tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post3665080078473658240..comments2023-11-03T04:07:19.586-05:00Comments on Vanderbilt Sports Line: Same Old Vanderbilt StudentsSeamus O'Toolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11811017078765515449noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-38348173180612518662011-11-02T17:46:56.150-05:002011-11-02T17:46:56.150-05:00I attended VU back in the days of DiNardo. We wer...I attended VU back in the days of DiNardo. We were never above 5-6 and the student section was jammed for all games except UF and UT b/c those were during thxgvng break. Not sure if the type of student has changed, the interest in football has diminished or what. But Sat's attendance was miserable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-49545064320522809002011-11-02T16:16:01.709-05:002011-11-02T16:16:01.709-05:00As an outsider, I've never understood why more...As an outsider, I've never understood why more students don't go to Vandy games, either. The whole "It's so farrr!" excuse is pretty lame. At Kentucky, the stadium is barely on campus, and 90% of upperclassmen don't live on campus, anyway. The stadium is at least a mile from most of the fraternity houses. Yet our student section is typically packed unless it's an afternoon game when Keeneland is open. Vanderbilt kids don't have that excuse. It's dirt cheap, it's quality football, go to the games. Sure, the team might lose, but that's why you booze hard enough pregame not to really care about the end result, right?Anything but Gatoradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006770456109241897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-81653983950069258962011-11-01T18:36:25.026-05:002011-11-01T18:36:25.026-05:00Exactly -
I think the football boys will run the...Exactly - <br /><br />I think the football boys will run the table the rest of the year.AspenVUnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-90740018899362765702011-11-01T15:15:14.781-05:002011-11-01T15:15:14.781-05:00You give Florida a run this week, you might see th...You give Florida a run this week, you might see those people flock.Stanimalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068492073488859014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-90406842902278577362011-10-31T13:04:47.045-05:002011-10-31T13:04:47.045-05:00This is too funny and timely to our discussion to ...This is too funny and timely to our discussion to some degree I guess:<br /><br /><br />http://deadspin.com/5854399/this-is-what-happens-when-old-drunk-alumni-trash-and-poop-a-vanderbilt-frat-house-on-homecoming-to-the-tune-of-12000<br /><br />This is what SAE alumni think of their current crop of Vanderbilt student brotheren!!!Greg Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-60746708712371159232011-10-31T11:46:59.728-05:002011-10-31T11:46:59.728-05:00The whole point of going to college, rather than t...The whole point of going to college, rather than taking some course over the Internet, is to be a part of the community. Students who avoid football games and another group events impoverish the school and should be condemned, by folks like us, by the administration and by other students.<br /><br />I agree with the first comment about trying to force frats to tailgate. I'd actually go further were I the administration and basically declare war on frats that did not deliver every member to every football game. <br /><br />I'd also start considering, in accepting people to the school, whether they were the sort of people who'd be active in the school community. I wouldn't choose idiots over loner geniuses but the admission process isn't just about getting grinds who ruined their childhoods to amass resumes that would let them get ahead of kids who wanted to live normal lives, it's about getting smart individuals who will also enrich the experience for everyone else. And we don't have that now.Andrew Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128501258586374340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-81657412940755697912011-10-31T10:04:08.249-05:002011-10-31T10:04:08.249-05:00Thought this would be of interest to those defendi...Thought this would be of interest to those defending the current frat experience at Vandy:<br /><br />http://deadspin.com/5854399/this-is-what-happens-when-old-drunk-alumni-trash-and-poop-a-vanderbilt-frat-house-on-homecoming-to-the-tune-of-12000ADhttp://questionspresented.