Vandiana

Vanderbilt alum, but can't really argue with these predictions. Every Vanderbilt opponent should rightly be favored. The James Franklin formula was to schedule easy out of conference games then try to grab a couple of wins against whatever conference opponents were having a down year. That formula could reasonably be expected to average about 6 wins a year. Taking the OOC games off the schedule plus the talent exodus makes this year's prognosis truly grim. If there was going to be any bright spot this season it would have been the coordinator upgrades. The former DC never did much to make the defense better and the OC, in his first year replacing the capable Andy Ludwig (hired away to Utah) made Vanderbilt the most predictable offense in the conference. Vanderbilt is always going to have a talent deficit in what is effectively a pro league, so if there's any chance for success unpredictability has to be part of the formula. The Bamas and UGAs can occasionally get away with "everyone in the stadium knows what's coming next but the opponent can't do anything to stop it." That is not going to work at Vanderbilt. I'd say best case scenario is that the new coordinators are able to get their schemes installed and the bugs sorted out by game 6 or 7, and maybe pull one upset, two at most. But zero is the number we are most likely to see.