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I have a brother and sister in Florida. When we played the Gators every season, they would come to Nashville for the game--my sister just about every year, my brother every several years. I would go to Florida when Vandy played there. Anyway, the Gators are #1 for my sister but she watches and cheers for Vandy #2. Her and her husband use 2 TV's for football Saturdays so she saw all of yesterday's game. When I got home from the game, I had several messages on my phone from her -are you home yet? call me. My brother is not much of a sports fan so he doesn't follow college football much. He called me later in the evening and said he saw the score on television and realized it must be a mistake so he got on his phone to find out the "real" score. I have enjoyed reading about some of the reactions some of you have gotten from friends or family. If you have one you would like to share, please do. And if you get some interesting reactions this week when you are out and about wearing your Vandy gear, let us know. We all know Coach Lea and the other coaches have to bring the players back down to earth, but as fans--we can keep on celebrating.

I hope everyone watches it, and listens carefully. Especially the haters, lol. And when I say haters, I mean the cynical, negative, hyper-emotional fans who rarely have anything positive to say. Those who are too quick to criticize and who always speak in hyperbole. Those who show up to the games, like Chester and Freida's, have every right to complain because they have shown that they care. And I will gladly take any crap they throw my way, lol.

Lea eloquently goes through his thoughts and emotions, and displays an understanding of what it takes to win at Vanderbilt. He loves the school, he is intelligent, and he is humble. He was not stubborn and he recognized the need to evolve. He is not perfect, but he is who I want to lead us. And I will take him over a James Franklin (selfish narcissist) every time. The school should give him all the tools that he needs to succeed - we will see if that happens.

But as he said, we have to win. That is what it's all about. Damn it feels good to win.

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I just got my renewal email. The folks at the NCC about to cost baseball a season ticket holder. I don't know who controls it in the end because the actual ticket price hasn't gone up but this is the second year in a row of a 20%+ increase in gift is starting to get out of control. The product on the field has been down drastically over the last couple of seasons. Keeping fans in the seats should be a priority at this point but it appears the NCC has a different opinion.

Lea swallowing his pride, firing his friend Lynch, and hiring Kill and Beck, is the second best Vanderbilt football hire in my lifetime behind the Franklin hire.

Not everyone is capable of making a move like that, most coaches egos won't let them.

Not sure how the Georgia State game happened, but there was only one way to make up for it, and last night did it!

Pay Kill and Beck whatever is needed for them to stay, they're worth it.

And, let's give credit where its due, Lea's defense is making plays now too.

Lets win some more, I want a bowl game this year!

Okay, grant me a little slack here. I'm not a particularly religious man; I'm not really superstitious either. However, I have spent some time in New Mexico; and I grew more and more curious about the sometimes shared mythology of the Navajos, Pueblo, Zuni, Hopi, and possibly Aztec people of the southwestern US.

Out west I first discovered the stories of KOKOPELLI (the trickster, the water bearer, the flute player, the bearer of fertility and good harvests). Kokopelli is not depicted as a all powerful deity; he is usually seen as rather small and at times with a limp. He however toots his own horn (or flute) to announce his arrival. He spreads music, celebration, prosperity, and fertility (the young women in some cultures feared him). However, as mentioned above he can be a TRICKSTER. Being somewhat unpredictable, he can fool the established know-it-alls.

There are many petroglyph depictions of Kokopelli. Some native cultures have indicated reincarnations of the lovable deity. Ask yourself is that really possible?

I don't know about you guys, but I see more than just a little spirit of KOKOPELLI in our own New Mexico TRICKSTER Diego Pavia. Could it be that "The Pissah" is in fact "The Water Bearer" ???

Posted anywhere? Not seeing it. Was looking forward to listening to it this morning.

Anybody knows where to find the Alabama radio broadcast archive for the game yesterday. I look at the Alabama website could not find it.

I would imagine that a good many of the tourists downtown on Sat. night had never even heard of Vanderbilt University. Well, they have now. There is no other way Vanderbilt could possibly get this type of recognition all across the country for free. The name Vanderbilt as the lead in every sportscast, mentioned several times in every TV football game that night , every halftime update and in a positive way. If this game does not convince the powers that be in the value of a strong athletic program, especially football----well then there is truly no hope for future success.

I’m fairly exhausted these days with 7 and 3 year old and a 4 month baby

Still wasn’t totally sure it had happened until morning coffee today.

What an unexpected unbelievable win. Congratulations to coach Lea & the staff the players and honestly most of all us long suffering fans.

We deserved that

Bama fan in front of me turned to me late in the 3rd quarter and said, “yall have played a perfect game.” I said, yep and we’ll have to continue to do so to have a chance to win.

We crushed the game plan, and the execution of how to have a chance to beat the #1 team in the country. Really well done to the coaching staff.

Incredible.

We’ve all been buddies for years. When I went through my divorce guys here we my friends. We have suffered for years. The whole country is talking about us. This was our night. For all the shit we’ve taken for loving our team. We are the few and the proud Vandy fans. Fellas enjoy this feeling. We’ve waited decades for this

After watching several thrilling videos of the goal post being carried to the river, I got to wondering. Realizing that probably not that many college stadiums are located in downtown areas in cities as large as Nashville, I wonder if anyone is aware of any other celebration that maybe occurred at another school where students and fans carried a goalpost 3 miles down a major road, thru of heart of downtown in a spontaneous celebration, catching police and everyone else by surprise. From the looks of it after dumping the goalpost in the river, the crowd remained on Lower Broad for some time, causing the police to block off Lower Broad. I loved it and wished I was there.

Unreal. Miami erases 3 TD lead in the 4th. Cam Ward is ridiculous.

Oh and Vanderbilt beat #1 Alabama today. I just needed to type that for the 50th time.

I was among the many who lamented us not getting an RB out of the portal before this season. After yesterday, I'd rather have Sed and Newberry than the Bama RB. Who would have thought anyone would say that?

They outplayed Bama's RBs and showed great hands on key catches out of the backfield all game. Hats off to both.

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right?!?!

First - nothing that I write below is meant to in any way diminish what Vanderbilt achieved yesterday. They totally deserved to win that game. They bullied Alabama on offense, dictated the pace of the game, dominated time of possession and won the turnover battle 2-0. That was the recipe for success, and they executed brilliantly. Congratulations to everyone associated with the program for a historical win.

Notwithstanding the above, I believe that they were only "allowed" to win that game because of this year's move to the 12-team playoff. Last year, when only 4 teams made the playoff, there is no way that the SEC would have allowed Alabama to lose to Vanderbilt as that likely would have been seen as disqualifying for Alabama to make the playoffs. But, this year, the SEC is looking at a virtual guaranteed 3 teams making the playoffs (GA, AL, TX) with many others in contention for another 2-3 spots (Miss, TAM, Ark, OK, LSU, MO, TN). A loss to Vanderbilt doesn't meaningfully jeopardize Alabama's chances of being in the Top 12, so the SEC could "let them play" yesterday. I am quite certain that last year there would have been a couple of calls made to facilitate an Alabama victory - maybe Capers' sack would have drawn a bogus personal foul for a high hit or unnecessary roughness or there would have been a holding call made to insure that Vanderbilt didn't score that last TD.

Thoughts?

Tonight we took down the evil empire. This is revenge for 2017. Somewhere Nifae is smiling