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Wednesday Game Thread vs. Eastern Michigan

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 […]

MLB

21 days ago | 2 reads

Tuesday Game Thread vs. Eastern Michigan

As we bid adieu to the Shriners and a pretty rough 1-2 opening weekend record, we return home to Nashville for a two game mid-week set against the touring cast of Escanaba in da Moonlight The Eastern Michigan Fightin’ Insurance Emus Eagles. If we lose either of today or tomorrow’s games, Lucy’s going to have […]

22 days ago | 2 reads

WBB Game 27: Vanderbilt at Georgia

24-2 (10-2) AP/Coaches: 5/5 Creme: 1-seed NET: 7 February 15, 2026 11:00AM CT at Stegeman Coliseum SEC Network | Radio Call | Live Stats 19-6 (5-6) AP/Coaches: ORV/ORV Creme: 7-seed NET:35

24 days ago | 3 reads

Game 25: Texas A&M Aggies at Vanderbilt Commodores

I suppose some of you are watching baseball lol no none of you possibly paid for FloSports. Anyway, Vanderbilt, now 20-4 on the season, hosts Texas A&M at noon CT on the SEC Network. Texas A&M was in first place in the SEC a couple of weeks ago. A three-game losing streak has them tied […]

MLB

25 days ago | 4 reads

Shriner’s Children’s College Showdown Game 2 vs. Texas Tech: Game Thread

Despite damn near 1500 feet of dongers by Colin Barczi, the Diamond Dores dropped game 1 against TCU 5-4 and will need to beat Texas Tech to set up a rubber match against the Okie Pokes tomorrow. While the offense made a lot of hard contact, all 4 runs came via solo shots… which points […]

25 days ago | 2 reads

AI will never replace us

So let’s veer off topic for a minute, because this week suddenly the artificial intelligence companies need a new round of funding and now we’re subjected to a bunch of pants-shitting takes (or gleeful, depending on your point of view) that AI is going to put us all out of a job within the next […]

25 days ago | 1 read

Shriner’s Children’s College Showdown Game 1 vs. TCU: Game Thread

3pm FloSports. The 2026 Diamond Dores Season begins… now. See my Season Preview for more on this team. On the Mound Friday @ 3:00pm FloSports #39 Vanderbilt Jr. RHP Connor “The Spice” Fennell (6-0; 2.53 ERA*) vs. #49 TCU Jr. RHP Tommy “The Pour” LaPour (8-3; 3.09 ERA*) *Record and ERA from 2025. The Lineup […]

MLB

26 days ago | 1 read

2026 Vanderbilt Baseball Season Preview

Though there are still land-based ice bergs everywhere I look, it is somehow baseball season this Friday. The Diamond Dores, as seemingly happens every year, open with a three game mini-tournament of sorts in Arlington, Tejas called “The Shriner’s Children’s College Showdown.” I’d say be on the lookout for fez-clad Boomers driving mini cars and/or […]

MLB

27 days ago | 3 reads

WBB Game 26: Texas at Vanderbilt

23-2 (8-2) AP/Coaches: 4/4 Creme: 1-seed NET: 4 February 12, 2026 6:30PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium SECN+ | Radio Call | Live Stats 23-2 (9-2) AP/Coaches: 5/5 Creme: 2-seed NET: 7 Wow-ee, another big conference game come and gone and we end up on the winning side once again. This one wasn’t even particularly close. […]

27 days ago | 8 reads

Game 24: Vanderbilt at Auburn

Vanderbilt is trying to shake off a 1-point loss at home to the worst team in the SEC, Oklahoma. Granted, getting it to one included Vanderbilt stageing a 19-point comeback in the last 3:24 of the game. Tonight, the Dores are at Auburn, who blew a game against Alabama and their now-ineligible Center Charles Bediako. […]

