Vanderbilt baseball player took a shot at the Tennessee Vols and it backfired massively
After the Vanderbilt Commodores eliminated the Tennessee Vols from the SEC Tournament last month, Vandy infielder Riley Nelson took a shot at the UT baseball program. Nelson told reporters that it was "awesome" to beat the Volunteers in the SEC Tournament, before telling recruits that they should choose Vanderbilt over Tennessee if they're getting recruited […]
After the Vanderbilt Commodores eliminated the Tennessee Vols from the SEC Tournament last month, Vandy infielder Riley Nelson took a shot at the UT baseball program.
Nelson told reporters that it was "awesome" to beat the Volunteers in the SEC Tournament, before telling recruits that they should choose Vanderbilt over Tennessee if they're getting recruited by both programs.
"It's awesome," said Nelson. "We don't like those guys, they don't like us. I think it's the best rivalry in college baseball right now. If you're a young kid getting recruited by both of these schools, I think you know which school you should choose."
Nelson's comment doesn't look so great after Vanderbilt was knocked out of the Nashville Regional on Sunday by Wright State.
Vanderbilt, in fact, didn't even reach the Nashville Regional final. The Commodores were the first No. 1 overall seed since 1999 to not reach their Regional final.
Tennessee, meanwhile, won a thriller against Wake Forest on Monday night in the Knoxville Regional final to advance to the Super Regional (the Vols will take on the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville).
If high school recruits and transfers watched what went down in Regional play, I'm guessing most of them noticed that Tennessee, the defending national champs, played with passion and energy while on their way to the program's fifth straight Super Regional. And I'm sure they also noticed that Vanderbilt's season is now over.
Seems pretty easy to guess which program seems more enticing right now to high school recruits and transfers. And it's not Vanderbilt.
