The Unofficial Vanderbilt Commodores Blog * Now With Fewer Law Degrees!
The football team is on a bye week, so unlike last week, this was an ideal Saturday to schedule a basketball game. Anyway, a certain portion of Vandy Twitter was up in arms about a comment from Mark Byington after Wednesday night’s walkover against Eastern Kentucky. And I’m not about to pretend like I’m super […]
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The NCAA’s Women’s Soccer Tournament kicks off today. The Vanderbilt Commodores, fresh off winning the SEC Tournament, have earned a 1-seed and will host Tennessee Tech in the First Round tonight at 7 PM Central. The match at the Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex is a ticketed (general admission) event. Tickets can be purchased through Vanderbilt. Limited […]
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The yo-yo continues! The staff winning percentage has bounced from 67% to 43% back to 69% the last 3 weeks. Hopefully, that does not suggest we hit full on rock bottom with something like a 35% hit rate in Week 12. The Week 11 successes were led by Import and Andrew, which makes sense as […]
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Vanderbilt is off to a 2-0 start, scoring exactly 105 points in both games. Tonight’s opponent is Eastern Kentucky, who’s 1-1 with a win over something called Midway and a home loss to Western Kentucky. KenPom predicts a final score of 96-71 in Vanderbilt’s favor, so uh, yeah, this shouldn’t be close. Also, I can’t […]
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2-0 (0-0) AP/Coaches: 19/19 Creme: 6-seed NET: 22 November 10, 2025 6:00PM CT at F&M Bank Arena ESPN+ | Radio Call | Live Stats 1-0 (0-0) AP/Coaches: NR/NR Creme: NR NET: 243 I really love the beginning of a women’s basketball season. You get to travel to the City of Light and soundly defeat a […]
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Vanderbilt won the SEC Tournament Championship in a wild and crazy match. LSU would strike early in the contest when a 26th minute corner kick was put towards the near post. Vanderbilt goalkeeper Sara Wojdelko tried to punch but could not get through a legally positioned Bayou Bengal to get to the ball before Gabbi […]
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1-1 (0-0) AP/Coaches: NR/NR NET: 240 Creme: NR November 10, 2025 6:00PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium SEC Network | Radio Call | Live Stats 1-0 (0-0) AP/Coaches: 19/21 NET: 22 Creme: 6-seed Sorry for dropping the ball on the first game of the season for your no. 19 Vanderbilt basketball team. Well, I hate all […]
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Vanderbilt has reached the SEC Tournament final for the 6th time in program history. It is the first appearance since 2020, which the Commodores won 3-1 over Arkansas. The 2020 appearance was the first since 1998. The other finals were 1997, 1994, and 1993, which was the first year of the SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament. […]
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Post VANDERBILT Football and/or SEC Football questions in the comments here. Despite some really dumb decisions, we’re 8-2 after beating the War Tigers in overtime (a completely unnecessary overtime, had we just kicked the damned field goal, but I digress). The last time we were 8-2, the Jitterbug was the dance craze capturing the nation’s […]
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No, I don’t know why this is scheduled for the same time as the football game, either. Do better, ESPN. Anyway, dueling game threads!
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Have fun, expect to win.
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That was a really unenjoyable game in Austin for 3 quarters. The Commodores were down 17-0 after the first quarter mostly due to a 75-yard TD on the Longhorn’s first play from scrimmage and a Diego Pavia fumble on the 4th play of Vanderbilt’s first drive. Vanderbilt would cut the lead to 14 at 24-10 […]
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Well, that sucked. Vanderbilt nearly came all the way back but the 34-10 hole they dug themselves at Texas last week was too much to overcome. Now the Commodores are (checks notes) 7-2 and honestly, we’re still playing with house money here for a team that Vegas set the win total at 4.5 this season. […]
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Letters… we get letters… we get stacks and stacks of letters… Question from jessecuster44: Lost a close one last year to TX. Disappointed, but impressed it was close. College Football world – Wow. Vandy is a lot better! Pavia is a warrior! Lost a close one this year to TX. Devastated at terrible start. Admirable […]
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The SEC Quarterfinal got off to a wild start in the 12th minute. Alabama put together a passing combination at the top of Vanderbilt’s penalty area. Nadia Ramadan played the ball in to Larkin Thomason then burst past Vanderbilt’s defenders who collapsed on Thomason. Losing sight of Ramadan was punished as the ball was immediately […]
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We should have known that one of our best weeks ever — 32-16 in Week 10 — that the next week would be crashing back to Earth. It could have been worse, but the staff combined to go 18-24. Cole, Tom, Import, and the Commentariat all tied for the best performance this week at 4-3. […]
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The School: Auburn University Record: 4-5 (1-5 in the SEC) Ranking: LOL no. Oh, actually SP+ has them as #33. That is … something? I normally like Bill C’s work, so maybe there is something there. Mascot: Aubie the Tiger. He is awesome. Truly a fantastic mascot. Location: Auburn, Alabama Coach: Hugh Freeze errr DJ […]
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The Vanderbilt Commodores finished the soccer regular season at 13-3-1 (7-2-1). This was good enough for the 2nd seed in the SEC Tournament along with a #8 ranking by the United Soccer Coaches poll, a #14 ranking by TopDrawerSoccer.com, and #5 in RPI. Their place in the NCAA Tournament is assured as an At Large […]
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It’s basketball season, and sadly I have yet to figure out how to make tables with the goofy old logos. Game time is 7 PM CT and we’re on the SEC Network+ tonight. Looking forward to Year 2 of Mark Byington after the sadness of the Bryce Drew and Jerry Stackhouse eras. Anchor Down.
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Post VANDERBILT Football and/or SEC Football questions in the comments here. Well, we’re 7-2 after losing by a field goal to Tejas in Austin. So why does it feel like we got our teeth kicked in? …and I’m sure you all have questions. Here are the rules of the mail bag: …and that’s it. *Note: […]
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11am CT on ABC. Boy did this week look a lot different on paper when schedules were first released. Time for the Gridiron Dore defense to be as stout as they were against Missourah (spits) and drop some Fallen Arches, Diego Pavia and the Boys (Dirty Mike can’t come) to get their offensive groove back, […]
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The Gridiron Dores are 7-1, and have proved they can win big, win pretty, and now after barely escaping Missourah (spits) on the backs of their strong defense, have finally proved they can win ugly. That’s a good thing, as this is what we’re up against today: M’Lady. Andrew VU ‘04 Well, Arch Manning and […]
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Vanderbilt survived its first true scare of 2025. Yes, they lost to Alabama, but I think all of us had that circled as a likely loss as revenge for last year even if you expected Vanderbilt to be 7-1 at this point. If you did, I need proof then I will fully congratulate you on […]
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Letters… we get letters… we get stacks and stacks of letters… Question from WestEndMayhem: 1: Favorite Gameday moment (or sign)? 2: What the FLIP was happening with the receiving corps??? Answers from AoG: PatrickSawyer: A friend made a “I’ll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah,” sign. It got part of my […]
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The School: University of Texas at Austin Record: 6-2 (3-1 in the SEC) Ranking: AP #20, Coaches’ Poll #19, and SP+ #13 Mascot: Bevo is a live Texas Longhorn steer. Hook’em is a costumed version of a Texas Longhorn. It is not known if Hook’em is required to be a steer… Location: Austin, Texas Coach: […]
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