You can tell how excited he is.

It's nice to see Vanderbilt being talked about in a positive light. He is such a good spokesman for Vanderbilt.

Love this guy....

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Corey Chavous discusses what went right and wrong on offense, defense and special teams against Wake, including the roles of fatigue and communication. Corey also compares Vanderbilt and Wake athletically, talks about where the Demon Deacons are susceptible, gives some pro-related thoughts on Mike Wright, Anfernee Orji, Will Sheppard and a whole lot more.

Isn’t that back to back?

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Former Commodore basketball great Will Perdue talks about beating Elon and where the program is mentally heading into the Wake Forest game after a 2-0 start. He and Chris Lee also talk about the basketball schedule--which was released in full this week--with Will telling what he expects Vanderbilt's record to be heading into league play. Will also tells us which ex-teammate ran extra sprints in practice thanks to his TV-watching habits.

Good article about the day in the life of VU recruiting coordinator Nik Valdiserri. This is from a month ago but just showed up on my Twitter feed. It didn't show up on my feed on the Athletic site, although I'm following VU Football there. It's behind their paywall, so I'll just post a few snippets.

"Similar to the way Notre Dame prioritized recruits when Valdiserri worked with the Fighting Irish, Vanderbilt categorizes its prospects with three tiers.

The top tier is reserved for commits and players the program is aggressively pursuing. The second tier, a group that Vanderbilt refers to as “hold,” is the list of players the Commodores have offered but who may be missing a trait — whether that’s academically or athletically. There are exceptions, but Vanderbilt signees are expected to have a 3.0-grade point average in order to stay in line with the school’s rigorous academic standards. Then the third tier is a group the Commodores call “monitor” — prospects who are local with lower-level offers or players whom Vanderbilt has already evaluated in the event something falls through in the top tiers."

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Valdiserri has the title of director of recruiting, but the department is headed up by Barton Simmons, Lea’s childhood friend who was previously a national recruiting analyst at 247Sports. Simmons, Valdiserri and the rest of the staff are charged with identifying prospects who can handle the academic workload at Vanderbilt and — perhaps more importantly — compete in the SEC.

“We’re trying to send the message, ‘You’re not coming here for anything but to play football at Vanderbilt,'” Valdiserri said. “And I know it all sounds crazy, too, like, ‘Oh, you’ve got the degree, you’ve got the city,’ but if we’re having kids choose Vanderbilt football because of the academics, then we’re doing an injustice to our program. This has to be a football decision for our guys that we’re recruiting.”

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He jokes that maybe he’ll run a brewery in 15 years, given all of his different interests. But for now, this is all he can think about. And working for Lea was a no-brainer.

“I knew if he offered me a job … I would have probably taken it regardless just because of who he was. Or who he is,” Valdiserri says. “And so I always joke with recruits, it’s kind of my sales pitch, ‘If he had moved to Alaska and wanted to build a program there — I would have been following suit.”’"

Nm

So Vegas Insider has us as a 6 point underdog. Other sites line up at 12. Not a bettor but what gives?

While speaking at the Little Rock Touchdown Club on Tuesday, the former Tigers coach humorously discussed the details of his exit. He specifically mentioned a meeting he had with LSU athletic director Scott Woodward to finalize the terms of his departure.

"We had a meeting," Orgeron said reflecting on the meeting in October 2021, "(Scott Woodward) said, 'Coach, things aren't going well.' And I said, "No sh-t, Ray Charles could see that."

"He told me, 'You've got $17.1 million left on your contract and we're gonna give it to you.' I said, 'What time do you want me to leave and what door do you want me out of?'"

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There's an app called "Stakes" that sponsors my SEC show. The app offers you a way to bet (at no cost) on games just for fun (no money involved) and you can make up your own bets, too, and win NFT's if you're successful.

If you don't mind, please go to playwithstakes.com/14 and sign up. You can use the promo code SOUTHEASTERN14 to get some extra coins. (Or you should just be able to download the "Stakes" app in your App Store).

I've put in a few bets on Vanderbilt this weekend, so that would be a good starting point. And if you want to create a question or two of your own, that'd be great.

Wake Forrest plays VMI tonight at 6:30 central time on the ACC network.

Im pretty sure that I don't have the ACC network, but I will be keeping up with it as much as possible.

How much of an advantage is Wake having a couple of days extra to rest and prepare for us? Not sure, but I would think/hope that our staff has been working some Wake stuff into some of our preseason practices.

Lotta buzz on twitter and the Wake boards that he’ll be back for the game on Saturday, all the Wake people think he’ll be back, not just the fans.

This month's concept is a service based business that is an in-demand niche’.

-Ability to own semi absentee with 12-15 hours weekly commitment
-Truly recession resistant model / focused on service and repairs instead of new construction
-Limited national competition / most competitors are small local businesses
-Strong national partnerships / zero supply chain issues
-High, constant demand services / 9 billion dollar industry
-Fast to ramp/break even/profitability
-Low monthly overhead / owners work from home / manage your business from a laptop-cell phone
-Strong internal support / Virtual technician training program, multiple peer groups, coaches with industry success

Thanks for playing everyone!

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Jones has offers from Colorado State, Duke, Iowa State, Air Force, Navy, and NC State. He's got an official scheduled with NC State later this month

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SEC Network should take a page from the B1G.

They replay the games 60 minutes. They show 90% of the plays. It's a fantastic way to catch up on the games without committing too much time.

Love watching Marvin Harrison Jr. play for Ohio State. Makes me feel very old.

Let's beat them.

The show is presented by Dr. Jody Jones DDS, the guest line is presented by Michael Kendrick of The Kendrick Group and the mailbag is presented by Sutherland & Belk.

I'll do this around 8 p.m. Central on Thursday.

Can’t wait to watch this. It’s at 7pm CT on SECN tonight.

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Game is over before it’s even played.

The show is presented by Dr. Jody Jones DDS, the guest line is presented by Michael Kendrick of The Kendrick Group and the mailbag is presented by Sutherland & Belk.

I'll do this around 11 Central on Wednesday.

I guess they made two because its Labor Day Weekend?



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