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OK, back to the original question. I don't know much about Vanderbilt outside of their excellent baseball program. Is Nashville also a college town in terms of supporting Vandy athletics? They didn't draw a lot of people at Saturday's game, and I don't know how $300 million is going to fix that-- unless they spend the money on the next James Franklin.

football has really never been good at Vandy so hard to answer.  if you find a Franklin type and keep him, I think Vandy would end drawing well for football.  small alumni fan base like Stanford, but I think generally easier to draw fans to college football in the south than the Bay Area.  Vandy has had more success in men's hoops, and when they've been decent, they've drawn okay.  baseball is relatively new draw big sport for them (although Vandy started the predecessor of the SEC to showcase its baseball program).  the turnstiles don't spin like MSU or LSU, but Vandy probably averages 3000 a game.  bigger thing about Vandy baseball is a blueprint to show that Vandy can win in a SEC revenue sport.  just need to land and keep the coach.  since Gordon Gee left (he eliminated the Vandy Athletic Department), the school now appears to have the commitment to sports again.  with the SEC cash register and its alumni base, I don't think funding is too too big a problem with future resources.  

laughing at OF for complaining about threaddrift on this Board -- threaddrift has been a big part of the Board's attraction through the years.  plus random topics like this one.

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OK, back to the original question. I don't know much about Vanderbilt outside of their excellent baseball program. Is Nashville also a college town in terms of supporting Vandy athletics? They didn't draw a lot of people at Saturday's game, and I don't know how $300 million is going to fix that-- unless they spend the money on the next James Franklin.

football has really never been good at Vandy so hard to answer.  if you find a Franklin type and keep him, I think Vandy would end drawing well for football.  small alumni fan base like Stanford, but I think generally easier to draw fans to college football in the south than the Bay Area.  Vandy has had more success in men's hoops, and when they've been decent, they've drawn okay.  baseball is relatively new draw big sport for them (although Vandy started the predecessor of the SEC to showcase its baseball program).  the turnstiles don't spin like MSU or LSU, but Vandy probably averages 3000 a game.  bigger thing about Vandy baseball is a blueprint to show that Vandy can win in a SEC revenue sport.  just need to land and keep the coach.  since Gordon Gee left (he eliminated the Vandy Athletic Department), the school now appears to have the commitment to sports again.  with the SEC cash register and its alumni base, I don't think funding is too too big a problem with future resources.  

laughing at OF for complaining about threaddrift on this Board -- threaddrift has been a big part of the Board's attraction through the years.  plus random topics like this one.