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Idaho football coach Jason Eck announced the hire of Vanderbilt defensive backs coach Dan Jackson as the new defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Vandals.

Top-ranked Georgia will set out to extend a 23-game winning streak when it visits Eastern Division rival Vanderbilt on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.The Bulldogs (6-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) ha

Two days after celebrating Thanksgiving, I traveled to Knoxville, Tenn., to watch the Vanderbilt Commodores (2-10) lose their fifth straight game to the Tennessee Volunteers (8-4). The Volunteers beat the Commodores, 48-24, behind 617 yards of total offense. The loss marked head coach Clark Lea’s second two-win season. With the loss, Vanderbilt’s overall record in...

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Vanderbilt will travel to Gainesville, Fla., with one foot in the grave after surrendering its fourth loss of the season at the hands of the Missouri Tigers. Senior quarterback Ken Seals made his first start in two seasons after getting the nod over struggling sophomore AJ Swann. However, Seals could not seal the deal and...

“Right now, we’re a work in progress. We’re like this stadium, we’re under construction,” head coach Clark Lea said.  On Saturday, Vanderbilt surrendered its fourth consecutive loss at the hands of a 38-point scoring spree by the Missouri Tigers. Lea metaphorically compared the recent struggles of his team to the construction of FirstBank Stadium. Although...

“A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to,” two-time Super Bowl champion and Hall of Fame head coach Tom Landry said.   On Saturday, Vanderbilt experienced one of its most painful losses in recent memory, losing a 17-point lead, turning the ball over four times, missing a 33-yard chip shot...

Now two weeks into its season, Vanderbilt is beginning to get an idea of its strengths and weaknesses. Still, it’s difficult to gauge expectations considering that both of its first two games came against significantly weaker programs, non-Power 5 programs in Hawaii and Alabama A&M. Perhaps the Commodores’ biggest strength is their air attack. With...

Box scores never show the full picture. On Saturday night, Vanderbilt beat the SWAC’s Alabama A&M Bulldogs 47-13. The Commodores picked up the slack in the second half of the game but started in lackluster fashion. They scored just 12 points in the first half to a defense that allowed 47.5 points combined to the...

The offensive tackle from Florida had been committed to the Cardinals since the summer.