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Chad Bishop has another one of his must-read player profiles up Thursday, this one on De'Rickey Wright... VUCommodores.com: Wright minded Junior LB/S De'Rickey Wright has persevered to become one of the Commodores' veteran leaders (by Chad Bishop) Also, Clark Lea appeared on the Robbie and Rexrode s...

Castillo will not be available... that's 340 pounds less that won't be available to hold out the Alabama pass rush. Ben Cox is questionable; sounds like we will see walk-on Gage Pitchford get his first start at LG.

In this piece that you have to pay for in order to be able to read, beat writer Aria Gerson informs Vandy fans that the team has no chance to beat Alabama... Tennessean (premium): Can Vanderbilt win an SEC game in 2022 (by Aria Gerson) VU WR commitment Junior Sherrill's 6-touchdowns receiving perfor...

Here's what Nick Saban said about Clark Lea on Wednesday's SEC conference call... "I think Vanderbilt is off to a really strong start this season. It'll be a challenging game for us on Saturday. I think Clark Lea has done an excellent job of sort of changing the culture there. They do a great j...

Mike is a quarterback-- he came to Vanderbilt because he wanted to play QB, and Derek Mason offered him a chance. He has spent the offseason in the QB room under Coach Lynch training to be a QB for this season, and he won the job. He is not going to suddenly in midseason learn and play another posit...

Alabama released this video compiled from its Tuesday practice session in preparation for Vanderbilt...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuUWaNkUCMI

VUCommodores: Success up front Vanderbilt's offensive line off to an impressive start through four games (by Chad Bishop) Hustler: Lea previews Alabama, highlights Swann’s excellent performance against NIU (by Andrew Wilf) Vanderbilt announced its 2023 football schedule Tuesday... see it here Clark...

... and the entire state of Alabama sank immediately into the Gulf of Mexico.

Clark Lea was asked about the benching of Mike Wright for A.J. Swann on 102.5 The Game Tuesday. Here's part of his answer: "I think what we still need to explore is where can [Wright] still have an impact on the gameplan, and to facilitate offense through him still. I think early on it's import...

dallasdore wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:45 pm Definitely a much easier, front-loaded with the easiest games next year. We might even approach flirting with 5 or 6 wins next year.

Hmmm... nobody thinks we have a chance to win five games this year... fine. But me, I'm not so sure that's the case.

Besides Vanderbilt, Florida is the only team to play only six games in its home stadium in 2023. (UF does host Georgia in Jacksonville for its seventh "home" game.)

The UNLV game at Allegiant Stadium will be Vandy’s first in an NFL stadium since the Texas Bowl to cap the 2018 season.

VUCommodores.com: Turning toward the Tide
(by Chad Bishop)

Depth chart released for Alabama... Patrick Smith and others are back.

- Will Sheppard No. 1 in the nation in TD's receiving (7) and points scored (42); in the top 15 nationally in receptions (23) and yards (313)

- Anfernee Orji No. 3 in the nation with 39 total tackles

- Matt Hayball tied for No. 6 in the nation with 48.5 average yards per punt

At a road game last season, I sat next to some relatives of Will Sheppard. They said Will has a little brother who may be more athletic than Will. He is a sophomore this year, plays RB and WR for Mandeville (La.) HS, and is a great student. I see the Commodores just extended him an offer, his first....