The hype around the teams in ‘12 and ‘13 were obviously different, but why did we not try to make this a Thursday night game?

Everything about this weekend is working against us crowd wise. A big chunk of Vandy fans are likely traveling for Labor Day weekend, VT fans can make the easy drive over to Nashville for the long weekend, it’s a sleepy 11am game, and neutral nashville CFB fans would rather sit on the couch and watch a full slate of games. If this was a Thursday night kick, people would still be in town, and those Nashville sports fans would happily come to a game just to see some CFB that doesn’t conflict with their team. Was this an option or did we just not even try to make this happen? It’s too obvious.

Get ready for 30k VT fans on Saturday. Why would they not all come to Nashville for week 1?

To be served at the stadium

Does anyone else keep signed out of the Rivals app? Like if you have it open, toggle away to do something else for a few mins, and then when you flip back you've been signed out?

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Diego Pavia:

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Marlen Sewell:

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Richie Hoskins:

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Got some buddies who want to go to the game and are looking for 2 tix. Willing to pay and Vandy fans. Message me on here or on Twitter @hcksqtjimduggan

FB, happy now? Nothing makes me happier than... well, making you happy.

How I see the depth chart:

CB: Martel Hight/Tyson Russell/Taco Wright
CB: Kolbey Taylor/Truedell Berry/Jaylin Lackey
FS: CJ Taylor/Marlen Sewell/Steven Sannienola
SS: Dontae Carter/De'Rickey Wright/Jalen Gilbert

Comments:
- On the whole, I feel like the secondary is a good bit better. Now, this time last year, you had receivers running through the secondary like it wasn't there, and that ended up being a much bigger indictment on the DBs than it was a statement about their WR corps, but it was nothing like that this August. We'll see when they play someone else.
- Some of these competitions were close; I think Hight beats out Russell but I'm not sure. I think Sewell is second-team but Sannienola was out there a good bit also. I think Carter beat out De'Rickey Wright but wouldn't be shocked to see De'Rickey get the first start due to experience.
- I feel like Kolbey Taylor's a pretty nice upgrade at one of the corner spots. But it's hard to say until I see it against someone else.
- Watch out for Jaylin Lackey. I know he played really well when Billy and Joey were at practice (I didn't see as much) but I could see him passing Berry either when the depth chart comes out, or maybe within a few weeks.

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Come get rowdy with the boys

Bama trying to get their first Natty in hoops seems like more of a realty than ever this year. Came across this twitter post about them and just makes me want to beat them in Memorial even more.

We have to take back our gym this season.

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Does anyone know if this is available anywhere other than Vandy sporting events?

https://vucommodores.com/conquer-and-prevail/

"Vanderbilt’s proceeds of the sale of Conquer and Prevail Pale Ale and merchandise will go to Opportunity Vanderbilt, the university’s no-loan financial aid program, which provides a wide variety of awards, including full-tuition scholarships for households with income of $150,000 or less. A portion of the proceeds will also be directed to the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research."

These are obviously some note-worthy causes that athletics benefits from, but why isn't this going to NIL? Seems like it makes sense in a changing landscape, but I really have zero insight. Candace doing Candace things? or is it just a bad NIL idea with little chance to make a dent in funding? I note that there are several collectives with beer or alcohol offerings that directly fund NIL. These are just the ones I can find quickly.

Volunteer Club Vodka - UTK
Country Road Trust - WVU
Swarm Golden Ale - IU
Horseshoe Golden Ale - BSU
Cincy Lite: UC
State Lite: PSU (of course Franklin is on it)

I mean if I have to start home brewing "Chubby V Lite" - all funds to NIL, I'm going to make it happen.

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Anfernee (9) & Joejuan (8) led the saints in tackles vs titans.

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I thought I'd share one of my favorite sports sites: https://cfb.guide/.

This is an excellent site for planning your TV viewing schedule. Enjoy, and Go Dores!

The entire marketing department at Vanderbilt should be fired today. Dore Jam was an embarrassment. I feel bad for the athletes. There was almost zero effort put into advertising it. They want to play in the SEC but do nothing to act like the SEC.

Worst crowd in years.

Georgia Tech just upset #10 FSU (which I love, the only team that I hate worse than FSU is UTjr) by running the ball down their throats.

If GT can do it, maybe we actually have a better shot at Virginia Tech than I thought.

Next Saturday can't get here fast enough!!

In 13 games last year Virginia Tech averaged 29.5 points per games. Do they get the over or the under against the Commodores?

I don’t get it.

What am I missing?