To those of you who celebrate it, I wish you a merry, healthy, joyous, and meaningful Christmas!

Looks like Vanderbilt hosted Braden Pierce on an unofficial yesterday, a 7-footer from IMG Academy's post-grad team.

Doesn't appear Vandy has offered yet, but they were reportedly out to IMG a few weeks ago to see him. Pierce holds offers from NC State, Rutgers, Depaul, Seton Hall, along with a few others. Could be a late-rising guy that Vandy offers soon. Pierce is a 2023 guy that could sign in the late period.

Will take a more in-depth look at him if an offer becomes public but from the looks of it Pierce has a nice build for a 7-footer, is comfortable putting the ball on the floor, has some post game, and can step out a bit. Reminds me a bit of what I imagined Liam Robbins looked like at that stage but I imagine he is a bit more filled out, less mobile, and maybe not quite as athletic as Robbins was as a high schooler.
https://twitter.com/bradenpierce24/status/1606334242123833345?s=20&t=NcT-8fW934ieOrldz9PxRA
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I caught up with Coach House about future Commodore Dante Kelly.

Decent amount of Boilermakers transferring out, any idea if they’re on the staff’s radar?

More on Vanderbilt's close win over Alabama A&M, here:

https://vanderbilt.rivals.com/news/vanderbilt-defeats-alabama-a-m-in-telling-close-win

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We caught up with Justin Lustig. He gives good insight on Kamrean Johnson.

This would make for quite the interesting opener next year!

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Getting out of Dodge/TsU




This is bizarre to me.....

Kentucky is an absolute machine compared to South Cackalacky and UK handled Missouri today. Beamer is a literal clown. SC is not good. How and why they lost to Kentucky (even without the SEC’s top QB Levis) is one of life’s great mysteries.

Went out with one of my best friends last night for a round before the holidays kick off, and despite the sheer randomness of the location, ran into a good chunk of the football coaching staff.

Said hi to a key member of the recruiting staff that I recognized, and he shared the following as we caught up:

1. Said he’s most excited overall about Dante Kelly and Martel Hight. He sounded like they stole someone else’s candy, and seemed confident both would flash quickly.
2. Most surprisingly, he went kind of blank when I asked about Kenric Lanier—eventually replying that the staff always viewed Lanier as the 4th-best of the 4 wideout signees, saying “he was always just a bonus.” Could be revisionist history after getting spurned (like a lot of us fans do), but he pretty sounded unfazed about losing him.
3. Said all 3 RB’s are better than anyone currently on the roster.
4. Said it will take the staff another class or two like this to get Vandy where it wants to be.

Heard a similar SEC coaching source speculate recently that Pimpton must have received at least $200K from LSU, based on the current NIL market. Insanity.

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I had to start with the offensive line because without offensive lineman then none of that other stuff matters. Blazek goes into great detail on each signee and also talks some returnees. Hope you enjoy!

Best thing about the completely boring game yesterday was the two teams getting together and having a joint prayer post game. Well done and classy. Not sure who instigated it but great to see. Ballsy at a woke place like Vanderbilt.

In other news, a lawsuit will surely be filed this afternoon on behalf of those offended.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Listening to Outkick 360 on the way home and Shannon Terry was just praising Lea’s program and how valuable vandy is in the SEC when it comes to NIL. He mentioned they are ahead of the curve.

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Vanderbilt is Pitt's only loss in its last nine games. Pitt is 2-0 in the ACC with wins over NC State and Syracuse, both on the road.

A very small consolation, I know. But, even Stack hasn't lost as a 31.5 point favorite. Yet.