The meltdown that is happening on the Vandy message boards

#1,776
#1,776
TOP said:
LoL!

Go check out the thread on Vandymania called "Survey of season ticket holders".

Essentially none of them are going to the remaining home games. Hilarious.
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Wow. So, that's how they feel they can help recruiting? On one hand I kind of feel bad for the fans, and on the other hand - not!! hahha just kidding, **** vandy. Buffy and Charles can go dry hump while UT fans take over that scruffy home of the anchor - and our team goes all AJ on them.
 
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I still find it astounding how quickly and dramatically Vandy turned into a dumpster fire.

Living in Nashville next to their campus, I was jogging by no more than two months ago and thinking about how I hoped they would take a big step back this year when we played them.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined they would become so terrible so fast.
 
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Aesius said:
I still find it astounding how quickly and dramatically Vandy turned into a dumpster fire.

Living in Nashville next to their campus, I was jogging by no more than two months ago and thinking about how I hoped they would take a big step back this year when we played them.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined they would become so terrible so fast.
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I know, it's beautiful
 
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I have this mental picture of their "fans" opening a hidden compartment in their closets, reaching in to pull out UT gear, and hiding their Vandy gear away.
 
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#1,782
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It's almost pitiful going over there now. There are a few holdouts that think the Dores might go better than 2-10, but not many. In short, it's becoming SOV very quickly.

But I still chuckle at their demise.
 
#1,783
#1,783
I love how, in the Season Ticket Holder Survey thread, there are multiple replies that "No way I'm going to the UT game". Not so much for evidence of their demise but of our improvement.
 
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MaTaLa said:
I love how, in the Season Ticket Holder Survey thread, there are multiple replies that "No way I'm going to the UT game". Not so much for evidence of their demise but of our improvement.
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It's really incredible.

They were a massive thorn in our sides for three years and nearly became my most hated team and fanbase, and now it's like they vanished overnight.
 
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MaTaLa said:
I love how, in the Season Ticket Holder Survey thread, there are multiple replies that "No way I'm going to the UT game". Not so much for evidence of their demise but of our improvement.
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I love how they are saying they aren't going but won't sell them to a Vols fan either. Which means they are just going to eat the tickets or they are lying, because there will be no other Vandy fan to sell them to.
 
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Nerwen Aldarion said:
I don't think his argument was that MTSU is a better school than Vandy or vice versa.

He did after all state that folks who get a law degree from Vandy will certainly get higher pay than from lesser schools.

However, I do understand the point that certain degrees from so called "lesser schools" can and do mean more than equivalent degrees from Vandy. In this case it isn't about saying "Hey I went to Vandy" because that might not mean much if the department that it is in is not very good.

Case in point. I was offered a chance to go to Vandy when I graduated high school but I chose to go to UT. Why? Because UT has the better Anthropology department which is what I'm interested in. Does Vandy have an anthropology department? Yes but it is focused highly on archaeology and not physical, I could still get an education on physical anthropology at Vandy but it would not be nearly as complete as one at UT. Therefore, since I wanted to pursue my masters and my doctorate, it was in my better interest to go to the "lesser" school that had the better program, UT.

So when it was time to apply to my master's program, it is far more impressive that I was a volunteer at the body farm and conducted research with the donated collection at UT, then it would be sitting in lecture halls at Vandy. I did go on a field school through Vandy, but that was archaeological and not physical anthropology, again not as helpful for my career.

I know this is just my own personal example but it is a valid point that depending on the degree and the program, so called "lesser" schools can be more valuable than the "higher education" ones.
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Unless your law degree is from an Ivy league school no one gives a sh!t. Vandy has a good medical school, and thats where name dropping Vandy ends in getting you anywhere.
 
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jjay2518 said:
In my specific example (Aerospace Engineering) a degree from UT wouldn't be seen any differently than one from Vandy. If you were going on to grad school somewhere I would argue that an undergrad degree from Vandy would be a monumental waste if money. Lots of fields don't care where you went to undergrad. They only care about your field of research and thesis topic in grad school.
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Not to mention the enormous amount of debt that a lot of students encounter when attending these types of schools. USA Today or WSJ ran an article on this scenario roughly 5 yrs ago when we were in the height of the recession and folks weren't hiring. They documented real life examples of kids who went to Harvard, Duke and some of the other prestigious schools and got liberal arts degrees such as art history, sociology etc. All of these kids had no plans to attend grad school, rather get a degree and go into the workforce. Problem is, they had $200k + in student loan debt and received degrees that were practically "worthless" especially given the salaries for their fields. Maybe a girl doesn't get the $35k job at the museum without a Duke degree but she could've likely found something similar with a degree from UNC with a quarter of the debt if any. Your ROI is minute unless you major in something that pays and if that school has a superior reputation in that field.
 
