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Will Sheppard's little brother Nate, from Mandeville, La. (a junior, not committed anywhere yet), played in a scrimmage last night. Everyone says he's better than Will was at this age. He has offers from VU, Ole Miss, Georgia Tech, and some others. [img=https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/n...

While you're watching videos, check this one out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeuC7bAkYXc

Construction noise going on in the background...

This camera angle gives a good view of what the West stands look like today...

Head Coach Clark Lea

There's a great story in the San Antonio Express-News about the Cibolo (TX) Steele team, which features two Vandy 2024 commits, and a couple of juniors that VU would really love to ink. It's behind a paywall, but I subscribed for only 25 cents for three months. Steele opens play next Friday. From a ...

Among winners on Friday: - QB Jeremy (Jay) St-Hilaire (VU's first commit of the 2024 class) was 18-of-24 for 182 yards, and rushed for 40 more, as Chattanooga McCallie pounded CCS 53-13. Carson Lawrence (junior VU commit) had an interception. [img=https://wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/pho...

Coach Everett updates the RBs and how he intends to use them; Coach Blazek names his second five at OL (after last week identifying his starting five)...

We should get to see a depth chart next Tuesday...

RBs Coach Jayden Everett

OL Coach A.J. Blazek

WR Coach Alex Bailey

Braxton Lawrence is a 6-4 220 utility knife who plays for Goodpasture. He is a senior who got an offer from Vandy about three weeks ago-- he'd be perfect for that Anchor position on defense-- but I'm not sure it's a "committable" offer just yet. But the Commodores are keeping their eyes on...

VU commits Dontae Carter and Alvin Williamson, Jr. of Cibolo (Tx) Steele played Thursday night in a scrimmage... Carter took part in this post-scrimmage interview...

High school football starts tonight in a lot of states. One of the biggest games in the whole country is about two miles from campus... IMG Academy of Florida, ranked No. 4 in the nation by MaxPreps, traveling to Nashville to take on No. 19 ranked Lipscomb Academy. No Vandy commits in that one... th...

DL Coach Jovan Haye

DL Coach Larry Black, Jr.

While others are excited about young guns Junior Sherrill & London Humphreys at WR... drooling over Sedrick Alexander and A.J. Newberry at RB... I'm quietly very excited about Ted Gregoire and De'Marion Thomas, the two bookend interior defensive linemen that Vandy signed last December. Gregoire,...

FWIW The Tennessean has this...

Tennessean: Seven Vanderbilt football freshmen to watch in 2023, including Martel Hight
(by Aria Gerson)

The George Plaster Show is broadcasting live from the Vanderbilt practice field today (Wednesday afternoon)... A.J. Swann and Coach Lea are scheduled to appear... you can watch live here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfCIh2wfL68&ab_channel=TheGeorgePlasterShow Hope nobody watched all the w...

This was recorded during SEC Media Days...

SEC Network: LEA MAINTAINS HIS LOFTY EXPECTATIONS FOR VANDERBILT
While joining Marty & McGee, Clark Lea makes it very clear that he's not satisfied and has extremely high expectations for the Commodores' program.

Ms. Gerson writes this story about all this below, and it's worth reading... it includes some photos the Tennessean photographer took on Tuesday showing the current state of things, worth clicking through... Tennessean: How Vanderbilt football will play in FirstBank Stadium amid construction in 2023...

Ha! I used to have two SEC alternate channels on my cable system, and if they're gone now, I'm not surprised... they would show a game once, maybe twice a year, and the rest of the time, they showed the SEC Sports logo! Biggest waste of a channel I've ever seen!

Coach Lezynski mentioned Nicholas Rinaldi, and the interviewer asked a follow-up question about him... he's another one of those really great walk-on stories... the interviewer is not too well-informed; Rinaldi only started playing HS football TWO years ago, but last year Barton Simmons invited him ...

The George Plaster Show is broadcasting live from the Vanderbilt practice field today (Wednesday afternoon)... A.J. Swann and Coach Lea are scheduled to appear... you can watch live here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfCIh2w ... lasterShow

Post-practice Wednesday comments...

DC Nick Howell

LB Coach Nick Lezynski

DB Coach Dan Jackson

Here's what The Athletic's SEC experts say about that... Seth Emerson : Do people realize Vanderbilt went 5-7 last year? Maybe Clark Lea takes a step back in his second year, but he might hit the over before September is complete with a schedule of Hawaii and Alabama A&M at home then Wake Forest...