Vandy Ranked In Top 25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vanderbilt is now ranked for the first time since 1984!

They are 24th in USA Today coaches' poll and an amazing 21st in the AP poll!

According to the AP, we are ranked higher than Illinois, East Carolina, TCU and Fresno State.
According to the coaches poll, we are higher than East Carolina, Nebraska, and Oklahoma State.

There are now six SEC teams ranked in the top 25: Georgia, Florida, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, and now ole Vandy.

This was after a big victory over Ole Miss at Oxford last night.

Way to go 'Dores! Woo Hoo!

Why USC Doesn't Deserve the Praise

I am sick and tired of all these sports commentators saying that USC has an incredible football team that is hands-down the best in the nation. Here are reasons why they don't deserve that level of praise:

1. They have only played two games
   Here we are in mid-September with most other teams having logged twice that many games. They had two weeks to prepare for their allegedly biggest challenge - Ohio State. Too bad the Buckeyes didn't have that chance.
   
2. Their victories are less impressive
   Now that the pre-season is over (no more cupcake opponents), we are starting to see how good or bad these football teams *really* are. USC blew out a mediocre Virgina team from the mediocre ACC. They blew out an Ohio State team that led Troy by a measely field goal until the fourth quarter. A Sunbelt conference team! Wake me up when they have a real opponent. That will be sometime next year, unless USC is pampered with another less-than-challenging schedule...
   
3. Their schedule is a cakewalk
   There is only one other ranked team in the PAC-10, being Oregon. This team just lost to Boise State of the WACC. This is their only ranked opponent on USC's schedule. If they can't run the table, they don't deserve to be ranked at all, let alone number one.

So while USC is surfing the waves of mediocre opponents in the California sun, the SEC powerhouses are beating each other up. Half of the top ten are SEC teams. HALF! It's too bad that LSU and Auburn had to play each other and force one out of the top ten (sorry Auburn). Whoever survives the SEC season deserves a shot at the national title against the annointed USC. I hope whoever it is kicks their tail.

This is what stinks about not have a championship playoff system. It favors the teams that can dominate their own conference while avoiding any real challeneges outside. Margin-of-victory can help offset a lower strength of schedule.

Vandy #26!

The 'Dores received 63 votes last week in the Associated Press poll, which is the most for any team outside of the top 25. This was thanks to a 3-0 start after beating Rice this past weekend. We haven't been ranked since 1984 when we reached 19th place.

If we can get a victory over Ole Miss this coming weekend, we should hopefully make the top 25. Of course, nothing should ever be taken for granted as a Vanderbilt fan. But all we need is a chance...

Oh, and how about Jay Cutler throwing a TD and making the 2-point conversion to beat San Diego and take the Broncos to 2-0 yesterday?!

Woooooooo Hoooooooo !!!!!!!

Vandy Beats South Carolina!

...on national TV - ESPN

...first win in Nashville over ranked opponent since 1992.

Go 'Dores!!!!!!!!!

Also, please note the grammatical error on the Yahoo homepage picture above. What is it about adverbs and the sports media?