Not sure if this is the last year or maybe it is next year. Depends I suppose on when Oklahoma and Texas join the conference "where it means more."

Vanderbilt was 2-4, beating Iowa State and TCU. It has not participated the past three years.

Tomorrow's slate includes:

Auburn at WEST VIRGINIA
ALABAMA at Oklahoma
TX Tech at LSU
IOWA STATE at Missouri
TCU at Mississippi State
Arkansas at BAYLOR
Texas at TENNESSEE
Florida at KANSAS STATE
KANSAS at Kentucky
Ole Miss at OKLAHOMA STATE

My picks for the winning teams are in all CAPS. Looks like it just might not mean more for the SEC tomorrow. Time will tell.

As reported here earlier in the week, 2023 LB target Bryan Longwell will officially visit Vanderbilt this weekend. Kicker signee Brock Taylor will also be officially visiting this weekend.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Anchor Impact Fund — an impact-driven nonprofit organization with the mission of developing and educating Vanderbilt student-athletes as community leaders — has officially launched.

The Anchor Impact Fund is a Tennessee 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation formed to promote community engagement and strengthen local charitable organizations and initiatives. The fund’s goal is to unite Commodores, charities and donors to provide opportunities for Vanderbilt student-athletes to learn about community and civic engagement and use their name, image and likeness to participate in and promote local charitable causes.

The Anchor Impact Fund was founded in the belief that there is a different and more impactful way for Vanderbilt student-athletes to participate in the NIL landscape. It allows a student-athlete to make a positive impact on the Middle Tennessee community while benefiting from the use of their time and name, image and likeness.

The Anchor Impact Fund accomplishes its mission by:

• Developing and educating student-athletes as community leaders
• Raising awareness of impactful but under-recognized charities
• Encouraging broad-based participation among all student-athletes
• Compensating student-athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness

“Our mission is to provide a vehicle to empower Vanderbilt student-athletes to reach new heights in the classroom, on the field and in life, while promoting the profiles and raising awareness of underserved local community organizations and initiatives,” saidD’Juan Epps, executive director of the Anchor Impact Fund. “By providing best-in-class experiences for our community, student-athletes, alumni and all members of Commodore Nation, we’re humbled and honored to proudly support current and future student-athletes.”

The Anchor Impact Fund is a key resource for the more than 350 Commodore student-athletes to navigate and maximize the potential of their name, image and likeness. More importantly, the student-athletes can help establish deep and meaningful relationships between their programs and the Middle Tennessee community.

“At Vanderbilt, our mission is to be the preeminent student-athlete model in college athletics,” said Candice Lee, Vanderbilt’s vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director. “We are committed not only to excellence in athletics but also to utilizing our athletics platform as a holistic model for the academic, personal, and professional development of our student-athletes. The Anchor Impact Fund presents another unique opportunity for our student-athletes to utilize their name, image, and likeness for the greater good and deepen their impact in our communities.”

Behind the efforts of the Anchor Impact Fund, Vanderbilt student-athletes can engage in charitable events, special appearances, autograph signings, social media promotions and more.

How does it work?

1. Donations are made to the Anchor Impact Fund
2. Vanderbilt student-athletes register online to participate
3. Charities register online to be eligible to participate
4. The Anchor Impact Fund matches student-athletes with charities
5. Student-athletes receive reasonable compensation once impactful services are rendered to charities

The Anchor Impact Fund is backed by a number of prominent Vanderbilt alums and former student-athletes.

To support the Anchor Impact Fund, please visit AnchorImpactFund.org.

The Anchor Impact Fund is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code and eligible to receive tax deductible charitable contributions.

The Anchor Impact Fund is not affiliated with Vanderbilt University.

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What They Are Saying …

Tim Corbin (Vanderbilt baseball head coach)
“I enjoy seeing our guys on the front end of a community effort, working on a good cause, because I feel like they have the ability to shine in areas that are bigger than baseball. Working with the Anchor Impact Fund provides them the opportunity to grow as young men while giving something back to our community. I am excited for them to be a part of this important initiative.”

Clark Lea (Vanderbilt football head coach)
“We want our program to be others-centered, with a focus on serving the communities that we are fortunate to be a part of. The Anchor Impact Fund provides our players this opportunity and fits in lockstep with our program’s mission. I am excited about this partnership and look forward to our players being involved with something that will set the course for a lifelong commitment to giving back.”

