re: What prevents Vanderbilt from competing in Football using Stanford's model?

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I agree with your post but competing in the SEC versus the PAC is a killer for Vanderbilt

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I disagree fully. Fans tend to be biased towards their own conference and look at the present situation instead of taking a broader historical perspective.

The SEC East historically only has 2 Nationally relevant teams who can CONSISTENTLY compete. Florida and Georgia.

The Pac 12 has Oregon, USC, UCLA, and once upon a time Cal was a consistent winner, additionally Stanford plays Notre Dame every year. The Pac 12 is historically stronger than the SEC East, and from a broad perspective I think it would be easier from a scheduling standpoint to maintain consistent success at Vanderbilt.



Vandy gets 4 easy OCC games. Then they get Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, and their West rival is Ole Miss(who isn't exactly a historic powerhouse).

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I agree with your post but competing in the SEC versus the PAC is a killer for Vanderbilt.

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For comparison, Stanford vs current and former SEC all time

Alabama, played twice, tied in 1927 and lost in 1935
Arkansas, played once when Hogs were in SWC in 1970, no with Hogs in SEC
Auburn, never played
Florida, never played
Georgia, played 1 bowl game in 1978
Georgia Tech, played twice since Tech left SEC, never while Tech was SEC
Kentucky, never played
LSU, played 1 bowl game in 1977
Mississippi State, never played
Missouri, played once in Columbia when Mizzou was in the Big 8
Ole Miss, never played
South Carolina, never played
Tennessee, never played
Texas A&M, played 1 game in CA in 1992. No games as SEc team
Tulane, played 4 home and home in SEC and 4 home and home after Tulane left SEC
Vanderbilt, never played

I would be hard pressed to find any current P5 football school who has played fewer SEC games in their entire football history.