As always, football season snuck up on us. While we were enjoying the sun, trips to the beach, and the deluge of summer weddings, Derek Mason and his team were pushing sleds through the humid July air in Nashville, working to build on last season’s six-win campaign. Vanderbilt returns a long list of starters looking to return to college football’s postseason in 2017. The first step on that long journey begins in Murfreesboro Saturday night.
The Commodores will open their season with a road game against Middle Tennessee State, a solid mid-major test to set the tone for the year.