The Unofficial Vanderbilt Commodores Blog * Now With Fewer Law Degrees!
For the second year in a row, Vanderbilt is bowl-eligible. For the first time that I could find, Vanderbilt is bowl-eligible before November. It was a ball-control, man-ball kind of win for Diego Pavia and the Commodores. After holding LSU to a field goal on its opening drive, Vanderbilt went 57 yards in 9 plays […]
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Yes, Vanderbilt is favored to beat LSU, which is worrisome not because we don’t want Vanderbilt to get respect but because… well, we know how things usually go when we have expectations for Vanderbilt football. Maybe this time is different? Have fun, expect to win.
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Vanderbilt is favored to beat (checks notes) Louisiana State University? Huh? What is going on with the universe? Anyway, time to find out if our writers think that Vanderbilt is going to follow through and get bowl eligible or if, well, this is going to play out like a typical Vanderbilt-LSU matchup. What say our […]
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October 4th delivered a new type of painful loss to Alabama. For much of Vanderbilt football history, the pain has been because the loss was by a ridiculous number of points or was never competitive. The most recent matchup was a 9-point game with a garbage time TD on 4th and 2 thrown on top. […]
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The School: Louisiana State University Record: 5-1 (2-1 in the SEC) Ranking: AP #10, Coaches’ Poll #10, and SP+ #17 Mascot: Mike the Tiger, both a typical mascot and the real-life badass tiger (Mike VII). Seriously, the enclosure is one of the coolest on-campus features that I have ever seen. Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Born […]
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For the first time in conference play, Vanderbilt performed up to their standard against an outmatched opponent. The scoreless draw with LSU, loss at Texas, and 1-0 win over Auburn were all chances to stamp out opponents decisively, but the Commodores were 1-1-1 in those matches. The standard was met against Missouri with a pair […]
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Letters… we get letters… we get stacks and stacks of letters… Question from Ofermod: How much of the poor performance was due to just not being truly ready/comfortable with a high-visiblity game in a high-pressure environment with high expectations, and how much of it was actual issues that need to be adddressed? And does this […]
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Week 8 was a second consecutive week missing more than we hit after 4 straight weeks looking smart-ish. The staff was a collective 21-27. Christian was the best performer at 5-3. Cole and Import were right behind at 4-4. Tom and I just missed out on .500 at 3-5. Andrew scuffled to a 2-6 mark. […]
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The buyout? A whopping 49 million dollars. Ouch!
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