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Commodores Demolish Tennessee 65-47
Well we figured out which team would show up tonight.Vandy controlled this one throughout. Granted Tennessee is even worse offensively than Georgia or Alabama, but the Commodores committed to the defensive game and pretty much shut down Trae Golden. Tennessee is a significantly different team at home than on the road, but regardless, there's nothing sweeter than a good old...
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20 days ago
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Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee: Who Will Show Up?
Tennessee and Vanderbilt square off in Memorial Gym tonight at 7:00 EST/6:00 CST. Both teams come into the game with questions remaining about their identity, and both are looking to provide evidence that the issues that have plagued them are things of the past.As with the Vanderbilt-Mississippi State game, both teams appear to have reversed course on their goals to show they are...
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20 days ago
Commodores Fall in Overtime to Mississippi State
Mississippi State started the second half on a 20-2 run after the Commodores dominated in the 1st half, and was 9-10 from downtown in the second half and overtime. Still, Vanderbilt hung tough and came back giving themselves a shot to win both at the end of regulation and at the end of overtime. Alas, neither shot fell. Watching the reply at home after the game (several times), I...
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23 days ago
Who Ya Got: Vanderbilt Hosts #15 Mississippi State
#15 Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt at Memorial Gym
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23 days ago
Great Job, NOW DO IT AGAIN: Mississippi State at Vanderbilt
Ah being a fan. Just when your team does something great, you have to be pleased yet again just a couple of days later.The twitter world, blogosphere, and media are abuzz about the resurgent Commodores after their impressive win at Alabama on Thursday night. There's many a glowing response to the Dores' victory, but Andy Katz sums it up that folks should be buying in.Frankly, I...
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23 days ago
Post-Game Thoughts on the Alabama Win
As Stanimal said, the final score wasn't indicative of how close the game was. I watched the game later on DVR with an idea that things were going to end well, but wihtout knowing exactly how or what that would look like. Perhaps watching it without the benefit of commercials affected the experience, but I didn't feel like we were dominating, and then all of a sudden, we...
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25 days ago
Vandy Throttles Alabama 69-59
That score really wasn't indicative of the Commodores dominating performance. Recap coming tomorrow. Post your thoughts on the game here.
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25 days ago
Vanderbilt vs. Alabama: A Pivotal Game for Vandy's Tournament Resume
Vanderbilt travels to Tuscaloosa tonight to take on the Crimson Tide in its first match-up against one of the teams in the top five of the conference. This game is not a must-win at all, but it's a game that Vandy fans should be paying close attention to as it is a barometer of how far we've really come since the beginning of December.With the exception of throttling Marquette...
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25 days ago
Commodores Down Dawgs 77-66; Remain Perfect in SEC
It wasn't always pretty, but the Commodores survived the Georgia Bulldogs this afternoon at Memorial Gym 77-66. Vanderbilt led by just 4 points with 1:19 left after Lance missed a free throw and Jeffery Taylor was whistled for not only a loose ball, but also a technical foul that gave Georgia 2 free throws and a 1 and 1. Mark Fox's team would not get any closer, as the Commodores...
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January 14, 2012
VSL Welcomes New Coaches George Barlow and Josh Gattis
These are great hires. Barlow, who comes to Vandy from New Mexico, will serve as DB coach and recruiting coordinator for the defensive side of the ball. Gattis leaves a job as WR coach at Western Michigan to serve as receivers coach and recruiting coordinator for the offense. Barlow has strong recruiting connections in VA and Gattis really knows his way around FL. Love it. Welcome...
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January 13, 2012
Race and Recruiting
An article by Olin Buchanan over at Rivals shines a spotlight on James Franklin's recruiting success and asks whether black coaches have an edge in attracting high school prospects. The upshot? There isn't much of one really, as the article cites anecdotal evidence going both ways. Even when it comes to the anecdotes, the article is pretty thinly researched for such a...
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January 12, 2012
Colorado State QB Pete Thomas Considering Transfer to Vanderbilt
Conflicting reports have surfaced in the past 24 hours about CSU quarterback Pete Thomas. What we know right now is that the Rivals 4-star QB, who set single-season completion percentage and freshman passing yard records in his first season under center at Colorado State, is at least considering Vanderbilt as a transfer destination as former Alabama OC Jim McElwain prepares to take...
