OT: Video of Vandy walk-on FB being told he got full scholarship

Gave me chills. That's what it's all about.

Here's the embed:

Franklin is such a good dude.  And a damn good football coach.

Best recruiting video ever. Great stuff. I can see why they're starting to snag some top level skill...great coach and great academics in the SEC? Unreal.

Can't say no more than that

Saban. That's college football at its best. Not that they'd ever have room for a walk-on to get a full ride

Been trying to jump on early every morning to watch the mgoblue countdown videos. This one, pretty special. It's what makes teams sports special.

My allergies are acting up! Yeah, that's it, allergies.

Wow amazing. Congrats to that man for all his hard work paying off.

..."Mom, this is gonna make you sappy," That is awesome. I will so remember this kid during the season, and rooting for him.

Just another reason why Vandy is my favorite SEC school.

That just gave me the chills.  Hard work paying off right there, great for the guy.

That's just awesome

SEC schools can be awfully hard to support, but this is just awesome.  Congratulations to him, and great of Vandy to do something like this.  He will never forget it.  I'll be keeping a closer eye on Vandy this season.

I'm going to be pulling hard for that kid this year.

That's a great reward for that kid and to see the reaction of the team was awesome.  Also, given the cost of Vanderbilt (about $60k), its no small financial benefit.

Clearly, Franklin is doing a great job down there.    

My wife went to Vandy so we've been there a couple of times for games and it's easy to see that it's difficult to win there.    It's very much like Northwestern-- their academic standards are very high, their stadium is way behind the other SEC palaces and fan support isn't great (always a ton of opposing fans-- like when Michigan plays NU in Evanston).   Its tougher for Vandy, in that their conference opponents have much much lower academic standards than the Big 10.

Franklin made them competitive last season and has dramatically improved their recruiting.   Also, the administration seems more committed to putting the resources needed for them to be competitive in the SEC.   If Franklin stays there, it's not difficult to see them getting to where Northwestern is right now-- with the potential to get to the Stanford level if they can become the preferred location for serious student athletes from the south.

Also, not following Maryland football closely, is there a tremendous amount of schadenfreude   among their fans for going with Randy Edsell over Franklin?

He only wants assistants with ot wives and walk-ons that want to earn a scholarship.

I love that they Vandy star is on the side of the milk jugs each player has too.  Milk and cookies for film review?  Mike Barwis approves.

So happy for the kid.  This is one of the reasons I don't like the scholarship limit set to 85.  

Big time programs and ones with wealthy alums like Vandy should be able to give out as many as they would like.  If the NCAA wants to cap it, cap it at like 110 or 120.  All the limit does is decrease the amount of opportunities that are available for student athletes.  If schools want to participate in the BCS the minimun should be 85 but they can have as many as 110 or 120 IF the program can afford it.

Thanks for the post -- congratulations to Panu and the Vandy program for a nice story.

Amazing stuff.  Good for him.  Shows the value of working hard and contributing even if you are not a "star."

Very cool and very moving.  Here's hoping that James Franklin continues to build that program.

With the right coach and enough time, I think Vandy has the potential to be very solid.

How much milk are those dudes drinking?  Holy cow.