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Topics include:

• Coombs, Brini and Ward figure to be immediate starters.
• Luke Guth has hit the transfer portal.
• How Vanderbilt could have more than 34 players on next year's roster.
• How many of the 23 signees will get through the draft?
• We answer your mailbag questions, including a discussion of baseball and basketball facilities.
• And more.

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Topics include:

• Current players in the portal include Carter Johnstone, Will Hampton, Jakob Schultz, Tristan Bristow, Miller Green and Hudson Barton.
• The foundation of the offense likely includes Brodie Johnston, Ryker Waite, Rustan Rigdon, Korbin Reynolds, Tommy Goodin and others.
• Wyatt Nadeau, Tyler Baird, Connor Hamilton, Nate Taylor, Aiden Stillman, Austin Nye, Matthew Shorey, England Bryan and others should form the...

Topics include:

• What was bad luck and bad process in the 2026 season?
• How will Vanderbilt manage its 34-man roster for next season?
• Will Colin Barczi, Braden Holcomb and Connor Fennell return?
• Vanderbilt has a loaded freshman class. How many will make it to campus?
• Coach Tim Corbin is hiring a GM.
• Why some coaches are getting more hesitant to use the transfer portal.
• There's talk that MLB could make high school p...

Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea joins SEC State of Mind to talk about building sustained success in Nashville, replacing key leaders like Diego Pavia, and why the next step for Vanderbilt football is about elevating expectations, not just maintaining momentum. Coach Lea also dives into quarterback competition, team culture, handling pressure at his alma mater, and the mindset needed to compete in the SEC. Plus: Nashville steakhouse...

Topics discussed:

• The Southeastern Conference's statement misrepresented about Friday's overturned home run mis-represented the call on the field, but because the decision was couched in replay review, by definition, there was nothing Tim Corbin or Vanderbilt could do to overturn it.
• We can't know with certainty that Braden Holcomb's hit left the ballpark in the air, but evidence and common sense suggest it's overwhelmingl...

• Matthew Shorey made a brief (but spectacular) debut.
• Alex Kranzler and Jacob Faulkner have pitched well lately.
• What might Vanderbilt's weekend pitching look like?
• A mostly-favorable matchup against Missouri.
• How many games must the Commodores win between now and season's end to make the NCAA Tournament?

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Topics include:

• Diego Pavia wasn't drafted or offered a contract but will get an invite to the Baltimore Ravens' training camp.
• Vanderbilt fell a run short in its attempt to win the series with Texas.
• Aidan Stillman showed the promise that made him a high draft prospect out of high school last year.
• Connor Hamilton didn't pitch this weekend--what's next?
• Alex Kranzler and Jacob Faulkner have begun to contribute.
• Ho...

Topics include:

• Women's basketball coach Shea Ralph had her Vanderbilt contract extended just before the show began. Charles Mays joins us to discuss the significance of that.
• An in-depth look at the men's basketball roster for next year, which increased by one (Missouri transfer T.O. Barrett) as the show was live. We look at the impact of Barrett, Ace Glass, Sebastian Williams-Adams, Bangot Dak and Blake Buyuktuncel.
• Ba...

Topics include:

• Vanderbilt's big RPI jump--can it make the NCAA Tournament?
• What can the Commodores do at first base and catcher with injuries and other challenges.
• Will Hampton temporarily replace Logan Johnstone?
• Vanderbilt still can't throw strikes--are there any answers?
• LSU's Jay Johnson says the transfer portal isn't always the answer.
• And more.

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Topics include:

• Some things from Vanderbilt's mid-week win over Lipscomb.
• Kentucky could be a decent matchup for Vanderbilt this weekend.
• Handicapping Vanderbilt's chances of making the NCAA Baseball Tournament.
• Some of the latest things that have stuck out from spring practice.
• The madness that is the basketball transfer portal (and why you shouldn't believe a lot of what you hear).

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Topics include:

• Vanderbilt's opportunities to make the postseason are diminishing; it's still possible but it'll need to start with a road series win at Kentucky this week as road wins are key to what Vanderbilt needs to do to improve its RPI.
• Aiden Stillman had issues locating off-speed pitches against Oklahoma and paid for it.
• Connor Hamilton didn't throw this weekend but was warming up on Saturday.
• And more.

Topics include:

• Thoughts on spring practice, including the quarterback picture.
• This team's depth really pops.
• Tyler Tanner, NIL deals and more hoops thoughts.
• Re-thinking the pitching after Hamilton's outstanding effort.
• We like what coach Tim Corbin did to realign the defense.

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Topics include:

• Tommy Goodin's dramatic walk-off grand slam.
• Mack Whitcomb's walk-off bunt.
• Vanderbilt's struggling pitching staff managed to be good enough to get through 35 innings of a weekend sweep.
• The rivalry with Tennessee feels different than it did with Tony Vitello.
• What would it look like if you replaced the struggling end of the pitching staff with a healthy Miller Green and Aidan Stillman (both of whom c...

Topics include:

• This was a likable basketball team led by a likable superstar in Tyler Tanner, who may or may not be back next season.
• Will other teams come after Vanderbilt's Mark Byington?
• Things look bleak for Vanderbilt's pitching staff with Nye out; it's a thin road to success from here and that would almost have to include England Bryan, Miller Green and Aidan Stillman getting better, but will that happen?
• How ca...

Topics include:

• The hitters seem to be feeling the pressure to produce due to a pitching staff that is pitching poorly.
• How much would the composition of weekend innings (and roles) change if the pitching gets healthy.
• Vanderbilt may wind up with the easiest conference schedule in the SEC.
• There's not much to see in the first days of spring practice, but the feel is completely different with the addition of Jared Curti...

Topics include:

• Duke Miles is playing his best basketball of the season--and probably not coincidentally, Vanderbilt is, too.
• The offense seems to be flowing as well as it has this year.
• Vanderbilt went through perhaps the toughest possible draw in the SEC tournament and in spite of that, was four minutes away from winning it.
• A look ahead to the matchup with McNeese.
• It makes little sense that Vanderbilt got a 5-see...

Topics include:

• Was Vanderbilt falling down four runs and coming back to win what the team needed?
• Statistically, the team is several wins better than its 11-7 mark, which indicates some hope...
• ... if the pitching can come through (and parts have gotten somewhat better)...
• ... but the staff has to get healthy and we're not sure if that's happening or not.
• Baseball is really lacking a home-field advantage right now.
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