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January 11, 2012
Commodores Dominate South Carolina 67-57
The final score is not reflective of how the Commodores controlled this game. The bench allowed USC to end the game on a 14-2 run. Brad Tinsely and Lance Goulbourne played great, while John Jenkins got hot in the second, scoring 12 of his team leading 14 points. Brad added 13, Jeffery had 11, and Stevie Thunder poured in 10. A good game for Vanderbilt who played an excellent 16 minutes...
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January 10, 2012
Live-Blogging Vanderbilt at South Carolina
Live-Blogging Vanderbilt @ South CarolinaThe game will be nationally televised on ESPNU
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January 10, 2012
DBs Coach and Co-Recruiting Coordinator Wesley McGriff Also Out at Vandy
Jeff Lockridge has confirmed that he took a job as co-defensive coordinator at Ole Miss. Another very tough coaching loss for Vandy, especially as it relates to recruiting. Will be very interesting to see how CJF fills these positions and what happens between now and Signing Day.
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January 06, 2012
Jeff Lockridge's Blog Must Read Today
If you haven't already, the Tennessean's Vanderbilt beat report has some really interesting stuff today on his blog that you need to read.First, Lockridge confirms what we all knew: Chris Beatty is headed to Illinios to be the co-offensive cooridnator. This is a huge blow down on the field and off the field. Coach Beatty had done a great job with the wide receivers this season...
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January 04, 2012
Vandy a 9-Seed in Lunardi's Latest Bracketology
His updated projections have five SEC teams in the Dance. Sounds about right to me.
By the way, for those who were otherwise occupied watching football last night (guilty), the Dores held off Miami of Ohio by a score of 69-62. Coming off the bench, freshman Brian Sullivan went off for the Red Hawks and sunk 8 of 10 from behind the arc. Jenkins responded with five 3s and 26...
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January 03, 2012
Chris Beatty Reportedly Headed to Illinois
Losing your recruiting coordinator a month before Signing Day is never ideal, but that's especially true when he's lined up what projects to be easily the best recruiting class in school history. A tough blow to the program on the heels of a tough loss Saturday.
On a side note, Beatty had also done a very nice job with the wide receivers this year. Assuming this report...
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January 02, 2012
Commodores Fall 31-24 in Liberty Bowl
3/4 of the VSL Braintrust is in Memphis and headed to the Vanderbilt party at the Peabody Hotel so you'll have to wait a day or so for our post-game thoughts. However, despite a tough loss this afternoon, this season has to be considered a tremendous success. Although there is work left to be done, there is resson to believe the future is bright for Coach James Franklin and our...
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December 31, 2011
More From the Washington Post Feature on James Franklin
Eric Prisbell's blog on Washintonpost.com goes more in-depth on his 2 days with Coach Franklin. In this entry, Franklin talks a lot about the difficulties he faced when coming to Vanderbilt, specifically the negative expectations and the over-riding sense that the Commodores were seen as a perpetual doormat in the SEC. The feature running in today's Washington Post
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December 30, 2011
If You're Going to Criticize, You Gotta Praise Too
What a difference a game makes.Last night's thorough thrashing of Marquette in their own gym deserves quite a bit of praise, particularly to those guys who have received a great deal of criticism (from yours truly included). Probably the #1 person who deserves a bit of praise is Kevin Stallings, though to hear him tell it from his post-game presser, he claims he had nothing to...
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December 30, 2011
Commodores Dominate Marquette 74-57
Without question the Commodores most complete game of the 2011-12 season. While not a "must win," it was a "really need to win" (or "get right" if you're Jimmy Dykes) game for Vanderbilt. Great win, hopefully the first of many. VSL player of the game: Lance Goulbourne 13 points, 16 rebounds.
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December 29, 2011
VSL Live-Blog: Vanderbilt at #13 Marquette on ESPN2
VSL Live-Blog: Vanderbilt Travels to #13 Marquette
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December 29, 2011
The Washington Post Shows James Franklin the Love
Eric Prisbell, the Washington Post beat reporter for the Terapins, writes a great profile of the former Maryland Coach-in-Waiting who has lead the Commodores to a bowl game in his first season. Think Maryland fans wish they still had Franklin? Me too.
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December 29, 2011
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