YOUR 2007 VANDERBILT COMMODORES!
Eight home games.
Seventeen Returning Starters.
2006’s second-leading quarterback, Chris Nickson. (As a redshirt sophomore, Nickson threw for 2,085 yards, rushed for 694, and had 24 total touchdowns.)
All-American Receiver, Earl Bennett.
More Depth than ever before in our modern football history.
Following Vandy’s best ever year in overall athletics, 7 teams in the top-25 in Spring 2007 and 10 teams in NCAA national tournaments. (We're learning how to win.)
Which all beg the question, can Vanderbilt win six games and go to the first bowl game since 1982?
Last year Vandy lost to Alabama by 3 in Tuscaloosa, Arkansas by 2, Florida by 6 and Ole Miss by 7. Winning two more games this year is reasonable.
I am cautiously optimistic and hope we have a chance to win, count ‘em, seven games:
Richmond: win.
Alabama: loss (Grudgingly. Y'all will behold the barbaric yawlp if we experience any cosmic justice in this game. If it's not this year, then we'll have to wait for 4 more seasons before Saban abandons another team. I am preaching the next day and may just have to have an alternate sermon prepared.)
Ole Miss: win.
Eastern Michigan: win.
At Auburn: loss.
Georgia: loss. (Not so fast, my friend! We beat UGA last year in Athens, and we have them at home this season. Will they be determined not us lose to us twice? Yes. Do we have the capacity to beat overrated and underperforming Stafford, et al? Yep.)
At South Carolina: win. (This is my closest call, because Spurrier would suit up before he loses to Vandy. Even so, we were strongest on the road last year, and USC is suffering awful distractions despite the coach’s best efforts to raise expectations.)
Miami (Ohio): win.
At Florida: loss.
Kentucky: win. (We are matched well by UK and will be well motivated not to lose to an equally good team after some confidence-inspiring upsets. Losing to Florida is not discouraging, and the team will not overlook such an opportune win to lock up a bowl invitation.)
Tennessee: loss.
Wake Forest: win. (Okay, probably it will come down to the last minute of the last game, but I believe.)
Go Commodores!
Seventeen Returning Starters.
2006’s second-leading quarterback, Chris Nickson. (As a redshirt sophomore, Nickson threw for 2,085 yards, rushed for 694, and had 24 total touchdowns.)
All-American Receiver, Earl Bennett.
More Depth than ever before in our modern football history.
Following Vandy’s best ever year in overall athletics, 7 teams in the top-25 in Spring 2007 and 10 teams in NCAA national tournaments. (We're learning how to win.)
Which all beg the question, can Vanderbilt win six games and go to the first bowl game since 1982?
Last year Vandy lost to Alabama by 3 in Tuscaloosa, Arkansas by 2, Florida by 6 and Ole Miss by 7. Winning two more games this year is reasonable.
I am cautiously optimistic and hope we have a chance to win, count ‘em, seven games:
Richmond: win.
Alabama: loss (Grudgingly. Y'all will behold the barbaric yawlp if we experience any cosmic justice in this game. If it's not this year, then we'll have to wait for 4 more seasons before Saban abandons another team. I am preaching the next day and may just have to have an alternate sermon prepared.)
Ole Miss: win.
Eastern Michigan: win.
At Auburn: loss.
Georgia: loss. (Not so fast, my friend! We beat UGA last year in Athens, and we have them at home this season. Will they be determined not us lose to us twice? Yes. Do we have the capacity to beat overrated and underperforming Stafford, et al? Yep.)
At South Carolina: win. (This is my closest call, because Spurrier would suit up before he loses to Vandy. Even so, we were strongest on the road last year, and USC is suffering awful distractions despite the coach’s best efforts to raise expectations.)
Miami (Ohio): win.
At Florida: loss.
Kentucky: win. (We are matched well by UK and will be well motivated not to lose to an equally good team after some confidence-inspiring upsets. Losing to Florida is not discouraging, and the team will not overlook such an opportune win to lock up a bowl invitation.)
Tennessee: loss.
Wake Forest: win. (Okay, probably it will come down to the last minute of the last game, but I believe.)
Go Commodores!
posted by JRB at 10:31 AM
2 Comments:
One down, six to go.
41-17. Vandy's first win in a home opener since 1997 and the highest score in an opener from 1950.
Go 'Dores!
Good Luck on your Season!
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