A few observations from my weekend in Nashville ...

1. The campus at Vanderbilt is magnificent. Lots of greenspace. Older buildings featured beautiful architecture, not that I’m a building afficionado. What I found very interesting was the clientele. Scores of Vandy students walked around with backpacks, books and stuff—seemingly oblivious to the fact that the school was hosting arguably the most important football game in years. Some were even studying. Those crazy college kids. Their parents are spending thousands of dollars to send them to a prestigious university and they’re wasting their Saturday with their noses in the text books. Where’s their priorities? It was obvious that I was among the least intelligent people roaming these halls of academia. Like one sign said, “the geeks shall inherit the turf.”

2. Talked to a Vandy season-ticket holder. He said season tickets were $99. Considering season tickets to Auburn games are $300, not counting the thousand bucks or so it costs just for the right to purchase tickets, I’d say the Commodore faithful are getting one heck of a deal and Auburn fans are wondering why they spent so much money when they could have watched the games for free on television.

3. This is the worst Auburn offense I have seen in my lifetime. Their performance is even worse than the 1998 offense, which won only three games. At least the 1998 offense seemingly knew what to do, they just didn’t have the hosses to do it. I feel sorry for these players who must endure a system that has become the laughingstock of the SEC.

4. Auburn should have led 21-0 in the first quarter. First and goal at the 3 and no points, then a missed extra point ... No, it shouldn’t have been 13-0. It should have been 21-0 AU and it would have been over. As for the second half, Vandy outscored Auburn 7-0 but was much more dominant than that.

5. I am not alone when I ask why Auburn stopped running out of the double tight end formation behind center after the first quarter. Perhaps the person in charge of calling the plays spent the first quarter in the bathroom, then resumed futile duties in the second quarter.

6. This is the lowest point of Auburn’s football program since .... gasp ... jetgate. How ironic that Auburn hosts Bobby Petrino and Arkansas this Saturday.

7. I like Nashville. Wouldn’t mind spending a few days there to check out some sites. But that’s for another day. I don’t want to go back without having sushi.