Vandy News: 3 Footballers Wouldn't Have Made Academics, Went To Happy Valley

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Here's another round from contributor Jackson Martin and paragraph 2 is the more interesting part...

The biggest news out of the AD office today is that Vanderbilt has offers from three different BCS schools to play a future home and home series with the Commodores. A potential matchup with Stanford — new Vanderbilt head coach Derek Mason’s former employer — is the most exciting possibility by far, but some fans would rather see less successful programs in Georgia Tech or Boston College on the schedule. Vanderbilt has never played Stanford in football, but has played Boston College three times (most recently defeating the Eagles in the 2008 Music City Bowl) and former SEC-member Georgia Tech 37 times (most recently in 2009).

Another potentially shocking story comes from our source who says, ”Three of the six recruits that Franklin ‘stole’ from Vandy were denied admission on academic grounds.” What isn’t known is the timeline here: did the recruits flip and then were denied by the school, or did they flip because they were denied?

Our source also told us, “DW and all SEC ADs are opposed to 9 game SEC schedule. Some coaches are in favor.” That’s unfortunate news to this writer, who would be in favor of adding an extra conference game so that teams don’t see non-rivals from the opposite division only once every six years.

A small bit of uniform-centric news: the team will not have names on the back of the jerseys in the fall. Former head coach Bobby Johnson was a big believer in the “team-first” mentality and didn’t have names on the jerseys either, though Franklin did put the names on the uniforms during his tenure.

Dime Store Analysis:

The HQ isn't all that shocked that coaches would have their prospects flip from old school to new school, but the timing will turn out to be interesting...

John Stuetz from the Daily Collegian detailed some of the flippers around National Signing Day and it included OL Chance Sorrell and Ashburn, Virginia QB Trace McSorely.

The others, according to the Collegian, are Tampa-Gaither DB Amani Oruwariye, The Lovett School (Atlanta) CB Grant Haley, and Park Ridge, Illinois OT Brendan Brosnan. LB Troy Reeder from Wilmington-Salesianum out of Delaware had an offer from Vandy as well.

Here's Franklin addressing his NSD2014 with the media...
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Chad Qualls Perfects Fist Pump Somersault

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It's one of those rare highlights that turned into something else entirely...

What would you call this action after a strike out...???


A fist pump-trip-blown tire-somersault should just about cover it...

How's This For A First Pitch...???

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Sometimes you just have to ask "Why not...?"
Or quoting the Curtis Armstrong character's conversation with Tom Cruise in "Risky Business..."

"Joel, sometimes you just gotta say 'What the f***'"

Looks like Korean rhythmic gymnast Shin Soo-ji's philosophy was the same in the Doosan Bears game...


Top that, guys...

DH Lee Tells A Fan Who's #1

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DH Lee hit his approach long on the 12th hole at Congressional... and did this...
It's in the first 30 seconds...


Lee bogeyed on the hole.

He started the day in a tie for fourth, two back of the leaders. But things flamed out on the back nine- a double-bogey 5 on the 10th hole, the bogey on 12 and two more bogeys on 15 and 18.

Lee finished with a 4-over 75, tying for 20th...