The Unofficial Vanderbilt Commodores Blog * Now With Fewer Law Degrees!
Good morning. Optional Musical Accompaniment All right, so I’m bringing back the Anchor Drop as a daily feature, and also because it’s Champ Week and just before March Madness, an open thread for all the sickos with an ESPN+ subscription amongst us. Tyler Tanner is the SEC Player of the Week and also First-Team All-SEC, […]
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1pm CT SECN+. Wyatt “Ice Town” Nadeau made his first Diamond Dore start (for the injured Austin Nye), and though Corbs decided to give the win to Adria Casoliba, Nadeau’s 4 scoreless innings were the story here. Though he frequently put some ducks on the pond (3 H and 4 BB), he kept them stranded, […]
2 days ago | 0 reads
Fanduel’s sponsoring this one, ladies, but this post is only tangentially gambling-related. With a Bacon and Donut Sadness-esque regular season finale victory over THEM on that court to the East… …and the Jorts handling business in Wedding Jerseytown, the Shooty Dores are getting some well-earned rest in the form of the SEC Tourney double bye. […]
2 days ago | 1 read
7pm CT SECN+. Game One was a 14-2 run rule victory in the 7th. Thank you Dores, may we please have another. First, mea culpa. I had thought I remembered to schedule yesterday’s game thread, but must have hit the wrong button or something. As I had work and meetings all day, followed by a […]
3 days ago | 2 reads
Vanderbilt led wire-to-wire Saturday afternoon and beat Tennessee 86-82, completing its regular season with a 24-7 record, 11-7 in the SEC. The 24 regular season wins is the most for the Commodores since the 2007-08 team, which went into the SEC Tournament with a 25-6 record (let’s not talk about what happened after that.) And […]
3 days ago | 2 reads
So, here we are: Vanderbilt closes out the regular season today with a visit to Knoxville, where the hated orange team awaits. Two weeks ago in Nashville, Vanderbilt couldn’t seal the deal, and in the meantime some Vanderbilt fans decided that was the time to make excuses for Memorial Gym having a disgusting amount of […]
3 days ago | 2 reads
27-3 (13-3) AP/Coaches: 5/5 Creme: 7-seed NET:7
4 days ago | 1 read
As we get to the end of the season, Vanderbilt seems to be firmly in the NCAA Tournament field. Seeding is a different matter, and losing to a 12-17 Ole Miss is the kind of thing that could easily drop Vanderbilt a seed line. So, don’t do that. As far as seeding for the SEC […]
7 days ago | 3 reads
4:30pm CT SECN+ On the Mound Tuesday @ 4:30pm SECN+ Vanderbilt #77 Jr. RHP Alex “The Kranz” Kranzler (1-1; 13.50 ERA) vs. Central Arkansas #39 Jr. RHP Patrick “It’s Pat” Fernandez (1-1; 6.75 ERA) The Lineup See you in the comments
7 days ago | 3 reads
16-11 (8-7) AP/Coaches: ORV/ORV (for some reason?) Creme: 7-seed NET:21
9 days ago | 2 reads
Yeah… this weekend has been a nightmare. Can we salvage one today? On the Mound Sunday @ 1:00pm on Come On, You’re Not Watching This Vanderbilt #80 So. RHP Nate “Nasty Nate” Taylor (0-1; 2.16 ERA) vs. Oregon ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The Lineup *Will post when updated (actually, this is likely a lie, as I’m out shooting […]
9 days ago | 3 reads
6pm CT on A Single Use Streamer You Likely Didn’t Buy. The Diamond Dores’ bullpen imploded, as neither England Bryan nor The Faulknerian Idiot Manchild could find the plate, and we lost the opener to UC Irvine 9-4. Luckily, we get the 1-8 (holy shit!) Arizona Wildcats. Time to get back on the winning side […]
10 days ago | 1 read
Vanderbilt heads to Kentucky, a team they blew out at Memorial Gym earlier and recently had a three-game losing streak (snapped by beating South Carolina) but is still Kentucky and this is still Rupp Arena. So, I don’t know, let’s go win.
