The Athletic (premium): Vanderbilt football seeks progress in Year 2 under Clark Lea after ‘humble beginnings’

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The Athletic (premium): Vanderbilt football seeks progress in Year 2 under Clark Lea after ‘humble beginnings’

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Joe Rexrode takes a deep dive into the state of the program coming out of spring. It's well worth reading if you have a subscription.

The Athletic: Vanderbilt football seeks progress in Year 2 under Clark Lea after ‘humble beginnings’ (by Joe Rexrode)
https://theathletic.com/3282092/2022/05 ... a-preview/


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Re: The Athletic (premium): Vanderbilt football seeks progress in Year 2 under Clark Lea after ‘humble beginnings’

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It's interesting to think how the program's progress would be viewed had Vandy been able to beat both ETSU (not an unreasonable expectation) and South Carolina (shoulda, coulda, woulda). No, 4-8 is no great achievement, but I think we'd all see the program in a somewhat better light with those two wins. We had one of our easier schedules in a while last year--it's possible that we may be better this year but not win any more than 2 or 3 games.
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Re: The Athletic (premium): Vanderbilt football seeks progress in Year 2 under Clark Lea after ‘humble beginnings’

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2 wins is my expectation. Like you say, even with a reasonable level of improvement, there's not much hope until we get some more talent and experience. I like our coach. I expect we'll become problematic for middle of the road SEC teams in the second half of year 3. The teams reaction to the practice footage of last spring versus this spring is indicative of real progress.
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