I attended VU from 1964 - 1968 courtesy of many loans and a national merit scholarship. I played in the band all 4 years, and learned to hate anything that was even vaguely orange. I owe Vanderbilt for my wife, Myra, who is a sometimes football fan and full time basketball fan.I've been a season ticket holder for 29 years in basketball and 25 of the last 30 in football. I finally gave up on football when DiNardo led us to consecutive 65-0 and 52-0 losses to UTK, plus the fact that the NCC priced most of my friends out of the seats they had been in for 15 years. I re-upped in football this year because my son wanted to go to some games, though I sit in a non-NCC area.I rarely can watch or listen to VU on radio or TV, especially when it's a close or important game....it literally makes me ill. Living in Chattanooga makes it hard to get to a lot of the basketball games, but I make most of the Saturday games.I think VU may have finally turned the corner after years and years (starting before my time) of institutional neglect. Time will tell.GO VANDY!
Back to
bio main