Jerry Stackhouse (Vanderbilt men’s basketball head coach)
“We work hard every day in the gym, looking at film, to get better at basketball, at X’s and O’s … Everyone in that locker room wants to win basketball games. But I also want our guys to win at the game of life, to develop not only as basketball players but also as leaders and young men. Support for the Anchor Impact Fund provides our student-athletes opportunities to get involved in good causes, to lead by example and to have an impact. The Anchor Impact Fund is important to us.”

Shea Ralph (Vanderbilt women’s basketball head coach)
“Our Vanderbilt women’s basketball program is fiercely committed to the holistic development of our student-athletes. Working with the Anchor Impact Fund gives us the opportunity to get out into the Nashville community and partner with nonprofit organizations where we can make a real difference in the lives of others. When we learn how to invest in positive action that can foster needed change, we grow ourselves as humans. We are grateful to the Anchor Impact Fund for giving our athletes this platform to make a difference.”

Scott Limbaugh (Vanderbilt men’s golf head coach)
“We believe in working to be excellent in everything we do. The Anchor Impact Fund will help our guys continue to strive for that in our communities and to have a positive impact on the Nashville community. We have been given so much, and this will help them continue to grow as young men by giving back. It is very exciting for them to get to be a part of the Anchor Impact Fund.”

Greg Allen (Vanderbilt women’s golf head coach)
“I’m excited about the opportunity for these young women to be involved with the Anchor Impact Fund and to be able to make an impact in our local community. I get to see them shine every day in the classroom and on the golf course. Now it’s time to let their light shine with the charities that mean so much to the Middle Tennessee area.”

— AnchorImpactFund.org —

You’re the coach tonight, what is your starting lineup and how you divvy out playing time?

@WoodyVU66 @baseballbros @papahick4VU @VUMatt23

7:30 pm CST on the SEC network.

LSU at Arkansas on TV right now. Every time I have seen a women’s gymnastics match on TV it is standing room only and the crowd is electric. Pretty awesome.

Junior day list for January 28th:

2024's:

Brycen Coleman, WR, Stephen Decatur (Md.) - Other offers from Boston College, James Madison, and Akron

Marcellus Barnes, Jr., ATH, McCallie (Tenn.) - Other offers from Wake Forest

Marcus Gore, Jr., S, Bradley Central (Tenn.) - Other offers from Auburn, Colorado, Michigan, Notre Dame, others

Turrelle Williams, S, Bradley Central (Tenn.) - Other offers from Ole Miss, North Texas, Miami (Oh.)

Martreece Dillard, DE, Buford (Ga.) - Other offers from Auburn, Michigan, Florida, Duke, others

Javarius Green, WR, Crest (N.C.) - Other offers from Maryland, Michigan State, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, others

James Nesta, DE, Hough (N.C.) - Other offers from Kentucky, Duke, Wake Forest, NC State

Ted Hammond, DE, St. Xavier (Oh.) - Other offers from Kentucky, Iowa, Louisville, Michigan, others

Ondre Evans, ATH, CPA (Tenn.) - Over 20 offers: Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee

Cameron Pruitt, LB, Theodore (Ala.) - offers from Michigan State, Penn State, Maryland, Pitt, others

Jeremy Scott, DB, Callaway (Miss.) - Other offers from Ole Miss, Arkansas, Miss. State, Tulane, others

Samuel Madu, ATH, Capital Prep (N.Y.) - Other offers from Missouri, Syracuse, Duke, Boston College

Jeremy St-Hilaire, QB, McCallie (Tenn.) - Only offer from Vandy so far

Kobe Smith, LB, Red Bank (Tenn.) - Other offers from Chattanooga, Eastern Kentucky

Trajen Greco, ATH, Mill Creek (Ga.) - Other offers from Tulane, East Carolina, Troy, Eastern Michigan, Troy

Markies Barrett, WR, Knox Webb (Tenn.) - One of Vandy's top in-state targets, has visited multiple times.

