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Let’s Get Weird Again—All World All Time Best Song Competition: Louisiana
Welcome to the land of Louisiana! Where crawfish are crawfish, “crawdad” will get you a “you’re not from around here, but we’ll tolerate you” look, and “crayfish” will get you a “where in God’s name did you come from, and how quickly can you go back there” stare. The Pelican State ought to have some […]
I’m tired of paying the players being the meat shield
Back in the 1980s, the Universities of Oklahoma and Georgia sued the NCAA over its television contract. More specifically, they were mad that the NCAA limited the number of games that were televised and distributed the revenue from its television contract in an even-handed manner. In 1981, Oklahoma played USC on national television, except for […]
The SEC and Big Ten bullied the rest of the sport all the way to this
I’ve made no real secret of the fact that in spite of the fact that the school I root for plays in the SEC, I hate what the conference has become. It’s a 16-team morass of some of the biggest brands in the sport, whose every move seems to be dictated by cash grabs, whether […]
There Are No Good Guys Here
The headlines tell you things like “Congress may finally fix college sports.” The actual substance, though, is not what I would call a “fix.” It is the people who broke the sport — and there are many, many involved here — telling you that we have to “fix it,” but where the “fix” looks nothing […]
Let’s Get Weird Again—All World All Time Best Song Competition: Kentucky
Come, my Anchor of Gold parsons! What were you fine editors doing all week? This should’ve been an easy article to throw together! Anyway, you equally fine readers voted for Kentucky over the Klingon Empire. Previous Result See our list of all previous winners. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” beat out Boston’s “More Than a […]
Jasper Commits
The major ‘crootin’ additions continued today with some much needed O-Line help in the form of 6’6” 290 lb 4-star OT Jasper Ngokwere from Richardson, TX. Yes, a 4 star OT… who chose us over freaking Texas?!?!?! And last year we got the #1 QB. The times, they are a changin’. Now let’s watch him […]
The Leatherman Returns
Tyler Tanner had until… well, basically now to determine whether or not he would enter the draft. Despite giving us all panic attacks, he finally made the right choice. Let’s just say The Leatherman is Byington what Vanderbilt is Sellington. For one more year, at least.
Let’s Get Weird Again—All World All Time Best Song Competition: Jackson?
Oh no, they’re turning me loose to try to figure out the WordPress editor. WHAT AM I DOING? (panics, runs into door facing) As a reminder of how all this started, feel free to click on the first Global Song Competition post in which we determined “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” was Australia’s best ever contribution to […]
Vanderbilt in Hooverville Game 2 vs. The Gainesville Jorts
Down 4-1 after 5 innings, things weren’t looking great in Hooverville for Corbs and The Diamond Dores. The bats and a beefed up Alex Kranzler were not ready to go home, however, and a 4 run 6th followed by a 3 run 8th powered us to an 8-5 win over The Wedding Jerseys. This makes […]
Vanderbilt in Hooverville Game 1 vs. The Jamal Mashburn Wedding Jerseys
Let’s begin with what I wrote way back in 2016 on the first day of Hooverville: Once yearly, the Robber Barons of Vanderbilt dust off their monocles, travel to an Alabama Hooverville, and see how the other half lives. Not well. The other half does not live well. Since arriving last night, I’ve witnessed some […]
Vanderbilt in Hooverville Game 1 vs. The Jamal Mashburn Wedding Jerseys
Let’s begin with what I wrote way back in 2016 on the first day of Hooverville: Once yearly, the Robber Barons of Vanderbilt dust off their monocles, travel to an Alabama Hooverville, and see how the other half lives. Not well. The other half does not live well. Since arriving last night, I’ve witnessed some […]
Saturday Feather Sweeper Game Thread vs. The South Cackalacky Game Penises
Once again, being in position to sweep the Penises just twists the knife on the series loss to Missourah (spits). Anyway, we play one last SEC regular season game tonight. Our post-season hopes have gone from “dead” to “in critical condition.” There is a faint pulse (likely enough to crush us when we drop an […]
Friday Game Thread vs. The South Cackalacky Game Penises