28 days ago | 4 reads

WBB Game 25: Oklahoma at Vanderbilt

17-5 (5-4) AP/Coaches: 11/11 Creme: 4-seed NET: 12 February 9, 2026 8:00PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium ESPN2 | Radio Call | Live Stats 22-2 (8-2) AP/Coaches: 7/8 Creme: 2-seed NET: 8 Alright. Back to our normally scheduled programming. Vanderbilt has only dropped 2 ranked games, back-to-back, against South Carolina and Ole Miss, but we rebounded […]

29 days ago | 2 reads

Game 22: Ole Miss Rebels at Vanderbilt Commodores

Well, Vanderbilt was supposed to be on the road this weekend, but thanks to the lingering effects of last weekend’s ice storm in Mississippi, Vanderbilt will play Ole Miss at home tonight at 5 PM CT on the SEC Network. As a result, the Commodores swapped a home game with Ole Miss in the last […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

WBB Game 22: Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss

Relocated to Birmingham due to weather, which means we are going to get a chance at top-20 Ole Miss on a neutral court. My site of choice for the women’s side seems to give about 6 points for home court and is currently giving the Brown Rebsharkqirrels a 3-point win over us before adjusting for […]

about 1 month ago | 3 reads

Vanderbilt Basketball Mailbag: Call for Submissions

Post VANDERBILT Basktball (Men’s and Women’s) questions in the comments here. I didn’t want to jinx anything while either the men’s or women’s teams were undefeated, but now that both have had their share of ups and downs, let’s open up the ol’ bag. Beyond that, I petitioned an Alabama judge to let our G […]

about 1 month ago | 4 reads

Vanderbilt whips Kentucky 80-55, improves to 18-3

The weeklong freakout about Vanderbilt’s three-game losing streak after starting the season 16-0 is officially over. After blowing out Mississippi State in Starkville over the weekend, the Vanderbilt Commodores came back to Memorial Gym and amidst Snowpocalypse easily handled Kentucky. This was a beatdown from start to finish, as the Commodores opened up a 7-0 […]

about 1 month ago | 4 reads

Game 21: Kentucky Wildcats at Vanderbilt Commodores

It sounds like this one will go on as scheduled. Vanderbilt, 17-3 on the season, snapped a three-game losing streak at Mississippi State on Saturday and is back at Memorial Gym to host Kentucky. Kentucky enters tonight on a five-game winning streak but has only gone up from 30 to 28 in KenPom during that […]

about 1 month ago | 7 reads

The Statistical: Vanderbilt 88, Mississippi State 56

This was a straight domination of the type we saw quite a bit in the nonconference portion of the schedule, but that hadn’t been seen for weeks. Interestingly, Vanderbilt only won two of the four factors: Mississippi State got to the foul line more often and grabbed more of their own misses, but Mississippi State […]

about 1 month ago | 5 reads

Vanderbilt gets right with 88-56 crushing of Mississippi State

The 11 AM tipoff and the threat of winter weather did nothing to restrain Vanderbilt in Saturday’s visit to Starkville, Mississippi, as the Commodores snapped a three-game losing streak by beating Mississippi State 88-56. This was never in doubt. AK Okereke opened the scoring with a bucket in the first minute and Vanderbilt never trailed, […]

about 2 months ago | 4 reads

Game 20: Vanderbilt Commodores at Mississippi State Bulldogs

Three-game losing streaks are not good. Three-game losing streaks that involve an embarrassing blowout loss at Arkansas are really not good. Vanderbilt has an early tip-off today at Mississippi State at 11 AM CT, moved up due to weather. Hopefully, uh, this goes better than the last three games. Thanks to the entire schedule getting […]

about 2 months ago | 3 reads

WBB Game 20: Auburn at Vanderbilt

The eye of the hurricane. We are coming off a top-10 win and are staring down the barrel of another, that one AT South Carolina. For now, we welcome Auburn to Nashville for what could be a trap game… but more likely the win that puts us at 20-and-zero.

about 2 months ago | 4 reads