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Friday, March 27, 2020

Retroactive Vandy

Sports news is slow  and when I read that "Woody" Widenhofer, former Missouri(Big Eight-1985-88) and Vanderbilt(SEC-1997-2001) head coach, and Steelers assistant coach  died at the age of 77 due to a stroke, I got curious about Vanderbilt's football history and found that QPRS, a major selector in the NCAA Division I FBS Record Book, selected Vanderbilt, then a member of the Southern Conference, as champion based on retroactive analysis of the national 1921 and 1922 seasons.  I wonder if that type of analysis is a growing trend and am not sure if I'm buying it.
March 28
 Georgia leads the series 57–20–2 against Vandy
March 30
Arkansas  leads the series against Vandy 7-3. They played in 1949 and 1950 then  not again until 1978 .
For some years in the early part of the 20th century, Georgia and Clemson  were in the SIAA together.
April 2
 1892–1927: Vanderbilt went 19–2–3 against Tennessee. Vols lead the series with 76–33–5 record.
April 4
Maybe Jay Cutler wasn't the best QB to play at Vandy. It could've been Billy Wade, who played for the Rams and the Bears from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s. Here's  snapshot of the possible best ten Vandy grads to play in the NFL .
april 10, 2020- I've always considered #PatToomay, a Cowboy, but he also played for Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Oakland Raiders
april 13
 Ricky Anderson was a a consensus All-American  Punter in 1984 . He was  also Vandy's placekicker . St Louis cardinals drafted him in round 11 in 1985. Some sites says hewas on the Atlanta Falcons in 1987, but I can't find any stats. Maybe he was on the taxi squad briefly
april 16
 It's getting bumpy for Coach Mason with Vandy coming off their sixth straight sub-.500 season,and eight players have entered the transfer portal since the end of the 2019 season.
april 20
The Packers used the fifth overall pick in the 1960 draft to select #TomMoore. Packers also had Hornung and Jim Taylor. Zac Stacy, a former Commodore, was drafted in round 5 of the 2013 draft by the Rams.
april 21 
Vandy RB, #Ke’ShawnVaughn , who runs a 4.5 forty yard dash and rushed for over 1K last season, has moved up in the draft rankings
april 24
Bucs roll the dice on Vaughn in round 3 
april 27
 Mildly surprised #Jared Pinkney , TE, Vanderbilt. went undrafted. Nice signing by the Falcons.
april 29
While Vandy had only one player selected in the draft, Missouri, Tennessee, and TAMU each only had two players taken. 
May3
Because I've been chatting with a Buckeyes fan about the lack of sports news here's some minutia. Ohio St is 3-1 against Vandy. They haven't played each other since the Great Depression.
May 12, 2020
 Riley Neal, Vandy starting QB last season after spending a few years at Ball St (MAC), was signed as a FA by the Denver Broncos. He's a big kid 6'6 , 225 but his collegiate career  was so-so. Will Elway  give Cam a one year deal?
June 24, 2020
If you are driving around town and want to listen to your local team's game, a radio station change you forgot about can  piss you off. Vandy announced Cromwell Media as a new radio affiliate to broadcast football and men's hoops games. They will air on 93.3 in the Nashville area, or 101.9 in Robertson and Sumner Counties.. Games were previously aired live on WNRQ 98.3 FM and WLAC 1510 AM.
July 24, 2020
Hey it's a slow CFF news day. UConn  is playing Vandy on October 2, 2021, in Nashville in a one off. Vandy leads the series 2-1. Also UConn  will play a future home and home series against Georgia St.
Aug 3, 2020
Kyle Shurmur,  a former Vandy Qb who was recently waived by the Chiefs, is returning to Vandy as a volunteer Asst Coach.
His dad Pat , the former Giants HC, is the Denver Broncos OC.
Aug 5, 2020
Without a conference, UConn cancelled football in 2020. Vandy has already nixed it's OOC scheule.
Aug, 10, 2020
Speaking of Nashville, I saw this quote, from Phil Wood, a baseball writer who covered the Senators and Nats , and did a lot of baseball talkTV on MASN. “I kind of talked in general about what it is that I do and about the Nationals,” Wood said. “I also shared how I’m convinced that in 10 years there will be a baseball team in Nashville. It’s a great market. The research shows that in this part of the country, people have no issue driving two or three hours to a sporting event. " 
This quote was from late March, 2020 before the pandemic went boom.
sept 7,2020
Denver cut Riley Neal earlier this summer. Falcons cut Pinckney this week . Ke"Shawn Vaughn survived the cuts at TBay.
April 11, 2021
Vandy baseball was hot until they played Georgia, and in a rare event , a Commodore , Scotty Pippen Jr, is leaving school early to enter the NBA draft. Meanwhile their new football HC, Clark Lea , who Jay Cutler handed off to a few times, has a daunting task in turning around the program.
April 27, 2021
#vanderbilt will invest 300M in Vanderbilt to improve football and basketball facilities. Good luck Clark Lea and Jerry Stackhouse.
July 8 2021
Hearing chatter Bosox at 4 have a decent shot #jackleiter
July 10, 2021
Another Vandy pitcher, Kumar Rocker is expected to go high in the draft. His dad, Tracy Rocker, played college football at Auburn and two years in the NFL for the Skins, and is the DL coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. 
July 12, 2021
Jack Leiter went to the rangers @ 2. Rocker went to the Mets @ 10 
Aug 2, 2021
Due to concerns with Rocker's right elbow and fruitless negotiations with Boras on a reduced signing bonus, the Mets and Rocker didn't reach a deal before Sunday's 5 p.m. ET signing deadline.   Because he was drafted this year, he is not allowed to sign with another MLB team until after the 2022 draft, but he can sign with an Independent team or return to Vandy.
Dec 7, 2021
Jared Pinckney has been bouncing around practice squads in 2021 and is now with the LA Rams. No updates on Kumar Rocker.
Jan 18, 2022
Ke’ShawnVaughn, a former player at Vandy, will probably return to the Bucs bench with the return of Fournette to the lineup.
May 13, 2022
Former Vandy right-handed pitcher Kumar Rocker has signed with the Tri-City Valleycats of the Frontier League, an Independent league  He was drafted 10th in 2021 by the Mets but not signed. He will be eligible to be re-drafted.  Valley Cats home is in Troy, NY.
July 18, 2022
Kumar Rocker got re-drafted and went 3rd overall to the Rangers.  He was 1-0 with a 1.35 earned-run average for Tri-City. He struck out 32 batters in 20 innings. 
Nov 17, 2022
Even Vandy can't escape social media messes. Vandy DB coach Jackson will step back and also apologized for a comment saying Ye was "two steps ahead of everyone else ". Ye= Kanye West
April 25, 2023
Heard this comparison at a few places today. Will Levis from UK /Jay Cutler. Big arm but questionable in other areas.
May 29, 2023
Vandy won the SECT for the automatic bid to the baseball field of 64. Commodores beat TAMU 10-4.
May 30, 2023
SEC 10 (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt)

