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re: Can Vandy be elite?
Posted on 12/1/20 at 2:09 pm to BamaGradinTn
Posted on 12/1/20 at 2:09 pm to BamaGradinTn
They need the the administration, the AD, the fan support and the coaching to really make an impact in football.
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Posted on 12/1/20 at 2:17 pm to turnpiketiger
Yes it needs to be a better league top to bottom
It doesn't help that these SEC schools keep making the wrong hires and are being lapped in the race.
It doesn't help that these SEC schools keep making the wrong hires and are being lapped in the race.
This post was edited on 12/1/20 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 12/1/20 at 2:35 pm to BamaGradinTn
quote:Where did I say you couldn't?
You can get to the NFL from Vandy.
quote:RIF.
most
Words have meanings.
This post was edited on 12/1/20 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 12/1/20 at 2:43 pm to turnpiketiger
They could at least be like a Stanford. High academics and perennial average team that makes some noise a few times a decade. There's no reason they can't be competitive against the likes of Kentucky, Mizzou, SC, and Tennessee.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 2:46 pm to turnpiketiger
They were a long time ago; I suppose they could manage a great season here and there but to be elite would mean becoming VERY lax in their enrollment compared to how they are now.
I just don't see that happening.
I just don't see that happening.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 3:21 pm to WildManGoose
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They could at least be like a Stanford.
Not really. Stanford got it going because they have such a global reputation that they can essentially monopolize the high-end students in the elite football prospect pool. They get first choice, basically, and then Vandy, Northwestern, Duke, etc. work with what’s left.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 4:00 pm to Crowknowsbest
quote:It's not like their roster is filled with aerospace engineering bruisers. The end goal is to get players of draftable talent; not research lab talent. Stanford isn't decent because they're academically superior. They're decent because they actually have some focus on football. Stanford pays Shaw almost double what Vandy was paying Mason.
monopolize the high-end students in the elite football prospect pool
Posted on 12/1/20 at 4:08 pm to turnpiketiger
In another league, maybe. In the SEC, no way it's going to happen. Their academics standards are just too high and they're not willing to bend, which is admirable. The SEC is all about getting the best athletes and winning NCs and the reality is most of them aren't academic scholars!
Posted on 12/1/20 at 4:08 pm to turnpiketiger
When has Stanford or Wisconsin ever been elite. Really good yes. But they don’t come to mind when I think elite
Posted on 12/1/20 at 4:12 pm to PanhandleSlim
Wisconsin has won six big 10 titles since 1993. No they aren't elite but I would put them in the pretty good category.
Posted on 12/1/20 at 4:44 pm to turnpiketiger
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Can Vandy be elite?
Not if they keep recruiting women..
That hawaiian had to learn the hard way
Posted on 12/2/20 at 7:07 pm to Crowknowsbest
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Vandy is a great school, but it isn’t in Stanford’s tier.
They’re leaps and bounds above the rest of the SEC
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:02 pm to UKWildcats
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4hese postgame interviews
How dare you besmirch these scholars!
“What gave you the motivation on that late drive to pull down that high pass and ice the game?”
“Well..... uummm...you know.....coash tol us in da lockahroom we hat tuh dri deep, you know.... dri deep inna eeendzone and gib one hunnit ten pahcent, so I gra dat pass and be li push baby, push you know. And deen day d cuudun stahp me, puttin in dat work, you know.”
Posted on 12/2/20 at 10:44 pm to turnpiketiger
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Can Vandy be elite?
Yes but they prefer to be petite.
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