, Corbs kept The Spice in (as he should have done last week) for 7 IP of 5 […]
Friday at 6pm CT on SECN+, Saturday at 4pm CT on SECN+, and Sunday at 1pm CT on SECN+. First things first (I’m the realest), we absolutely have to sweep the final two SEC series against Missourah (spits) and The South Cackalacky Game Penises, otherwise we will need to win the SEC Tourney in Hooverville […]
5pm CT on ESPN2. I very much would like to type a long anti-Louisville rant, so as to get you fired up for this game, but this season has beaten us half to death with a sack full of doorknobs, and I just don’t have it in me anymore. Luke Smith, however, is still human […]
Season is teetering on the precipice… On the Mound Saturday @ 1:00pm on SECN+ Vanderbilt #88 Fr. RHP Wyatt “Ice Town” Nadeau (1-2; 5.08 ERA) vs. Gumps #11 Fr. RHP Myles “Kilometers Northcathedral” Upchurch (5-3; 3.30 ERA) The Lineup *Date afternoon, so won’t be able to update this before first pitch. See you in the […]
*Update: I didn’t notice until now that the game had been moved up and is already in progress. I was at work, like I imagine nearly all of you were, as well. I’ve never been done with a Diamond Dores team in the Tim Corbin era. After last night, I’m close. I’ve always been team […]
Thursday at 6pm CT on ESPN2, Friday at 6pm CT on SECN+, and Saturday at 1pm CT on SECN+. After letting a potential season-altering series win over Tejas slip through our fingers, the Diamond Dores head to Gumpland for a much needed road series (potentially season saving) victory. It’s… a lot. And we won’t be […]
3:30pm CT on SECN+. On the Mound Tuesday @ 3:30pm SECN+ Vanderbilt #45 Fr. RHP Connor “The Canadian” Hamilton (1-0; 4.28 ERA) vs. MTSU ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The Lineup See you in the comments.
One day after being run-ruled, a stud freshman just beginning to stretch out his arm and some bullpen guys shut out the dominant Tejas Long Fed-offense. It was a beautiful thing. Today, we get a chance to take a really tough series. On the Mound Sunday @ 12:00pm on ESPN2 Vanderbilt #88 Fr. RHP Wyatt […]
7pm CT on SEC Network. Well, that was disgusting. Always a great Friday when your Ace gets run-ruled at home. Anyway, puke, rally, and win today’s Johnny Wholestaff game to force a rubber match tomorrow. Please. And thank you. On the Mound Saturday @ 7:00pm on SEC Network Vanderbilt #¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Johnny Wholestaff vs. Long Fedoras […]
Friday at 6pm CT on SECN+, Saturday at 7pm CT on SEC Network, and Sunday at 12pm CT on ESPN2. The Tejas Long Fedoras (#4) ‘26 Record: 30-8 (11-6 SEC). The Long Fedoras opened the season 16-0 in OOC play, but since conference play started, have come back to Earth a bit. In OOC play, they ate […]
Some wins are fun. Yesterday morning’s 8-7 scrape job was not one of them. Still, a road series win remains possible today, and we’ve got Ice Town on the mound. On the Mound Sunday @ 12:00pm on SECN+ Vanderbilt #88 Fr. RHP Wyatt “Ice Town” Nadeau (1-2; 5.15 ERA; 11.54 K/9) vs. #48 Jr. LHP […]
10am CT on SEC Network. I was saying Boo-urns at the end of that one. Corbs is going with the “fuck it, try anything else” strategy of giving the ball to this year’s presumptive closer, Miller Green. Seeing as he’s only thrown for 2 IP following injury this year, this is likely an opener only. […]
Friday at 5:30pm CT on SECN+, Saturday at 1pm CT on SECN+, and Sunday at 12pm CT on SECN+. The Jamal Mashburn Wedding Jerseys (NR) ‘26 Record: 25-10 (7-8 SEC). The Wedding Jerseys have matched our one game under .500 conference record, but had a much stronger OOC record (18-2), thus placing them in a less precarious […]