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-15982769650545010222011-10-31T10:01:18.845-05:002011-10-31T10:01:18.845-05:00I attended the Divinity School during the Cutler e...I attended the Divinity School during the Cutler era and we consistently had a crowd of 15 - 20 students at every home game, right in the middle of the student section. Most of us did our undergraduate work at small liberal arts colleges, so the chance to be a part of big time SEC football was a no brainer. <br /><br />As a grad student you have to pay something like $20 a year to get a sticker on your student ID that lets you into all sporting events. It seems like a small amount, but I think that little act of investment and intentionality goes a long way toward feeling like you are making a choice to support the teams. <br /><br />To Sdubs concern, the middle to upper levels of the student section are far less "fratastic" than the lower levels. <br /><br />I also think that the Grad population is mostly going to show up for the experience of the game and for some socializing (i.e. time out of the library), such that actual on the field product is not that important.<br />If that is the case, then some effective marketing should to the trick. Make it a part of Grad orientation, get a student rep in each graduate school to be a cheerleader/organizer.Craig Popenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-85199079505391133362011-10-30T22:15:14.671-05:002011-10-30T22:15:14.671-05:00You know, we have like 6000 grad students. That se...You know, we have like 6000 grad students. That seems like an untapped resource for fans. I know that the law school, Peabody, and Owen have tailgates set up, but why not try to draw in more grad students from engineering, sciences, arts, etc.? Maybe create a grad school student section that is less frattastic so that older students don't feel out of place in the regular student section (not that one should feel out of place there, but I bet some do)? There has to be some way to tap that market...Sdubsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-79291366252085383692011-10-30T19:24:58.154-05:002011-10-30T19:24:58.154-05:00Placing even more rules and limitations on frats r...Placing even more rules and limitations on frats ruins the Vanderbilt experience. Horrible idea, VandyJon. Also, most freshman don't tailgate with the Commons; they tailgate with the frats. While it might be nice to beef up attendance at our football games, continuing to take away other great things about Vandy in order to do it is not right. Long live frat row.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-55269447984224756372011-10-30T18:20:27.001-05:002011-10-30T18:20:27.001-05:00Nice writeup. Like Vandy Jon's ideas about tai...Nice writeup. Like Vandy Jon's ideas about tailgating for the students and frats. I'd also have shuttle buses from the Commons to the tailgating and game. It is kind of a hike.<br /><br />Fwiw, need to clarify one thing. The juniors who played at Penn had NEVER had a conference loss until this past Saturday. My husband played there so I just wanted to say that they have a great football program. We go up for one game every year.Vandygal78noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-18163143803704648032011-10-30T14:44:38.227-05:002011-10-30T14:44:38.227-05:00I must disagree about clock management. We had ou...I must disagree about clock management. We had our shots at scoring without being overly rushed. Had we scored, Ark would have had nothing much left on the clock to drive and score. That looks about right to me.Vandyphilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-75718553583847943832011-10-30T14:27:46.467-05:002011-10-30T14:27:46.467-05:00The students are embarrassing - as for opposing fa...The students are embarrassing - as for opposing fans, you'd want to get to a real city too if you lived in the other SEC outposts. <br /><br />The football team needs to start making a play at the end - see UGA and Arkansas game - clock management was terrible. Hopefully basketball will be better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640778288989151924.post-25515343740699615752011-10-30T10:10:20.067-05:002011-10-30T10:10:20.067-05:00I agree with you Bobby that the students have no e...I agree with you Bobby that the students have no excuse to attend games. But the Vandy admins have done little to encourage students to attend the games. Since the new Freshmen Commons began Vanderbilt has put their freshmen as far away as possible from Vanderbilt stadium. Vandy admins need to do a better job of forcing, yes I said forcing, students to the game. <br /><br />I think it has to start with the tailgating experience. Vandy needs to give each frat a choice on game days, the frat can either have a Vanderbilt paid tailgating spot or the frat cannot have anyone in their house except frat members starting 5 hours before the game and lasting until 2 hours afterwards.<br /><br />Similar idea for the Freshmen Commons. Each house should have a Vanderbilt paid tailgating spot with food and such. If the freshmen want breakfast/lunch/dinner, they need to come out and tailgate. <br /><br />If Vanderbilt can create a strong tailgating experience where students want to attend, I think students will be inclined to go to the games too.VandyJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487239025267935067noreply@blogger.com