Robert Bourdon, OL, Collierville (Tenn.)- Offers from Duke, Purdue, Memphis, TCU, Arkansas State, Tulsa, UNLV, and Liberty

Chauncey Johnson, OL, Lonoke (Ark.) - Has offers from Missouri and Arkansas State currently

2025's:

Mason Goree, ATH, Bradley Central (Tenn.)
J'Alan Terry, ATH, Bradley Central (Tenn.) - Offers from Kentucky, Central Michigan, Toledo, EKU, AP


2026's:

Blaine Bradford, S, Baton Rouge (La.) Catholic: Offers from Texas A&M, LSU

As with any junior day, some of these won't show, and others will be added before next weekend. This is the list for now.

I'll add here if others confirm to be in attendance.

What a great time I had reading everything. I think I remember nearly all-was there for many. But let me add a memory that goes way back. This is probably not totally correct but-- one of my favorites. Don't know the year, but it was the game which opened the "new" Vanderbilt stadium replacing Dudley Field. It was vs. Maryland, who had a good team. We were, well, not so good. The stadium was packed with Vandy fans. We were leading at halftime and although it probably was not planned this way, there were fireworks at halftime and the finale went off just as Vandy ran onto to the field. The crowd went absolutely nuts---I had never heard anything like that. We held the lead and I remember it was sort of quiet at the end because Maryland had the ball and I think most Vandy fans kind of felt that Maryland would score and we would lose. I don't remember if there was an interception or we stopped Maryland on downs but we held on for the win. Not a Mount Rushmore moment but it sure is a great memory.

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Shan Foster Senior Night:
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2012 Men's Basketball SEC Championship:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_we1mV_Ll8&t=2s

VU vs UT 2006-2007
(can't find video, but if you have anything let me know)

VU vs UF 2006-2007
(can't find a good video, but if you have anything let me know)
https://youtu.be/0W2o1F938YU

VU vs UT 2007-2008:
(can't find a good video, but if you have anything let me know)


Baseball:
Triple Steal:

If you would like for me to add others to this list, please list them in the comments and I'll edit my post. I didn't have enough time to search for every big game. Hope you guys enjoy!

IMO the greatest analyst announcer in sport history. There was no schtick call like a Rafetry (who I also like) or Vitale (who I used to like and now just really appreciate him) just pure analysis and I always thought a very good delivery of that. He didn’t care if you liked what he said would give you his opinion. You always learned something listening to a game he called.

It’s a painful memory but just go watch the sweet 16 Georgetown game. It seemed BP had called 15 VU games that year he knew them so well, yet that was his first game (he also called the sweet 16 game vs Temple another great job he did and yet another bad memory). He pointed out what type of team VU was, how they started compared to how they finished, great analysis of players like Byars and Foster. Still remember early in the game him saying GTown needed a timeout to reorganize defensively as VU had them completely messed up and explaining why.

For us long time college hoops fan we lost a great one.

I like many of us this year have been more than frustrated at our basketball team. Thank goodness we have a true War-Room (Thank you Chris Lee) where we can all come and vent. But as I read thru the opinions, I have come to learn we all have one. I wanted to take a peel back the onion based on facts and historical data to see what I could find. I will say doing this digging and the time to it takes, I have come to appreciate Chris, Justin, Joey, and Sean for all of the time and effort they put into this site for us fans. I will say for $9.99 a month, you are underpaid and under-valued.

Over the years of Vanderbilt basketball, we have come to appreciate Memorial Gym and all of its magic. I am 60 years old and still remember my dad taking me to watch some really good and bad basketball. I remember fans yelling and screaming, fans were mad we lost but never to the extreme we see today. I was a fan then and will be until the LORD calls me home.

Over the years, Vanderbilt has been to 15 NCAA tournaments. Wikipedia has 15 but I counted 16. My math may be off.
Van Brda Kolff - 1
Fogler - 2
CM Newton 2
Dobbs - 2
Skinner - 2
Stallings - 7

Back in the day, the NCAA was only 32 teams which were mostly conference champions. We don't have many of those on our resume either. Here are some coaches who we probably wished could have been here as our coach:
Dean Smith - took 6 years to get there
Mike Krzyzeski - took 4 years at Duke and the 7 at Army never made the tournament
John Calipari - 3 years at UMASS, 3 at Memphis and 1 at Kentucky
Billy Donovan - 3 years at Florida
John Wooden - went only 3 times in his first 13 years

Would you be calling for either of these names to be at a tournament by year 2 or let's say be fired by year 4 if they did not make it?

