Quietly, the school everyone loved to schedule for Homecoming has made significant strides towards legitimacy and will hopefully get a shot to defend themselves on the field of play within the SEC and beyond in the coming years. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Your sports. Join Newsletter. Vanderbilt tied the Sooners in , but dropped games in both and This expansion will present a rebirth of two long-lost rivalries.
As a founding member of the SEC, Vanderbilt should welcome these universities to the conference with enthusiasm. The Vanderbilt Commodores have been far from elite in both football and basketball the past few years, but athletic director Candice Storey Lee always underscores the importance of top-level competition. The Commodores have only won four of their past 25 conference football games and three of their 16 most recent conference basketball games.
These statistics may hold true, but the Commodores are dominant in several areas of the SEC. The Commodores are grateful to be a part of the notorious SEC, and the conference should be grateful for Vanderbilt as well. Although the Vanderbilt football and basketball teams have struggled the past few seasons, several other Vanderbilt teams have found plenty of recent success. The Commodores have made the NCAA Tournament for 15 consecutive seasons, appeared in four College World Series finals since and won a national championship in both and In addition to the success of the VandyBoys, the Commodores have developed a formidable presence on the lacrosse and soccer fields, as well as on the golf course.
Whether it be the success of the golf teams or any other varsity sport, Vanderbilt deserves to play at the highest level of competition.
On July 1, , the SEC will transcend to an unmatched level of athletic competition as Texas and Oklahoma join the conference, but the main message stays the same for Vanderbilt. The university should compete at the highest level possible and continue to embark on its journey to become a world-class institution for prospective student-athletes.
He joined The Hustler in the second semester of his freshman year as a staff writer for the Sports section. Currently, Andrew co-hosts the Vandy Blitz podcast where he debates and analyzes current sports topics. In his free time, he enjoys golfing.
He can be reached at [email protected]. Edit Close. Toggle navigation. Photo via Vanderbilt Athletics. Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. Manage followed notifications. Another point worth acknowledging is the national championships won by each University in the SEC:.
This a relevant point in terms of national success for teams in the SEC. These facts should be very welcoming to Vanderbilt fans who thought they would be dead last in the SEC. It just means more. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.
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