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Anchor Drop, January 22, 2026
Optional Musical Accompaniment (Am I bringing back the Anchor Drop solely because I wanted to post Ivan Mladek singing in front of what appears to be a nude outdoor concert? Yes, yes I did. Is “Anchor Drop with goofy foreign music videos” going to be a new feature at Anchor of Gold? Also yes.) Vanderbilt […]
Game 19: Vanderbilt Commodores at Arkansas Razorbacks
The most annoying arena in the SEC, where in addition to being a house of horrors, your senses will be overwhelmed with light shows and sound effects that make the viewing experience crap. Anyway, instead of a DJ playing rap music, I choose something much more refined.
Vanderbilt visits the House of Horrors at the exact worst time
Vanderbilt’s two-game losing streak after opening the season 16-0 doesn’t concern me. The Commodores had an uncharacteristic poor shooting night last Wednesday night in Austin, which doesn’t concern me for the simple reason that “sometimes, the shots don’t fall.” They then got jobbed by the refs in a four-point loss to Florida over the weekend. […]
WBB Game 19: Vanderbilt vs. Michigan
We gotta prove it here. We don’t get a slip up if we want to stay in the hunt for a 1-seed.
The Stupidest Betting Scandal Hits College Basketball
Hello, a new college basketball point-shaving scandal just dropped. This might be the stupidest scheme I have ever heard of, and remember what I do for a living. So basically: some gamblers decided that they’d go fix some college basketball games, bribed players at the low end of Division I (and DePaul, apparently) to go […]
WBB Game 18-0: Vanderbilt beats Mississippi State
School record! We are more winninging than we’ve ever wonned! I may still be without a laptop and my phone may still be broken but at least Vandy basketball is here to bring me joy!
Game 17: Vanderbilt Commodores at Texas Longhorns
So far, the SEC hasn’t been able to slow down Vanderbilt, either. Vanderbilt extended its record to 16-0 against LSU on Saturday, an 84-73 result that wasn’t really as close as that score made it look: the Commodores got up by 20 in the first half and coasted, with LSU never getting the score closer […]
WBB Game 17: Vanderbilt at Texas A&M
We just keep right on winning! We beat LSU in a back-and-forth contest that caused many a childish eruption from Kim Mulkey, then followed it up with a beatdown of Missouri where we learned that this team looks good even when Blakes is playing badly (yes, she ended the game with 20, but 12 of […]
Game 16: LSU Tigers at Vanderbilt Commodores
Vanderbilt still hasn’t lost a basketball game this season, still true after Wednesday night’s game against Alabama when many trolls from other SEC schools thought Vanderbilt would be exposed as frauds. Relatively speaking, today’s game against LSU is a breather. LSU is 12-3, but has opened SEC play 0-2 including a 10-point home loss to […]
Game 15: Alabama Crimson Tide at Vanderbilt Commodores
So, this game seems big, doesn’t it? The “Vandy hasn’t played anybody” line should have been put to rest this week with UCF and SMU both entering the top 25. Beating Alabama… well, that would cement it. It would also put Vandy at 15-0. Let’s do it.
WBB Game 15: LSU at Vanderbilt
14-1 (0-1) AP/Coaches: 5/5 Creme: 2-seed NET: 5 January 4, 2026 4:00PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium ESPN | Radio Call | Live Stats 14-0 (1-0) AP/Coaches: 12/11 Creme: 3-seed NET: 13 This is it. Our first test of the season and Shea Ralph’s first real opportunity on West End to prove we are a contender. […]
Game 14: Vanderbilt Commodores at South Carolina Game Penises
Vanderbilt got through its nonconference schedule with a 13-0 record, and as of now they have four Quad 1 wins over Saint Mary’s, SMU, Wake Forest, and UCF. Today… does not represent an opportunity to add to that total. Those will come later in SEC play, but Vanderbilt’s SEC opener is at South Carolina, who’s […]
WBB Game 14: Vanderbilt at Arkansas
13-0 (0-0) AP/Coaches: 12/11 Creme: 3-seed NET: 13 January 1, 2026 1:00PM CT at Bud Walton Arena SECN+ | Radio Call | Live Stats 11-4 (0-0) AP/Coaches: NR/NR Creme: NR NET: 101 We enter conference play undefeated for the first time since 1995-96 with a chance to tie the second-best start to a season in […]
Outback Bowl Game Thread: Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
