Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[Jimmy Football]

I can't really blame anybody for wanting Vandy as a permanent rival. I looked at SEC data on Stassen.com the other day. Most of the league has an 85+% win rate vs Vandy since 1966, which is the season after Tulane and GT left. UK, Mizzou, Arky and Ole Miss are the laggards at 66, 70, 71 and 72% respectively. Vanderbilt averages between 1 and 1.5 SEC football wins per year over long periods of time.

It's like having a G5 team on the schedule; don't have to game plan and play backups most of the game, and there's no indication that's going to change. The conference should take this opportunity to discuss Vanderbilt's future membership, because they haven't been a logical participant in SEC football for over half a century.

Harsh, but fair.

 

[Weezer]

I can't really blame anybody for wanting Vandy as a permanent rival. I looked at SEC data on Stassen.com the other day. Most of the league has an 85+% win rate vs Vandy since 1965, which is the season Tulane and GT left. UK, Mizzou, Arky and Ole Miss are the laggards at 66, 70, 71 and 72% respectively.

It's like having a G5 team on the schedule; don't have to game plan and play backups most of the game, and there's no indication that's going to change. The conference should take this opportunity to discuss Vanderbilt's future membership, because they haven't been a logical participant in SEC football for over half a century.

Unfortunately, Vanderbilt is protected by their founder status. They won't be kicked out because of that. They would have to be convinced to leave, or at least give up football, and maybe just participate in the other sports.

 

[Wokepack]

Auburn up by 36 against the same team that beat us at home. Losses are starting to look worse regardless how it happened.

 

[VolGee4]

Mizzou loss is looking worse, they are down 25 to AU

But we beat Auburn?

 

[Jimmy Football]

Auburn up by 36 against the same team that beat us at home. Losses are starting to look worse regardless how it happened.

But our win against Auburn looks better!

#positivevibes

 

[ACvol3]

Auburn up by 36 against the same team that beat us at home. Losses are starting to look worse regardless how it happened.

What do u want us to do about it?

 

[Jimmy Football]

What do u want us to do about it?

 

[SpringBokVol]

Mizzou is bad

 

[Revived2002]

Auburn up by 36 against the same team that beat us at home. Losses are starting to look worse regardless how it happened.

I’m not sure basketball works exactly this way. Alabama got wrecked by a bad Oklahoma team, and sits at number one in the country.

I think basketball shares a similarity with baseball in that you can have super hot nights where every shot is falling (or vice versa), and that can lead to occasional flukish scores and outcomes. Baseball you can have an awesome team that just suddenly goes cold and can’t hit, or a great pitcher that just has an off night and gets shelled.

Football is more physical and so the physically superior team seems to win most nights - it doesn’t strike me has having the same flukishness as basketball or baseball (unless you are Tennessee playing South Carolina in November).

Anyway - this is my current hypothesis. And it still sucks we lost to Mizzou. But I’m not sweating the Mizzou-Auburn score.

 

[Orangeredblooded]

I want blood. I’ll be glad to win regardless, but I’m not going to be truly satisfied unless we massacre them. I don’t care if we win every other game by a point. I want South Carolina’s soul.

We actually do through their head. We live there rent free and we shouldn’t in ours. Show of hands that still relive that last meeting? I don’t. I refuse to. Do I want a complete beat down, of course I do. BUT I refuse to give the Cock Commanders another thought until 9/23/2023.

 

[Orange_Crush]

So back on the Costa Rica topic...

This just happened... A cicada the size of a raptor flies through the apartment. A random cat immediately runs in, chases the cicada out, then quietly leaves.

 

[Orange_Crush]

I can't really blame anybody for wanting Vandy as a permanent rival. I looked at SEC data on Stassen.com the other day. Most of the league has an 85+% win rate vs Vandy since 1965, which is the season Tulane and GT left. UK, Mizzou, Arky and Ole Miss are the laggards at 66, 70, 71 and 72% respectively.

It's like having a G5 team on the schedule; don't have to game plan and play backups most of the game, and there's no indication that's going to change. The conference should take this opportunity to discuss Vanderbilt's future membership, because they haven't been a logical participant in SEC football for over half a century.

Vandy helps the SEC with academics. The SEC gives Vandy $$$. It's not a relationship that's likely to change any time soon.

 

[SoilVol]

So back on the Costa Rica topic...

This just happened... A cicada the size of a raptor flies through the apartment. A random cat immediately runs in, chases the cicada out, then quietly leaves.

That sounds about right.

 

[Nuctech777]

Vandy helps the SEC with academics. The SEC gives Vandy $$$. It's not a relationship that's likely to change any time soon.

Plus they are pretty good at other high revenue sports like baseball and bowling

 

[SoilVol]

Vandy helps the SEC with academics. The SEC gives Vandy $$$. It's not a relationship that's likely to change any time soon.

Kinda over this idea that the SEC's academic scores are significantly helped by Vanderbilt.

First of all, I don't really think the conference cares. Secondly, there are some fantastic public institutions in the SEC, and schools like Tennessee have improved their ranking recently. Thirdly, what's the difference if the SEC is 4th or 5th in P5 "academics". Vandy being good in academics doesn't help Tennessee. The NCAA isn't going to sanction a league for an average score, it would be individual schools that get in trouble.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Both Vandy & Mizzou of course shoot below 28% from 3 tonight.

They just both in the same week had crazy shooting nights against us. Even then still needed crazy last second shots to win.

I still think we’re a good team my biggest concern is our lack of health.

 

[peaygolf]

Peyton, Eli, Bradshaw, Montana, Elway, Rothleisberger, Brady, Aikman, Plunkett, Starr, Staubach, No idea on number 12.

Griese?

Congratulations!!!!!!!

 

[peaygolf]

Just for fun…..

Name the Three QBs to win USFL championships……

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Microsoft AI degrades user over 'Avatar 2' question

 

[Orangeredblooded]

I can't really blame anybody for wanting Vandy as a permanent rival. I looked at SEC data on Stassen.com the other day. Most of the league has an 85+% win rate vs Vandy since 1965, which is the season Tulane and GT left. UK, Mizzou, Arky and Ole Miss are the laggards at 66, 70, 71 and 72% respectively. Vanderbilt averages between 1 and 1.5 SEC football wins per year over long periods of time.

It's like having a G5 team on the schedule; don't have to game plan and play backups most of the game, and there's no indication that's going to change. The conference should take this opportunity to discuss Vanderbilt's future membership, because they haven't been a logical participant in SEC football for over half a century.

Andy being a founding program, they have a glue. Of course glue doesn’t have much value on the open market. It has become a open market,

 

[Orangeredblooded]

Auburn up by 36 against the same team that beat us at home. Losses are starting to look worse regardless how it happened.

Who’s us?

 

[Jackcrevol]

SC has the #6 class of 24?!

 

[Weezer]

Just for fun…..

Name the Three QBs to win USFL championships……

Are you including the new USFL? If you're just talking about the '80's USFL, I think it folded after 3 years, and technically, one team won two of the 3 championships, though they did it in different cities. Point being, one QB, not sure of his name, won it twice.

 

[Volnut]

Congratulations!!!!!!!

I whiffed on Plunkett and Roethlisberger.

 

[StoVol]