10 days ago | 1 read
4pm CT on D1Baseball (and they’re trying to get $30 for it) After a 6 game stretch of beating up on EMU, Marist, and Evansville, the Diamond Dores travel to the I Like Ike Live Like Lou Las Vegas College Classic (I have no idea what this refers to and I refuse to look it […]
11 days ago | 1 read
So there’s a working group coming to tackle the “issues” in college sports, and you can tell how serious this is just by looking who is and isn’t invited. Invited: All four power conference commissioners plus the commissioners of the American and Mountain West, Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Mack Brown, Tiger Woods, Tim Tebow, Charlie […]
11 days ago | 2 reads
21-7 (7-7) AP/Coaches: 24/23 Creme: 6-seed NET:26
12 days ago | 4 reads
Tonight is Senior Night, and if it feels like it’s a little early for Senior Night, well, that’s because it is. Remember, Vanderbilt was supposed to have one more home game against Ole Miss next week, but the Commodores and the Rebels swapped home and road games because of that snowstorm a month ago. Somehow, […]
13 days ago | 1 read
4:30pm CT SECN+. After a three game sweep over Niles Crane’s ex-wife, Marist, the Dores welcome The Purple Aces for some mid-week action. On the Mound Tuesday @ 4:30pm SECN+ Vanderbilt #46 Fr. RHP Tyler “The Minstrel” Baird (0-1; 5.79 ERA) vs. Evansville #29 Jr. RHP Kellen “The Monroe-vian” Roberts (0-0; 0.00 ERA) The Lineup […]
14 days ago | 2 reads
20-7 (7-6) AP/Coaches: 16/18 Creme: 4-seed NET:16
16 days ago | 1 read
1pm CT SECN+. After a 12-1 run rule win in the 7th, the Diamond Dores are riding a 4 game winning streak… all by the run rule. Let’s keep this red-hot Esposito-run high-powered offense rolling for the series sweep and 5th run rule win in a row (please and thank you). Then we can tell […]
16 days ago | 1 read
After some suboptimal opening frames, the Diamond Dores Esposito-style power-offense kicked in, and we run-ruled Niles Crane’s ex-wife 16-5 in 8 innings. Aside from all the Frasier puns and farcical nonsense, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out how Marist’s Athletics Website has gone fill “Wet Het” and no one’s talking about it. Whereas […]
17 days ago | 1 read
1pm CT; ESPN. The Shooty Dores look to rebound from a loss that we will be deep in the cold, cold ground before we recognize (spits), and may well be getting some reinforcements: Nothing sucks like a big orange, except perhaps the Franzia-funnels attached to their butts. And Benedict Carey. See you in the comments.
17 days ago | 1 read
After a two game mid-week sweep over the EMUs, the Diamond Dores welcome Niles Crane’s oft-alluded to, but never seen ex-wife Marist for three games of sport. Much like the mid-week match-up, if we hear the blues a-calling, it would be perfectly reasonable to paint the entire walls of your house with tossed salad and […]
18 days ago | 1 read
Remember when we were freaking out about a three-game losing streak in January? Well, Vanderbilt’s won five of six since then, with the one loss being a weird one against Oklahoma. Anyway, the SEC office says tonight’s visit to Missourah (spits) is an SEC game, so we’ll roll with it I guess. Haha, just kidding, […]
20 days ago | 2 reads
The Diamond Dores run-ruled the EMUs 13-2 last night in 7 innings, powered by two Brode Bombs, one Hulk Smash, and a Goodin… umm… Plenty… to bring the Dores to 2-2 on the year. Johnston, in particular, stood out, as the game ending CF shot still hasn’t landed, and after going 3-5 with 2 HR […]
20 days ago | 2 reads