And here we are. Vanderbilt caps off the first 10-win season in school history with today’s bowl game, the Outback Bowl (no, I’m not going to call it the ReliaQuest Bowl) in Tampa, Florida, against the Iowa Hawkeyes. This is Vanderbilt’s first bowl game in Florida since the 1955 Gator Bowl; in the intervening time […]
2025 Staff Pick’em CFP Quarterfinals
Of the non-CFP bowls so far, the staff is 10-8. We were 8-16 in the CFP games. The standings also got shaken up as Andrew got a game up on the field and Cole jumped into a tie for 2nd with Import. Tom is making a last gasp towards .500 while I missed the chance […]
Game 13: New Haven Chargers at Vanderbilt Commodores
Vanderbilt comes back from Christmas break to close out its nonconference schedule against New Haven. Did you know there was a University of New Haven? Of course you did, it’s called Yale. Okay, okay, this is a different University of New Haven. New Haven is in its first year in Division I. They’re 5-7, but […]
Bowl Week Vanderbilt Football Mailbag: Answers to Your Questions
Letters… we get letters… we get stacks and stacks of letters… Question from Kslaught: Iowa does appear to have a good defense. Teams like this have given us some problems this year. Will we be able to score on them enough to win? Answers from AoG: PatrickSawyer: Vanderbilt is the 8th highest scoring offense in the […]
Bowl Week Vanderbilt Football Mailbag: Call For Submissions
Post VANDERBILT Football and/or SEC Football questions in the comments here. Like many of you, I’ll be heading down to Tampa—despite my intense hatred of all things Jorts—to watch Diego and the Boys’ Last Stand (Dirty Mike can’t come). We’re playing Iowa, so they’ll try to win a race to 0-0, while we’ll go for […]
The complaints about Vandy’s nonconference schedule are stupid
A recurring theme on Twitter lately has been fans of other SEC schools discounting Vanderbilt basketball — currently undefeated and ranked 11th in the AP Poll, 8th in KenPom, and 6th in the NCAA’s NET rankings, higher than any other SEC team in all three — because of its nonconference schedule. This is one of […]
Game 12: Vanderbilt Commodores at Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Well, it was ugly, but Vanderbilt managed to survive a trip to Memphis on Wednesday. And now comes the second-to-last basketball game of 2025, with Vanderbilt crossing over the Blue Ridge today and going to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where our old gold and black friends from the ACC are 9-3 under sixth-year head coach Steve […]
The big brands rigged the game against the G5, now complain they can’t compete
So yesterday, in the College Football Playoff, Tulane lost to Ole Miss 41-10 and James Madison lost to Oregon 51-34. Let’s be clear: Vanderbilt is the little guy and always will be. Our conference membership means we’re technically aligned with the “big boys” but no, we’re not. If you are taking the Alabama/Texas side of […]
WBB Game 12: Texas Southern at Vanderbilt
0-7 (0-0) AP/Coaches: NR/NR NET: 317 Creme: Out December 20, 2025 1:00PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium SECN+ | Radio Call | Live Stats 11-0 (0-0) AP/Coaches: 13/11 Creme: 3-seed Oops! Look, it’s the holidays. I didn’t think we would be playing Albany (who we nearly doubled up) so soon after USF. Anyways, Texas Southern is […]
2025 Staff Pick’em Bowls and CFP First Round
Andrew finally caught Import, who has stumbled the last 2 weeks. Nobody did spectacularly well, but Cole, Tom, Andrew, and you NERDS all were 5-3. I was on the opposite side of that coin at 3-5. Import was a disappointing 2-6. Christian was an abysmal 1-7. Overall, the staff went 21-27. Overall, we are still […]
Game 11: Vanderbilt Commodores at Memphis State Tigers
Vanderbilt looks to make it 11 straight wins to open the 2025-26 season as they head three hours down I-40 to Memphis tonight. Memphis State is a disappointment early this season, with a 4-5 record and most recently losing 99-73 at Louisville on Saturday. Then again, there’s always talent there so you never know when […]
WBB Game 10: USF at Vanderbilt
6-4 (0-0) AP/Coaches: NR/NR NET: 69 Creme: Out December 15, 2025 7:30PM CT at Memorial Gymnasium SECN+ | Radio Call | Live Stats 9-0 (0-0) AP/Coaches: 15/14 Creme: 4-seed The SEC won the SEC/ACC Challenge 13-3 because it just means more, but it meant the most to Mikayla Blakes, who SEC Network selected as the […]
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