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Let’s Get Weird Again—All World All Time Best Song Competition: The New States
Previous Result See our list of all previous winners. “Ha-He” by Kenya’s Just a Band won the mixtape competition (MAKMENDE AMERUDI!), but with a paltry 5 votes. Granted, there was a 5-way race going on, but only 16 votes total. Not sure if I erred by posting mid-week, or if we just didn’t have any […]
The Spice Returns
After the most disappointing season in the Tim Corbin era, resulting in the first time the Diamond Dores missed the postseason since most of the team has been alive, Corbs famously said something to the effect of, “Fuck that noise. Hail Pinman” (possibly misquoted) and then refilled Jobu’s rum. Since then, The Diamond Dores got […]
Let’s Get Weird Again—All World All Time Best Song Competition: A-M Country Mixtape
Wasn’t it nice to have actual sports content for a weekend thanks to the MLB draft? Were you expecting a follow-up article on the bowling team’s recruiting? Actually, so was I. We don’t have any news on that front though, so let’s get weird again. Hopefully you didn’t read the “A-M Country Mixtape” title and […]
2026 MLB Draft: Day Two Live Thread
Sunday, July 12: Rounds 5-20 • 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. ET (MLB.com, MLB TV, MLB+) Yesterday certainly could have gone better for the Diamond Dores, as no current players were chosen in the first 4 rounds (yeah… we earned that postseason miss this year), but 6 commits were. The latter part of that sentence likely frightens you, but […]
2026 MLB Draft: Day One Live Thread
Saturday, July 11: Rounds 1-4 • 1:00-2:30 p.m. – Picks 1-10 (NBC and Peacock) • 2:30-4:30 p.m. – Picks 11-40 (MLB Network, MLB.com, MLB TV, MLB+) • 4:30-7:45 p.m. – Picks 41-135 (MLB.com, MLB TV, MLB+) It’s Draft Day. For most sports, it’s a celebratory day where you’re glad to hear the names of your boys, cheering them on as […]
2026 MLB Draft Primer: The Commits
Day One of the MLB Draft is Saturday July 11th (1pm ET; 12pm CT) on NBC, Peacock, and MLB Network, and will be rounds 1 through 4. Day Two (rounds 5-20) is on MLB.com at 11:30am ET; 10:30am CT. Here are the names you will be praying not to hear called. Get 4-5 of these […]
2026 MLB Draft Primer: Current Players
Day One of the MLB Draft is Saturday July 11th (1pm ET; 12pm CT) on NBC, Peacock, and MLB Network, and will be rounds 1 through 4. Day Two (rounds 5-20) is on MLB.com at 11:30am ET; 10:30am CT. Don’t expect to hear any of these names on Day One, but here are the current […]
Let’s Get Weird Again—All World All Time Best Song Competition: Missouri
Previous Result See our list of all previous winners. Hank Sr. and “Jambalaya” held on to a slim but consistent lead, holding off a challenge from Ernie K-Doe’s “Mother in Law.” (If the letter “O” was for “One Hit Wonders,” I’m pretty sure “Mother in Law” would’ve been a strong contender there too. Should there […]
Let’s Get Weird Again—All World All Time Best Song Competition: Louisiana
Welcome to the land of Louisiana! Where crawfish are crawfish, “crawdad” will get you a “you’re not from around here, but we’ll tolerate you” look, and “crayfish” will get you a “where in God’s name did you come from, and how quickly can you go back there” stare. The Pelican State ought to have some […]
I’m tired of paying the players being the meat shield
Back in the 1980s, the Universities of Oklahoma and Georgia sued the NCAA over its television contract. More specifically, they were mad that the NCAA limited the number of games that were televised and distributed the revenue from its television contract in an even-handed manner. In 1981, Oklahoma played USC on national television, except for […]
The SEC and Big Ten bullied the rest of the sport all the way to this
I’ve made no real secret of the fact that in spite of the fact that the school I root for plays in the SEC, I hate what the conference has become. It’s a 16-team morass of some of the biggest brands in the sport, whose every move seems to be dictated by cash grabs, whether […]
There Are No Good Guys Here
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 […]
Let’s Get Weird Again—All World All Time Best Song Competition: Kentucky
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 […]
Jasper Commits
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 […]
The Leatherman Returns
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.
Let’s Get Weird Again—All World All Time Best Song Competition: Jackson?
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 […]
Vanderbilt in Hooverville Game 2 vs. The Gainesville Jorts
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 […]
Vanderbilt in Hooverville Game 1 vs. The Jamal Mashburn Wedding Jerseys
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 […]
Vanderbilt in Hooverville Game 1 vs. The Jamal Mashburn Wedding Jerseys
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 […]
Saturday Feather Sweeper Game Thread vs. The South Cackalacky Game Penises
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 […]
Friday Game Thread vs. The South Cackalacky Game Penises
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. […]
Series Preview and Thursday Game Thread vs. The South Cackalacky Game Penises
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, […]
Sunday Rubber Match Game Thread vs. Missourah (spits)
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 […]
Saturday Double Header-ish Game Thread vs. Missourah (spits)
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 […]
Series Preview and Friday Game Thread vs. Missourah (Spits)
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 […]
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