Vanderbilt linebacker Chase Garnham has been chosen as a potential candidate for the 2013 Lott IMPACT Award, which honors college football's defensive player of the year both on and off the field. Garnham, who has developed from athletic prospect into defensive leader in his time in Nashville, will lead a young linebacking corps this fall. He's one of five SEC defenders to be singled out by the Lott Award committee.

Andy Katz gives Vandy some love as a potential top 25 team next season and Seth Greenberg agrees. (5/2 podcast)

Can't say I'm terribly surprised by this news.

I didn't know this about Loki. Perhaps that's why he chooses to devour the hearts of his victims while they are still beating right there on the field - to remember the death of his own mortality.

Ugh. I hope this doesn't come back to bite us.

Most interesting points - Stallings is likely to stick around another 6 years, it looks like KJ's going to have surgery to fix the shoulder, and Stallings thinks McClellan could have a huge impact next season ("there were many days this season where he was the best player on our team").

For the second consecutive year, Vanderbilt will be in the national spotlight on the opening day of college football when the Commodores host Southeastern Conference rival Ole Miss on Thursday, August 29. The Commodores and Rebels, two teams on the rise in the SEC, will kickoff at 8:15 p.m. CT, in Vanderbilt Stadium, according to a statement released today jointly by ESPN and the SEC.

Freshman guard Kevin Bright was named the SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday by the league office in Birmingham after averaging 12.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in two Vanderbilt victories last week. It is Bright's second SEC weekly honor of the season.