Vandy belonged in a bowl last year. If not for the refs bailing out Florida, the Commodores would have won and gone bowling. But without Jay Cutler, they're going to slide back into mediocrity this year. The admission standards are the usual roadblock, but Northwestern has proven that high academic standards and succeeding on the football field are not mutually exclusive. The problem for Vandy is they happen to be in the same state as Tennessee, which is a bit better program than Illinois.
They did get screwed big time in the Florida game.