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bowlinggreenvol said:
Not to mention the enormous amount of debt that a lot of students encounter when attending these types of schools. USA Today or WSJ ran an article on this scenario roughly 5 yrs ago when we were in the height of the recession and folks weren't hiring. They documented real life examples of kids who went to Harvard, Duke and some of the other prestigious schools and got liberal arts degrees such as art history, sociology etc. All of these kids had not plans to attend grad school, rather get a degree and go into the workforce. Problem is, they had $200k + in student loan debt and received degrees that were practically "worthless" especially given the salaries for their fields. Maybe a girl doesn't get the $35k job at the museum without a Duke degree but she could've likely found something similar with a degree from UNC with a quarter of the debt if any. Your ROI is minute unless you major in something that pays and if that school has a superior reputation in that field.
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Yep. Can't complain about graduating with zero debt.
 
#1,789
#1,789
This thread is priceless on vandymania -
Embarassed again to be a Vandy football fan

I was coming home from MO today from a family gathering. Stopped in AR to get a drink. Two UT fans were getting into their car. I told them I thought they played a good game and we talked for a few minutes about the SEC. He then ask me where I went to school. I said Vandy and they both looked down at the ground as if to say "we are sorry" . Spoke volumes to where this program has returned. I too, after 60 + years of agony am about ready to pull the plug on donations and buying 7 season tickets each. But I bet if I do, nobody at VU will give a damn! We may never win another SEC game
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Brian McCat said:
Hell, there are kids with 2 year trade degrees who are making more.
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If I had a college aged kid, I would almost certainly encourage them to go this route unless they had a very specific interest in a lucrative field or planned on getting an MA/PhD.
 
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KoachKletus said:
This thread is priceless on vandymania -
Embarassed again to be a Vandy football fan
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His account is kind of dumb. If he actually went to school at Vandy, that's not something to really be ashamed of. Sure the football team sucks and historically has sucked, but I would hope he wouldn't give up that easily just because 2 Vol fans looked down in pity when he was talking to him.

Get a backbone.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
His account is kind of dumb. If he actually went to school at Vandy, that's not something to really be ashamed of. Sure the football team sucks and historically has sucked, but I would hope he wouldn't give up that easily just because 2 Vol fans looked down in pity when he was talking to him.

Get a backbone.
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Do you worry about rankings and what others think of your team (and you), or do you love your team? :dunno:

It shouldn't be that confusing.


eta: btw, I meant "you" in the generic sense, or at least in the crabby-older-Vandy-poster sense. :hi:
 
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VolNExile said:
Do you worry about rankings and what others think of your team (and you), or do you love your team? :dunno:

It shouldn't be that confusing.
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I don't care so much what opposing fanbases think that I'd stop attending games. That's stupid logic. We've been pretty pitiful the last 3 yrs and I'm still in Neyland and on the road as much as possible.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
His account is kind of dumb. If he actually went to school at Vandy, that's not something to really be ashamed of. Sure the football team sucks and historically has sucked, but I would hope he wouldn't give up that easily just because 2 Vol fans looked down in pity when he was talking to him.

Get a backbone.
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If it was really two Vols fans looking down, it was out of courtesy not to laugh right in his face instead of pity.
 
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Aesius said:
If I had a college aged kid, I would almost certainly encourage them to go this route unless they had a very specific interest in a lucrative field or planned on getting an MA/PhD.
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I'd suggest starting at a JC, because one it's easier to get into a university, and it's a hell of a lot cheaper.
 
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VolNExile said:
Do you worry about rankings and what others think of your team (and you), or do you love your team? :dunno:

It shouldn't be that confusing.


eta: btw, I meant "you" in the generic sense, or at least in the crabby-older-Vandy-poster sense. :hi:
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If I worried about rankings and what others thought of my team, I would have stopped rooting for the Cubs years ago.
 
#1,798
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Aesius said:
If I had a college aged kid, I would almost certainly encourage them to go this route unless they had a very specific interest in a lucrative field or planned on getting an MA/PhD.
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Cheaper tuition, probably closer to home, and gives the kid some time to figure life out before transferring to a 4 year where the stakes are much higher.
 
#1,799
#1,799
Would y'all quit with the educational discussion/ college credibility/ student loan debt crap?

This is a thread designed to make fun of Vandy. And right now finding reasons to make fun of Vandy is fish in a barrel.
 
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