Not even ongoing stadium construction can slow down Clark Lea's Vanderbilt Commodores.
Vanderbilt finished Clark Lea's second season at the helm out strong with a 5-7 record and rivalry wins over Florida and Kentucky. Of course, they have everyone's favorite team in the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors coming to town on Saturday night. All the while, their Week 0 game in Nashville will be defined by the ongoing stadium renovations at FirstBank Stadium. This will be hoot and a half, alright.
And if you had any doubts about whether Vanderbilt University was an Apple school, the Windows to the future lie with Microsoft. Start Me Up, baby! Let's see how Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer are doing...
If any SEC school knows its way around a keyboard it has to be its lone private school, right?
Vanderbilt to use a makeshift scoreboard as the Windows to the future
Look. There is no reason to dump on Vanderbilt all that badly in this. The 'Dores play so hard for Lea. Despite having very rich alumni, Vanderbilt does not have the alumni base of other schools in the SEC. In most sports, they are at a competitive disadvantage, but give them a ton of credit for investing their time, money and resources into athletics. We cannot wait to see the final product!
Furthermore, Nashville is a great sports town. With three professional franchises, and probably an MLB team down the line, it is also a fantastic place to be a college football fan. Tennessee may be the most popular team in-state, but we have seen people get fired up about the 'Dores from time to time when they are halfway decent. We would love nothing more than for them to go to a bowl this season.
Ultimately, they are in far better shape than whatever is going on at Hawaii. I asked my favorite organ donor what is happening in The Aloha State. The sexiest of hamburgers gave me nothing... I have never been more disappointed in my favorite vest-wearing Irish R&B singer. Of course, I should have known. He went to Dartmouth and never had a care in the world about Hawaii or college football.
So should the scoreboard malfunction, just do what Seth did in Superbad and blame some Fogell.
