Yep. That really threw a wet blanket over the season for them.
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On Aug 26, 2013, at 6:28 PM, Woody Bass <gatorrrrrr@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had Vandy sub .500 before all their troubles.
>
> Woody (via iPhone)
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> On Aug 26, 2013, at 7:05 PM, Oliver Barry <oliver@bobparks.com> wrote:
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>> Anyone want to go Thursday? Shane's buying!
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>> NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Selling tickets should be easy for a Southeastern Conference team coming off a 9-4 season, especially for the opening game against Mississippi.
>> Not so at Vanderbilt where tickets remained available Monday for Thursday night's season opener.
>> Coach James Franklin has been pushing fans to step up for months using Twitter as his platform, a countdown that has been in daily use with the opener designated as "Operation Blackout." Yet the coach planned to get an update Monday night on where ticket sales stand.
>> "It's very important, national television, that we sell the stadium out, that everybody's wearing black," Franklin said Monday. "I feel like we're making progress there. ... I think we're going to sell out the game, and I expect us to sell out the game."
>> Considering how last season went for the Commodores, selling tickets didn't appear to be an issue.
>> Vanderbilt won its final seven games, including the Music City Bowl, for its best season since 1915 and takes the SEC's longest winning streak into this opener. The Commodores also have the SEC's smallest stadium to fill with a capacity of 40,350. They did just that three times last season, reaching 93.8 percent of capacity for the season.
>> Yet, Franklin has been Vanderbilt's biggest salesman pushing ticket sales and fan creativity to make sure fans are decked out in black Thursday night. He said he doesn't wake up thinking what his message will be each day on Twitter but is happy to tweet away when he sees something interesting all in hopes of promoting the Commodores.
>> "You guys know how passionate I am about building this program and building this fan base and tradition," Franklin said. "The next step for us is to sell out every single game and sell it out, black it out. That's all we've been talking about over and over and over again."
>> Franklin seems to be fighting history still with a fan base worn down by decades of losing. Franklin is 15-11 in his first two seasons with two straight bowl berths, but he said last week he understands this program didn't
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