Ten seems high for one conference. Nashville Regional hosted by Vanderbilt #2 Oregon (37-20) vs. #3 Xavier (37-23), 1 p.m., ESPN+ #1 Vanderbilt (41-18) vs. #4 Eastern Ill. (38-19), 8 p.m., SECN
ACC 8 [Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Miami (FL), NC State, North Carolina, Virginia, Wake Forest] Big 12 6 (Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia) Pac-12 5 (Arizona, Oregon, Oregon St., Stanford, Washington)
July 23, 2023
Did those who gave Vandy preseason first place votes in the SEC poll think Jay Cutler was coming back?
March 18, 2024
Where does Vandy go after Stackhouse? Chris Mack, former Xavier and Louisville HC, is getting a lot of pub. So is Henderson of Princeton.
March 25, 2024

Vanderbilt is hiring James Madison’s Mark Byington as its next HC,- tough gig. Win over Wisky probably sealed the deal.
May 26, 2024
Tough loss for Vandy to Tenn keeps them on the CWS bubble.. In football no one was drafted. Two UDFAs- Matt Hayball, a punter to the Saints. Jaylen Mahoney , a DB to the Niners.
May 28, 2024
Vanderbilt faces Coastal Carolina in rd1. They've never met on a baseball diamond. Watch for Commodore, R J Austin(4hr ,51rbi, 26 sb)
June 1, 2024
CCU handles Vandy(SEC) 13-3 . Bodine :;3 for 5, 2 Rbis for the victors.  Bama was the other SEC team that lost. And Vandy gets eliminated by High Point.
Aug 3, 2024
Watson Brown, Vanderbilt’s quarterback, led to the Commodores to a rare win over Bama in 1969. When he chose to back out of a scholarship to Bama, his dad drove him south to tell Bear in person. No phone call!
Oct 21, 2024
Vandy football is ranked in the top 25 for the 1st time since the 2013 season when James Franklin was the HC and AC Samuels, the QB.
They beat Houston 41-24 in the BBVA Compass Bowl.

Week 11 MAC on Tuesday

 I'm going to roll  with Fannin Jr., the TE for BGSU(66REC 947YDS 6TD), to catch two TD passes on the road. BGSU 28 CMU 24.  Rest of the...