I’ll be the first to admit that sometimes, this isn’t fun. Writing about Vanderbilt sports can be a lot, and it’s not because I don’t generally like it, or because writing at Anchor of Gold gives me a pretext to watch every Vanderbilt game even when my wife doesn’t want to, but some seasons are just a drag. The 2018-19 basketball season immediately springs to mind here; so, too, does the 2019 football season. (Thankfully, the baseball team won a College World Series in between.)
Last year a new coach brought new optimism, optimism that came crashing down to reality in the season opener, but hope came back a week later when the team won for the first time in nearly two years.