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Saturday Predictions: Missouri at Vanderbilt
After two weeks of cupcake opponents, Vanderbilt will get back to the grind of facing undefeated SEC opponents when Missouri comes to Nashville on Saturday. The meeting is the second between the Commodores and Tigers as SEC foes. Last year, the 'Dores took advantage of a shaky Mizzou offensive line ...
Better Know a SEC Opponent: the Missouri Tigers
The School: The University of Missouri Record: 4-0 (5-7 in 2012) Ranking: 30th in the AP poll and 31st in the Coaches'. The formulas have them rated 24th in the Real Time RPI and 11th (!) in Warren Nolan's rankings. Mascot: Tigers. The Show Me State is pretty much ground zero for uninspired ...
The Commodore Review: How Vanderbilt Really Looked in Their 52-24 Win Over UAB
That was the performance that Vanderbilt fans had been expecting from this offense. After four weeks of inconsistent play and an offense that had few realistic threats outside of Jordan Matthews, the Commodores finally found their rhythm in a 52-24 home win over Conference USA foe Alabama-Birmingham. The three players ...
ESPN 100 Point Guard Riley LaChance Picks Vanderbilt Basketball for 2014
Assistant coach Yanni Hufnagel was hired from Harvard to help step up Vanderbilt's recruiting game. So far he's doing a hell of a job. Hufnagel helped the Commodores land their third commitment for 2014 on Monday, getting a "yes" from four-star point guard Riley LaChance of Brookfield, WI. LaChance is ...
With Lane Kiffin Fired, Will USC Come Calling for Vanderbilt's James Franklin?
Lane Kiffin might have found a way to stick it to the Commodores one last time. The former Tennessee coach saw his embattled tenure at Southern California end last night, opening up one of the highest-profile coaching positions in the country. Kiffin helped take the Trojans from National Championship contenders ...
Vanderbilt Starts Strong, Beats UAB 52-24 to Improve to 3-2 Overall
One week after allowing UMass hang around until the fourth quarter, Vanderbilt finally got a confidence-building win when they defeated Alabama-Birmingham 52-24 on Saturday night. The Commodores didn't come out like a house on fire, but they did score on their second possession to put the Blazers on their heels ...
Saturday Predictions: Alabama-Birmingham at Vanderbilt
Despite a few bright moments, Vanderbilt's 2013 season has had all the momentum of a draining bathtub. In four weeks of play, the Commodores have gotten some big plays out of Jordan Matthews and seen some big holes open up across the rest of this roster. This was entirely evident ...
Better Know a Conference USA Opponent: The UAB Blazers
The School: The University of Alabama at Birmingham Record: 1-2 (3-9 in 2012) Ranking: 105th in the Real Time RPI (behind four I-AA programs), 98th in Warren Nolan's rankings. Mascot: Blazers. In this case, a dragon and not a piece of Brooks Brothers apparel. Location: Birmingham, Alabama. Conference: Conference USA. Or, as ...
The Commodore Review: How Vanderbilt Really Looked in Their 24-7 Win Over UMass
It was supposed to be a morale-boosting blowout win. Instead, Vanderbilt found a way to make a 17-point road win something to be concerned about. Vanderbilt let a bad UMass team hang around for entirely too long, allowing the Minutemen several opportunities to pull off a program-defining upset in Foxboro ...
Vanderbilt Grinds Out Victory Over UMass, 24-7
After a sloppy first half and an impassioned halftime speech from Senior OL Wesley Johnson, the Commodores buckled down for a much stronger third and fourth quarters featuring two touchdowns and a defensive shutout en route to a 24-7 victory over the Massachusetts Minutemen. The Commodores did notch their first first ...
Saturday Predictions: Vanderbilt at UMass
The question isn't really if Vanderbilt will beat Massachusetts on Saturday - it's if the Minutemen will be able to put together a tougher showing than their 49-7 loss from 2012. James Franklin and his staff knew exactly what they were getting when they entered into a four-game agreement with ...
Previewing Vanderbilt at UMass with the UMass Football Blog's UMass74
Vanderbilt and Massachusetts have absolutely none of the makings of a natural rivalry, but a four-game pact will make the two familiar foes by the time 2018 rolls around. Despite the differences in the two schools, their campuses, and their football programs, they are united by a common thread. Each ...
Better Know a MAC Opponent: Massachusetts
The School: The University of Massachusetts Record: 0-3 (1-11 in 2012) Ranking: 146th in the Real Time RPI (behind 23 I-AA programs), 114th in Warren Nolan's rankings. Mascot: Minutemen Location: Amherst, Massachusetts Conference: MAC (formerly Colonial Athletic Association, formerly Atlantic 10, etc) In the past 10 years vs. Vanderbilt: In year two ...
Austyn Carta-Samuels "Wrongly Identified" in Chris Boyd's Texts, Not Involved in Cover-Up According to Police
According to Nashville police, Austyn Carta-Samuels did not help move the victim's passed out body after an alleged rape and sexual battery took place in a Vanderbilt dorm this summer. Carta-Samuels, Vanderbilt's starting quarterback, had been implicated by text messages sent by former wide receiver Chris Boyd as playing a ...
Chris Boyd Dismissed From Vanderbilt Football Team
Chris Boyd is no longer with the Vanderbilt football program. University officials announced on Tuesday that Boyd's actions were too much for the team to move past, acting to move beyond suspension and dismiss him from the team outright. Here's what Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs Beth Fortune had ...
Four-Star Shooting Guard Matthew Fisher-Davis Commits to Vanderbilt for 2014
Vanderbilt basketball's quest to restock the cupboards after losing an entire recruiting class took another step in the right direction on Monday. Assistant coach Yanni Hufnagel continued to prove his worth as a summer hire by helping to bring in Charlotte, North Carolina guard Matthew Fisher-Davis this week. Fisher-Davis is ...
The Commodore Review: How Vanderbilt Really Looked in Their 35-25 Loss to South Carolina
Vanderbilt has some trouble finishing games - but that's not nearly as troublesome as the team's inability to start them. Another slow start doomed Vanderbilt on Saturday, as South Carolina ran out to an early 28-0 lead and hung on to fend off the Commodores in a 25-35 loss. The ...
Vanderbilt Can't Catch Up After South Carolina's Hot Start, Falls to Gamecocks 35-25
Late in the second quarter, a commercial touting Vanderbilt University splashed across the screen of a national broadcast on ESPN. It was the third best thing that happened in the first half of the Vanderbilt/South Carolina game for the Commodores. South Carolina nearly ran the 'Dores out of Columbia early, ...
Should Chris Boyd Be Allowed to Come Back to Vanderbilt Football?
It was much worse than we thought. When Chris Boyd was named in an arrest warrant one week after four of his former teammates were indicted on sexual battery and aggravated rape charges, Vanderbilt fans were surprised. He hadn't been named as a witness prior to that day, and his ...
Chris Boyd Pleas to Misdemeanor, Gets Probation
Chris Boyd reached a plea deal with Nashville prosecutors on Friday, agreeing to testify against his former teammates in exchange for a misdemeanor charge of being an accessory to a crime after the fact. Boyd was originally charged with a felony for his alleged involvement in the rape case that ...
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