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Gators know not to sleep on Vandy
By Edward Aschoff
Correspondent
Posted:
11/06/2009 3:55 PM
Before arriving at Florida, Mike Pouncey never thought he'd have to prepare much for Vanderbilt.
He, like the rest of the country, watched as Vandy piddled around the bottom of the SEC during the '90s and the early part of this decade.
It wasn't until the junior offensive lineman came face-to-face with the Commodores that he realized this wasn't the team he was accustomed to seeing.
"They got a lot of great players," Pouncey said. "Every year they’re putting somebody in the NFL. We struggle with them every year. I don’t know what it is. They scheme us up pretty good."
Since coach Bobby Johnson's arrival in 2002, the Commodores have defeated five ranked opponents, sported their first winning season since 1982 (7-6, 2008) and won the school's first bowl game in 53 years with a 16-14 win over No. 24 Boston College in the Music City Bowl last year.
The once bottom-feeder has turned into a team that is hardly slept on.
He, like the rest of the country, watched as Vandy piddled around the bottom of the SEC during the '90s and the early part of this decade.
It wasn't until the junior offensive lineman came face-to-face with the Commodores that he realized this wasn't the team he was accustomed to seeing.
"They got a lot of great players," Pouncey said. "Every year they’re putting somebody in the NFL. We struggle with them every year. I don’t know what it is. They scheme us up pretty good."
Since coach Bobby Johnson's arrival in 2002, the Commodores have defeated five ranked opponents, sported their first winning season since 1982 (7-6, 2008) and won the school's first bowl game in 53 years with a 16-14 win over No. 24 Boston College in the Music City Bowl last year.
The once bottom-feeder has turned into a team that is hardly slept on.
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