I am driving in from South Carolina for the game tomorrow.

Do I need a parking pass? Used to park over at Centennial Park years ago and walk over. Can we still park there?

I believe we have a MBB visitor this weekend. Jace Posey? Sean, can you confirm?

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Caught up with the Smyrna (Tenn.) LB prospect and current Memphis commit this evening. Carter just picked up an offer from Vanderbilt and there is mutual interest on both sides.

"I'm very interested in their program," Carter said of Vandy. "I like their motto and mind set of getting Vanderbilt back on top along with the way they run their program."

Carter noted he had been talking with Vandy's coaching staff for a while before Nick Lezynski extended an offer. He plans to visit West End for a game sometime this fall.

Wake Forest also just offered and are making a big push. Duke is showing interest, but hasn't offered yet. So, that's where he's at with his recruiting process currently.

In terms of what coaches like about his film, this is what Carter had to say.

"They say they like how I’m relentless to the ball, my speed and quick twitch, and my physicality along with versatility to make tackles in the open field and in the the box."

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Chris Lee and Seabass discuss some things that popped from the Hawaii game and do some critical analysis in terms of concerns and areas where there appeared to be improvement. Defense is a big topic, as is whether the Commodores can generate a consistent downfield passing game. Also discussed are the staff's for the dismissal of Daniel Martin and Maurice Edwards and the criticisms that have ensued from that.

She’ll join the George Plaster Show today. At 4:20 pm.

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Mike Wright's mph on 87 yard td

Of all runs for tds last year in the nfl....his run would have been 6th best and according to MW he didn't hit top speed....( out of bounds interview....which was awesome....on SEC Network tonight)

As of midnight last night, coaching staffs can directly contact 2024 prospects. Here are some social media graphics that have been tweeted out and updates below.

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Don't know how this slipped through:
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Usually during the season, a week between games seems like a week, because, well, honestly, who's in a big hurry for the next loss?

But, after a 53 point win, a week feels like a month!! Damn, it's only Wednsday? I got my kick the crap out of our next opponent shoes on!

This is what it feels like to be an SEC team, huh? I had forgotten, 2012 was 10 years ago. Feels more like 20.....

Anchor Down!⚓️👇

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First P5 offer for Foster. Also holds offers from Army, Navy, and Marshall

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Why can’t we have nice things…

Where in the world was Patrick Smith Saturday evening... anyone have any idea? I felt he had moved to the top back position by end of year last year, and most seemed to feel he had edged out Rocko as the #2 behind R. Davis. Rocko had a solid game Saturday, but just was surprised we NEVER saw Smith in the game? Does he have an injury I missed somewhere? Thx

It's been a great week for Vanderbilt football, but that was dampened somewhat by Wednesday's dismissal of freshmen Maurice Edwards and Daniel Martin, two highly-rated recruits who didn't play in the opener. Chris Lee and Kevin discuss that, some takeaways from the Hawaii game (including an energetic defensive approach) and more.

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Not much new info here but thought I'd put a bow on the situation.

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Former Vanderbilt and NFL star Corey Chavous watched the Hawaii game with trained eyes, and came away impressed. Corey talks about what he liked on how coordinators Nick Howell and Joey Lynch did in calling games, outstanding performances by BJ Anderson, Max Worship, Mike Wright and Rocko Griffin, about what lies ahead with the Elon game, and a whole lot more.

Don’t care where they are located. Wanting to take the family

Stats - I like them. They tell a story. By no means the whole story, but trends.
Let me be clear I am not saying our point output is a trend -- but the stat below is eye-opening. Disturbing about 2021 as well.

We scored 189 points in 2021 (15.75 ppg).
We Scored 63 points last night.
That means we have achieved 33.3% of our 2021 season point total in week zero.

This January will mark the 20th anniversary of my/our coverage at VandySports. Thanks to all of you for being here, especially those here since the beginning (and there are many of you!).
Here’s what we intend to provide in the coming year, and then at the end, some places I could use help from the community.

What we’ll provide
This is what I plan to do. As most of you know, I underwent open-heart surgery on May 5 and the good news is, now that I have fully recovered I have way more energy to do my job this year than I have in recent years… which is good news, because I’ve got a lot planned.

Football

• Wall-to-wall coverage of fall camp. (Nine practices so far, I’ve made them all.)
• Full game coverage. I should be there for all home games/postgame press conferences. I’ll watch the road games from TV.
• In-week press conferences. I plan to be at those asking questions; they’re usually every Tuesday.
• Weekly 3-2-1 feature.
• Weekly mailbag
• Podcasts, probably three a week in season, with some in the off-season ones thrown in as appropriate.
• Wall-to-wall spring practice coverage.
• The normal recruiting and prospect camp coverage that Sean Williams provides.

Basketball

• Coverage of all major games and most of the minor ones. (Holidays and travel to see in-laws may cut off a few of those.) Again, I’ll attend the press conferences with these.
• Weekly 3-2-1 feature.
• Weekly mailbag feature.
• Podcasts in season, probably two a week, maybe three, with some off-season episodes as needed.

Baseball

• I generally try to cover two out of three on major weekends as my family schedule permits.
• Coverage of some mid-week games; the Lipscomb and Belmont games, major mid-week opponents and some early mid-week games against no-name opponents are generally on the list of what I can do.
• Attend some of the mid-week press conferences as able.
• The weekly 3-2-1 feature.
• The mailbag.
• One or two baseball-related podcasts a week.

Where I could use help
I’ve spent 20 years and somewhere north of 10,000 hours working at the site; I’ve given it my best shot but it’s never been enough to earn a living without working elsewhere. What I make here is through website subscriptions and podcasts ads and I’m a contractor on each, so there’s no guaranteed salary and no benefits and I pay the extra 6.5% self-employment tax on top of that. I have no expense account for travel or anything; that all comes out of our family budget. The price is the same as it was 20 years ago (that's out of my control). As for hiring out, I simply don’t have enough support right now to justify additional help outside Sean Williams, who does a wonderful job with our recruiting.
So with that, here are ways you can help, any of which are appreciated:

1. Become a sponsor. I have found that it is impossible to solicit sponsorship outside of the current fan base; businesses and corporations consider the Vanderbilt market too small to bother. Basically, if those of you reading this don’t help, nobody will. I’d love to have sponsors for content for each sport, or just additional sponsors for the podcast, or if you have another idea for new content you'd like to sponsor, I’ll consider it.
2. Support our sponsors. If you have need of a dentist, please visit Jody Jones. If you need a personal injury attorney, Sutherland & Belk should be your guys. And even if you don’t need them, please drop them a note telling them you appreciate their support of our podcast.
3. Extend your subscription. If you’re month-to-month, please consider an annual subscription.
4. Tell a friend. Word of mouth to bring in other subscribers always helps. And if you’re sharing a sub with someone else, I’d kindly ask you not to do that and ask that person to get their own sub; it cuts into what I can make.
5. Tips and donations. I’ve just started a separate PalPal account for the business; if you’d like to offer something one-time or recurring, either is appreciated. (And if you’d specifically like to tip Sean, that would be great also, please let me know if you want something earmarked for him.)

6. Subscribe (for free) to our YouTube channel. If we get to 1,000, I can earn a little extra income that day. Just follow this link and hit the red “subscribe” button:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBvCKCYHsFoH1s6Oy-6E7lw

7. Add a nice rating and review of our show on Apple Podcasts or any other destination that allows ratings and reviews.

Again, I can’t thank those of you here enough for what you’ve done. I’m very much looking forward to serving you this year.

An updated list of Vanderbilt players that have entered the transfer portal. Will include any transfer additions on this list as well once they occur.