As a lifelong die hard Big Orange fan, I hate to admit to this site that I am actually a Vandy grad, class of 1978. My dad was (God rest his soul) a 1950 UT grad who introduced me to UT football at a very early age. I would love to see my alma mater do well in football, but it will never, ever happen on a consistent basis. The best team VU has had in the last 50 years was the 1974 team, when I was a freshman. Finished 7-3-2 and beat Florida when they were ranked in the top 5. After that, my last 3 years we stunk and everyone knows what they've done since. They will never be able to consistently recruit the talent it takes to be consistently competitive in the SEC.
I'm saying this because I cannot understand why any kid with good SEC potential would want to go to school there to play football. Good academics (though probably over rated and certainly over priced if you have to pay for it now), poor fan support for football, facilities for football that are probably the worst in the conference, and I could go on.
So - any of you good kids who have committed to Vandy, you should reconsider.