I am taking the over. Lots of baseball left to be played and Tim Corbin is still in charge.

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Florida shouldn’t be ranked on Monday. But somehow Kendall and Aaron and the rest of the bozos at D1 will still have them top 10.

This thread is prompted by comments in another. I believe CTC has said he likes to recruit two sport athletes when he can, or something like that.
Who are the best two sport high school athletes to have played for him?

Vandy up to #6.
Our remaining opponents:
@#3 A&M
#4 Tennessee
@#8 Kentucky
#22 Miss State
#24 Florida
@Georgia unranked

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Or at least a solid rumor.

I know, I know, there are a million kids in the portal and like 4 of them have committed. There are tons of options out there and more will show up in the next couple of weeks. But I'm tired of hitting refresh 20 times a day. I don't want to pay for some discord so I can follow the burner account of an unknown insider Confession: I'm not even sure what a 'discord' is or how you access it, but at this point I'm willing to figure it out if it gives me a transfer portal fix.

I need info. Rumors. Dollars. Timelines. I neeeeeeeeeeed it.

Somebody give me a little hit of something concrete Vandy transfer portal related to get me through the day. I'm a mess.

So - I am pained as most everyone else is to read about the deficiencies in the OL in yesterday’s scrimmage. Based on multiple reports it sounds like the IOL was the weakest link. While I certainly would never suggest that the OL will become a strength, here are a few reasons that I’m going to hold off on panic mode for now:

1) Klenakis is a pro. I think he will be able to develop some of these guys. The combination of Kill, Beck and Klenakis are going to figure out how to make some lemonade out of what they have. You have to count on that.

2) From reporting, virtually everything has changed in how the OL is practicing and the OL schemes. So, one would expect them to be pretty far behind the DL until they get more time in the new system.

3) Loisaga may have been the only IOL who played yesterday that will see the field next year. If healthy, Morgan is certainly a starter. Ketschek and Pitchford likely will play - none of those 3 played yesterday.

4) I assume that the coaches are currently auditioning all of the potential OTs. By Fall camp it is likely that at least one of the current OTs who is not going to start at OT will slide over to OG to get the best 5 guys on the field at once.

5) Plus, if they can get a starting OT in the portal this Spring, then they may be able to slide Hansen over to OG and he would immediately become the best IOL on the team. That would make a huge difference.

Just a few reasons to have a little hope IMO.

Getting Grayson Morgan back will help but it is obvious we need transfers and I mean upperclassmen experienced top of the line G5 or multi year starting P5 OL. How many? Four? When can we get these commits spring transfer portal? With NIL does that essentially remove the 85 player scholarship limit as you can simply pay “preferred walkons” tuition etc?

There is no way the coaches are going to enter summer workouts without adding significantly to our OL room correct?

Kentucky continues on its merry way, sweeping Alabama and standing at 11-1 in the conference.

Georgia leads MS State 5-4 in the third. Rubber game of the series following the brawl yesterday that saw 11 players in total ejected from the game.

Missouri leads Florida 8-4 in the 4th, going for the sweep.

S Carolina leads the Aggies 5-1 in the 6th, trying to avoid the sweep.

TN pounding Auburn 11-3 in the third in the rubber match of the series.

DNP:

• CJ Taylor
• Langston Patterson
• Grayson Morgan
• Jeffrey Ugo?
• Darren Agu

Takeaways:

• QB's looked shaky as a whole
• Johnson might be better throwing on the run as opposed to in the pocket, he will lower his shoulder (slippery, hard to tackle)
• Cole Spence is getting a lot of targets
• Bryan Longwell stands out
• Quincy Skinner made some tough catches
• Sedrick Alexander is running hard
• There are a lot more rotational pieces on the defensive line
• Khordae Sydnor receiving some Dayo Odeyingbo comparisons, and played well (talked a lot of smack today)
• Deago Benson is physical
• Marlen Sewell playing well
• Defense won the day, yet again
• Mirco had some good punts
• The offensive line really struggled today, defensive line dominated
• Will Faris drilled a long field goal
• Nate Johnson started well, but was shaky late (ran the ball well though)
• Seeing a lot more pushing the pile
• Gillespie ran hard
• Skinner made some crazy catches today

Some reaction from Zion Lawson, a DE target out of the Atlanta area

Vanderbilt was chosen to participate in the NCAA Championship field for the 18th consecutive year Wednesday, entering the 18-team field as the No. 2 seed in the Rochester, New York, Regional. The Commodores will play Northeast Conference champion Merrimack on April 5.

Trilly says Vandy is making a $erious play for him. He still says he considers Georgetown the leader

Elite PG transfer. We’re playing with the big boys in NIL

Pitching matchup is Carter Holton vs. someone TBD, my guess is that it's Javen Coleman

My son has a game at the same time so I'll be in and out of watching this one.

This is wild. A bunch of players from both teams to be ejected in the bottom of the 8th after a tag out at home by the catcher that resulted in partial bench clearing by both teams. Delay of at least 25 minutes in a tie game, 2-2 while the umpires and SEC staff in Birmingham decide what to do.

What is the official word on Vandy and Lawrence? There’s been crickets it feels like this portal cycle, but he also entered with a no contact tag.

I think someone might have rumored he’s likely staying in the SEC? I know Texas Tech was an option last year.

Has anyone from the AD given any updates on progress? Are there any forecasts on completions of various segments? I watch the live cameras daily because I'm an old retired fart with a VU engineering degree and sometimes nothing better to do. From what I've recently seen it seems like the new club house, locker rooms, and short game practice facilities at Vanderbilt Legends Club will finish 1st. There's a lot of Q-decking going in place now in the south end zone of the football stadium. Some pumping of concrete for decks should be following shortly. Work in the north end zone/Basketball Operations Center seems to be slowed; however, continuing work there may be out of view of the one live camera in place. I'm still not convinced that rapid completion of these projects is a HIGH priority due to the lack of weekend/overtime work. Please feel free to add anything you've seen, heard, or even rumors. It keeps me entertained.

Tallked with new TE offer Matt Maietti out of New Jersey who recently visited for spring practice this week. He camped with Vanderbilt last summer as well.

Holton starting - - who is middle reliever and closer?