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[TD]Name:[/TD]
[TD]Vanderbilt University[/TD]
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[TD]Location:[/TD]
[TD]Nashville, Tennessee[/TD]
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[TD]Mascot:[/TD]
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Commodores, depicted by "Mr. C," above - named after Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, of course, who donated $1 million towards the fledgling university's endowment.[/TD]
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[TD]Colors:[/TD]
[TD]Black and Gold[/TD]
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[TD]Founded:[/TD]
[TD]1873[/TD]
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[TD]Enrollment:[/TD]
[TD]12,000[/TD]
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[TD]Notable Alumni:[/TD]
[TD]Lamar Alexander, Fred Thompson, Al Gore (attended but did not graduate), Robert Penn Warren, Skip Bayless, Jay Cutler, Dinah Shore,Rosanne Cash,Amy Grant, Joe Bob Briggs[/TD]
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[TD]Division and Conference:[/TD]
[TD]Div. I-FBS, Southeastern Conference (founding member and the SEC's only private university)[/TD]
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[TD]Head Coach:[/TD]
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"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sumlin"James Franklin (8-10 overall, 3-8 in SEC play)
Strangely enough, right now his Wikipedia entry calls him "Fatso":
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[TD]All-Time Record vs. UF:[/TD]
[TD]9-34-2; the Commodores' last victory against the Gators was a 24-9 win in 1988.
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[TD]2011 vs. UF:[/TD]
[TD]Gators won, 26-21, in Gainesville[/TD]
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[TD]2011 Record:[/TD]
[TD]6-7, 2-6 in SEC play[/TD]
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[TD]Most Stunning Victory of 2011:[/TD]
[TD]A 41-7 win at Wake Forest, showing that the bottom of the SEC is still better than a team that was 1 win away from a spot in the ACC Championship Game.[/TD]
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[TD]Most Devastating Loss of 2011:[/TD]
[TD]Like Kentucky, Vanderbilt fans are used to losing so this is a tough call. I'm gonna go with their 21-27 overtime loss to Tennessee, just for the in-state rivalry factor.[/TD]
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[TD]Notable Traditions:[/TD]
[TD]They have some kind of foghorn or something on top of the press box. [/TD]
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[TD]Player with the Silliest Name:[/TD]
[TD]The name's not that silly, but they appear to have a Japanese defensive lineman, #91 Tayo Ajayi.
(Not really; an image search for his name shows that he's black. Still, it's fun to imagine, isn't it?) [/TD]
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Do I really need to do this? No one expects Vandy to compete with the Gators but everyone is warning that it could be a "trap" game and they'll "play us close."
Eh. I don't really have much to say except Gators will win 28-14.
