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re: Vandy going for their 2nd win against a ranked non-conference opponent ever
Posted on 9/15/17 at 9:57 am to randomways
Posted on 9/15/17 at 9:57 am to randomways
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Using my secret matrix, I've managed to retroactively rank every one of our historical non-conference opponents in the top 25. So this post isn't entirely accurate.
If you went retro enough, Vandy is a badass team that kicked all our asses for a while. Y'all introduced foosball to the SEC precursor conferences.
If you go back to the old Southern Conference which included (extras bolded - note some were founding SEC members too): Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Washington & Lee then y'all were dominant as hell and had an enormous influence on southern football.
A lot of people don't realize that prior to Shield-Watkins Field (what would become Neyland) being formed by students (they seriously moved a lot of Earth) that Vandy had the largest stadium in the Southeast by far.
This post was edited on 9/15/17 at 9:58 am
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Posted on 9/15/17 at 10:03 am to Prof
K State fans think they are walking into Vandy with an automatic win based on old history. Things have changed and Vandy is up to the task. Their defense is nothing to laugh at. Again, I picked Vandy in the upset and I'm not sure yet if it would be an upset. Go doors!
Posted on 9/15/17 at 10:27 am to Prof
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A lot of people don't realize that prior to Shield-Watkins Field (what would become Neyland) being formed by students (they seriously moved a lot of Earth) that Vandy had the largest stadium in the Southeast by far.
Vanderbilt Stadium was also the first stadium in the Southeast built soley for football. It had a capacity of 20,000 in 1922. Shield-Watkins opened the year before but must have had other uses (track maybe?) with a capacity of 3,200. It wouldn't be for another 16 years until Shield-Watkins was larger than Dudley Field by capacity. It's crazy how things changed with the way scholarships were regulated that hurt private schools just after WWII.
This whole "dick-riding Vandy thing" is a little weird though.
ETA: Okay, shite, apparently there is some confusion. "Weird" as in "not something we see a lot" not "weird" as in "bad".
This post was edited on 9/15/17 at 11:01 am
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