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Vanderbilt's defense suffered a blow Wednesday when Coach Bobby Johnson said starting cornerback Myron Lewis would not play in Saturday's game at Tennessee.

Vanderbilt hasn't fared well in two games against top-five SEC running backs. Mississippi State's Anthony Dixon eclipsed his rushing average by three yards.

Bobby Johnson believes that SEC coaches should be able to loosen their lips - just a little - and still keep their wallets closed.

Vanderbilt has lost starting quarterback Larry Smith for the final three games with a partially torn left hamstring, and that means Mackenzi Adams will make his first start this season Saturday night against top-ranked Florida.

NASHVILLE - Forget the vampires and werewolves. A Georgia Tech uniform could be the scariest costume that Vanderbilt fans see tonight.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Freshman Warren Norman became Vanderbilt's first player to bring back two kickoffs for touchdowns in his career.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Southeastern Conference says there's no video evidence to support the personal foul call against Arkansas' Malcolm Sheppard in the fourth quarter of the Razorbacks' 23-20 loss to Florida.

South Carolina's offensive line is better than the unit that seemed to fall apart last season - when it comes to rushing yards Judge the unit by sacks allowed, and the Gamecocks are still struggling.

A day after missing practice with a sprained ankle, Vanderbilt running back Zac Stacy returned to the field Wednesday.

It's a short prescription for what Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson needs to improve an anemic offense with few options left.

NASHVILLE - Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson said he would appeal to his players' pride to keep them fighting for positive results in the season's final five games.

When Vanderbilt returns to the practice field Tuesday in preparation for this week's trip to South Carolina, don't expect the offensive line to be in a pleasant mood.

Georgia passed in the first half, ran in the second and kept the Commodores from doing enough of either on a chilly Saturday at Vanderbilt Stadium.

If Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson wants to remind his Commodores exactly how valuable limiting penalties can be, he should look back a year.

Vanderbilt is adding a course to its football curriculum this week: Fundamentals 101.

NASHVILLE - Vanderbilt could have used a do-over in its last matchup with Mississippi State.

Vanderbilt knows a loss in its SEC opener tonight would not break its football season.

Connect these dots. A highly recruited true freshman running back rushes for more than 100 yards in his first college game -- a season-opening blowout win over a Southern university whose name begins with "Western." The player later tells reporters that coaches promised him during the recruiting process that such a debut was possible if he worked ...

Word trickles down from class to class, team to team. Stories of road trips past to Death Valley are all Vanderbilt players have to go on.

It is one thing for Larry Smith to have the approval of his coaches. For his Vanderbilt teammates to line up after he is named the starting quarterback and shower him with praise ... that is something else.