It was in a loss, but. . .

“Darius Garland drops 27 of his 51 points in epic 4th quarter​

Darius Garland becomes the sixth player in NBA history with 50-plus points, 10-plus 3-pointers and five-plus assists in a game.” - ESPN

We all knew he was good, but I didn’t see the All-Star year coming or this kind of offense.

Section D, row 2. DM me.

To make sure the story didn’t get lost in the game thread. Foster brought up on the broadcast that on his official visit they brought him to Memorial gym and turned out all the lights and told him to imagine Vanderbilt retiring his jersey at the end of his playing career. Pretty cool..

That, in and of itself is very cool because that’s exactly what happened. Shan went on to say that Coach Stallings came down to his home gymnasium in Kenner, Louisiana and told him that “if I beat you in a game if horse, you’re going to commit to Vanderbilt tonight.” Foster said “no way you’re going to beat me in my home gym.” He went on to say that he lost to Stallings but it wasn’t just the fact that he lost, it’s that Stallings beat Foster on a half court behind the back shot!

Classic Kevin Stallings.

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Doing this at 1 on Friday afternoon. Joey and I will do some preseason picks for awards and roles and such and then take your questions.

Construction has restarted in and around Neyland Stadium now that Tennessee's home football schedule is over.

The south end of the stadium has been fenced off. Construction crews are cleaning out and demolishing dorm rooms and offices in multiple levels of the old South Stadium Hall dorm structure, which opened in 1948.

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I'll try to answer these on Friday.

15/8 with 4 blocks on 7-7 (1-1) shooting for Luke Kornet vs the Hawks.

Looks like Todd Downing caught a DUI last night. Hopefully the Twitter link works.

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Vanderbilt's had a big past six days, winning an SEC football game at Kentucky and pulling an overtime basketball win at Temple. Vanderbilt play-by-play man Andrew Allegretta joins us to talk about both.

Morehead State is 2-2 and was blown out by West Virginia and Indiana. The Eagles were the media and coaches' preseason pick to win the OVC (a league that's quickly taking on water) despite returning just one starter.

Anyway, enter your pre-, in- and post-game thoughts here. Joey has another engagement and so I'll be there covering.

Not looking good so far.

Johnston (IA) 2024 tight end Jacob Simpson recently picked up another SEC opportunity from Vanderbilt, picking up an offer from the Commodores on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

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The 6-foot-5, 220-pound recruit out of Johnston, IA. spoke with VandySportsDotCom about how it felt to collect the opportunity from Vanderbilt and detailed his interest in the program.

"It feels great picking up another offer from the best conference in college football," Simpson said. "I've been in contact with various coaches for the past month, thankfully picking up the offer from Coach Lustig recently. I'm excited to visit and learn more about Vanderbilt's culture."

Simpson said that he really enjoyed his conversation with Vanderbilt associate head coach, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Justin Lustig and liked how the coach felt he could be implemented into the Commodores' offense.

"It was great talking to Coach Lustig," Simpson said. "I really liked his enthusiasm and vision for how my skill set can be used in multiple ways within the Commodores' offense."

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In addition to the opportunity from Vanderbilt, Simpson has also picked up offers from Louisville, Missouri and Texas Tech. Simpson has also garnered the interest of Iowa, Iowa State and Yale.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Vanderbilt athletic director Paul Hoolahan died Wednesday at the age of 72.
Hoolahan took over the athletic department when Roy Kramer left to serve as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. During his tenure at Vanderbilt, Hoolahan led a significant modernization and improvement of the department’s business operation, fundraising efforts and facilities.
He then left Nashville to take over as executive director of the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, a position that he held until he retired in 2019. Hoolahan cemented the Sugar Bowl as one of the top postseason games in college football. The contest hosted five national championship games in the Bowl Championship Series before joining the New Year’s Six bowls and the rotation to host College Football Playoff semifinal games.
A native New Yorker, Hoolahan played football at North Carolina, which is where he got his start in athletics administration before arriving joining Vanderbilt.
Hoolahan is survived by his wife, Katherine, and three daughters: Kate, Molly and Megan.

Desert Mountain (AZ) 2024 tight end Dillon Hipp is one of the latest recruitment targets to earn an offer from Vanderbilt, picking up the opportunity from the Commodores on Thursday, Nov. 10

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The 6-foot-6, 230-pound recruit out of Scottsdale, AZ. spoke with VandySportsDotCom about how it felt to pick up an SEC opportunity from Vanderbilt and detailed his interest in the Commodores' program.

"It feels great getting an offer since they're a great academic school and in the SEC," Hipp said. "They have been contacting me since September."

Hipp said that he talked to Vanderbilt associate head coach, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Justin Lustig.

"I've talked to Coach Lustig and I've liked how he looks at things and I like his mindset as well," Hipp said.

Hipp said that he's eager to learn more about Vanderbilt's program and is interest in visiting campus over the offseason.

"I'm definitely interest in checking out Vanderbilt, maybe a visit I'll look into planning this offseason," Hipp said.

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In addition to the offer from Vanderbilt, Hipp has also received opportunities from Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Colorado State, Duke, Iowa State, Kansas, New Mexico State, Northern Iowa, Oregon, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Washington and Washington State. Wisconsin has also been looking at the 2024 recruit.

More on new 2023 OL target and in-state product Barrett Maddox and his visit and offer from Vandy on Thursday

Hopefully the guys build off of the big road win and get their first home victory.

Happy to text/email screenshots of tickets. DM me.

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Maddox is on an unofficial visit with Vanderbilt today. He's an in-state OL that has picked up P5 offers from UCLA and Kansas throughout the fall. He recently took a trip to UCLA to check them out. He's also drawn some interest from Auburn and Florida as well. Hearing an offer from Vanderbilt is likely to come and if it does, would slot the Commodores as the favorites.

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The latest with McBride, post NC State visit

St louis CRUSHED Murray State who just beat A&M by 9. Makes Memphis’ loss to SL not look so bad.

Kankakee (IL) 2024 offensive tackle Marques Easley recently picked up another SEC offer from Vanderbilt, announcing the opportunity from the Commodores over social media on Nov. 13.

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The 6-foot-7, 300-pound recruit out of Kankakee, Illinois spoke with VandySportsDotCom about how it felt to collect an offer from Vanderbilt and detailed how long the Commodores have been involved in his recruitment and which coaches he's connected with.

"It feels good to have a high academic SEC program offer me," Easley said. "The whole staff but mainly Coach Blazek. I just loved the staff's energy and loved what they were showing."

Easley said that he's intrigued by the Commodores' football program and plans to visit in January.

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"I'm planning to go some time in January," Easley said. "I'm excited to see what they're all about and see the new program they've been making."

The Commodores are the second program from the SEC to offer Easley as he's also landed an offer from Missouri. Easley has also picked up opportunities from Boston College, Campbell, Cincinnati, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois and Miami (OH)

I can’t make it Saturday, I have 2 tickets Section J Row 8 along with a parking pass.
Make offer, I have Venmo.