Now look at what I call the intangibles:
Can anyone remember players from the coaches listed above that faced their top players leaving for the draft in their first 5 seasons?
Can anyone name their top players who suffered year ending injuries in their first 5 seasons?
Can anyone name their top players who transferred to other teams in their first 5 years?
Can anyone put the price tag on what it has cost the university to fully fund and support the named coaches in their first 5 years?
Did any of the above coaches have to face Covid or some other obstacle where for 1 year I believe there was only virtual recruiting done in their first 2 years?
I do understand that back then, the obstacles were rotary dial phones, no war boards to post our opinions, no internet, no social media and no NIL

Attendance:
What SEC teams have to compete with NFL and NHL in their backyard for a fan base?
What universities above are committed to winning, provided the resources needed and took the risk at supporting the coach they hired?
What top newspapers (the media) fully support that team then and still do today?
Fans on social media hoping we lose so we can start over again
Boycotting games to try to show the university us fans mean business
Does Vanderbilt even care if we show up?

Now to Coack Stackhouse:
I cannot remember many of our coaches losing top players by either transferring or season ending injuries. I sure there have been a few before Stack.
When reading the Nashville media, Vanderbilt is not promoted much anymore. It used to be front page, 2nd page and more. Now its the Titans, Vols, and Predators
We have lost to season ending injuries, Dort, Robbins, Clevon Brown, Tyrin Lawrence, Nesmith, Garland, Disu
We have lost by transfer - Disu
We have lost to the draft - Pippin Jr, Sabin Lee, Nesmith, Garland

I am in no way taking up for any coach, but I have coached high school basketball several years in my previous life and I look at coaching differently than others. It is a hard life and it is not easy, especially when you lose. So I ask everyone on this board, based on the facts, not opinions from above, is this really the coach for all of the losing, the media support for the attendance, the university support for not being all in on sports, the intangibles I noted, or is it we have not been patient enough just yet looking at other success storied coaches.

Vanderbilt has a BIG decision to make. Its not up to us. If its Stack, then give him the investment he needs, the patience for success, provide media support and the NIL to compete. As fans, we need to show support and provide where we can help.
If its a fresh start, do the right thing and provide support, money, resources and patience or we are back to SOV. Its the players who really suffer reading all of the negatives and not hearing us cheering in the stands.

First responders were giving him CPR…

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Does one of you drive a black truck with the license plate DORE 1?

Just finished the media session, uploading those now and about to watch an hour of practice.

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Malik Dia has a 14-point breakout night in a loss to Kentucky and point-guard playing time is all over the place recently, with freshman Paul Lewis getting the start on Tuesday. Plus, a little talk on Vandy's terrific offensive performance at Georgia.

That is interesting- former VU coach. Only 1 year removed from being the Broyles award winner- top asst in cfb

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There’s no reason to keep him after this year. Dort and Shelby will surely transfer. The roster isn’t set to improve. We can’t compete with our biggest rivals. It’s time to change things up

If I worked for Coke, and I signed a star to do a promo, I would include in the agreement with that star a provision that they won't go work for Pepsi for some reasonable amount of time. That type of provision is unenforceable in California and enforceable to a greater or lesser degree in the other 49 states. Putting the FTC's interest in a proposed non-compete rule aside, while should NIL be any different?

For example, if I'm Captain D's, and I want to pay Player X of Vanderbilt to endorse my product, why wouldn't I require Player X to sign a non-compete stating that for a reasonable period of time Player X won't go to another SEC school. This is like obvious stuff in financial services or many other industries. So my question, for someone knowledgable, is "have NIL deals started including non-competes", and if not, why not? To me, this seems like the easiest way to cut down on portal activity (e.g. if you want me to pay you $100k, you can't go work for a competitor for a year).

Anyone knowledgable about (i) whether NIL deals have non-competes (I assume no), and (ii) why not (I assume there's no good reason)?

What is a reasonable amount of time to give the next coach before you start expecting him to have teams in the postseason?

At what point are you wanting to fire him if he isn’t able to build the program back up?

It’s pretty clear that about 80% of our fanbase wants a new coach and 100% of us are sick of losing. So what’s the best path to get back quickest?

Obviously, my fear is the UTjr football cycle of hire, fire, pay buyout and repeat over and over again.

If we fire, we cannot miss……. Again (said this 4 years ago).

Richey is a name that I think would appear on the short list if we end up having a coaching change. Having another solid season at 15-6. Not my favorite candidate, but he would make some sense if you miss on a couple guys

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