An easy win like last night’s 9-1 beatdown that was never in doubt just twists the knife on the series loss to Missourah (spits). Anyway, we play another one tonight. …and there was much rejoicing. On the Mound Friday @ 6:00pm on SECN+ Vanderbilt #46 Fr. RHP Tyler “The Minstrel” Baird (0-5; 4.81 ERA) vs. […]
Series Preview and Thursday Game Thread vs. The South Cackalacky Game Penises
Thursday at 6pm CT on SECN+, Friday at 6pm CT on SECN+, and Saturday at 1pm CT on SECN+. You know the season has gotten us all low when I can’t even find the joy in writing a series of South Cackalacky Game Penis jokes. All I can say is this: when facing the Penises, […]
Sunday Rubber Match Game Thread vs. Missourah (spits)
Even though we won late last night in extras, the season is probably cooked. Still, win out from here, take a few in Hoover, and it’s a maybe. We likely won’t have deserved the bid, but I doubt they’d want to set a precedent keeping SEC teams with .500 conference records out. Is this me […]
Saturday Double Header-ish Game Thread vs. Missourah (spits)
4pm CT on SECN+. If ever you questioned the baseball gods, last night’s game taught us what happens when they let Cthulu sub in for Jobu for a day. To start, rain kept postponing the opening pitch. Then, Corbs kept The Spice in (as he should have done last week) for 7 IP of 5 […]
Series Preview and Friday Game Thread vs. Missourah (Spits)
Friday at 6pm CT on SECN+, Saturday at 4pm CT on SECN+, and Sunday at 1pm CT on SECN+. First things first (I’m the realest), we absolutely have to sweep the final two SEC series against Missourah (spits) and The South Cackalacky Game Penises, otherwise we will need to win the SEC Tourney in Hooverville […]
Tuesday BRING ME MAH BARREL! Game Thread vs. Louisville
5pm CT on ESPN2. I very much would like to type a long anti-Louisville rant, so as to get you fired up for this game, but this season has beaten us half to death with a sack full of doorknobs, and I just don’t have it in me anymore. Luke Smith, however, is still human […]
Saturday Don’t Get Swept Game Thread vs. The Ramajama Gumps
Season is teetering on the precipice… On the Mound Saturday @ 1:00pm on SECN+ Vanderbilt #88 Fr. RHP Wyatt “Ice Town” Nadeau (1-2; 5.08 ERA) vs. Gumps #11 Fr. RHP Myles “Kilometers Northcathedral” Upchurch (5-3; 3.30 ERA) The Lineup *Date afternoon, so won’t be able to update this before first pitch. See you in the […]
Friday Game Thread vs. The Ramajama Gumps
*Update: I didn’t notice until now that the game had been moved up and is already in progress. I was at work, like I imagine nearly all of you were, as well. I’ve never been done with a Diamond Dores team in the Tim Corbin era. After last night, I’m close. I’ve always been team […]
Series Preview and Thursday Game Thread vs. The Ramajama Gumps
Thursday at 6pm CT on ESPN2, Friday at 6pm CT on SECN+, and Saturday at 1pm CT on SECN+. After letting a potential season-altering series win over Tejas slip through our fingers, the Diamond Dores head to Gumpland for a much needed road series (potentially season saving) victory. It’s… a lot. And we won’t be […]
Tuesday Game Thread vs. MTSU
3:30pm CT on SECN+. On the Mound Tuesday @ 3:30pm SECN+ Vanderbilt #45 Fr. RHP Connor “The Canadian” Hamilton (1-0; 4.28 ERA) vs. MTSU ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The Lineup See you in the comments.
Sunday Rubber Match Game Thread vs. The Tejas Long Fedoras
One day after being run-ruled, a stud freshman just beginning to stretch out his arm and some bullpen guys shut out the dominant Tejas Long Fed-offense. It was a beautiful thing. Today, we get a chance to take a really tough series. On the Mound Sunday @ 12:00pm on ESPN2 Vanderbilt #88 Fr. RHP Wyatt […]
Saturday Game Thread vs. The Tejas Long Fedoras
7pm CT on SEC Network. Well, that was disgusting. Always a great Friday when your Ace gets run-ruled at home. Anyway, puke, rally, and win today’s Johnny Wholestaff game to force a rubber match tomorrow. Please. And thank you. On the Mound Saturday @ 7:00pm on SEC Network Vanderbilt #¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Johnny Wholestaff vs. Long Fedoras […]
Series Preview and Friday Game Thread vs. The Tejas Long Fedoras
Friday at 6pm CT on SECN+, Saturday at 7pm CT on SEC Network, and Sunday at 12pm CT on ESPN2. The Tejas Long Fedoras (#4) ‘26 Record: 30-8 (11-6 SEC). The Long Fedoras opened the season 16-0 in OOC play, but since conference play started, have come back to Earth a bit. In OOC play, they ate […]
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