The Hustler Sports 30 on VandyRadio: Football heads to Starkville, soccer wraps up regular season
The Hustler Sports 30 podcast is back—this week, the hosts discuss what went wrong with football, and what has gone well for soccer.
Elijah Moore celebrates a career day against Vanderbilt on Oct. 31, 2020, scoring three touchdowns on 14 receptions for 238 yards. (Hustler Multimedia/Truman McDaniel)
November 5, 2020
On this week’s episode of the Hustler Sports 30, Simon Gibbs, Alyssa Muir, Betsy Goodfriend and Justin Hershey discuss the latest in Vanderbilt fall sports, which features two programs—football in soccer—heading in very different directions. While soccer is coming off a 2-0 win heading into the final regular season tilt, football is coming off a jarring 54-21 loss to Ole Miss.
1:17 — Simon starts things off by recapping Vanderbilt’s 54-21 loss to Ole Miss, a game in which the Rebels broke numerous school records.
2:35 — The hosts discuss what exactly went wrong for the Commodores in this contest, from the secondary to the defensive front.
7:52 — Despite the high-scoring outcome, Vanderbilt’s offense, led by freshman Ken Seals, showed massive improvements.
14:00 — Is there any way that Vanderbilt wins its upcoming contest at Mississippi State? Who are you taking in the spread?
19:55 — Vanderbilt soccer is improving on all fronts, and that culminated in a 2-0 win against LSU last week. Heading into their final contest of the regular season, is there anything more they need to show you?

Simon Gibbs (‘21) is the Sports Editor of the Vanderbilt Hustler. He has been on staff since the first semester of his freshman year, previously serving as a Staff Writer, Senior Writer and Deputy Sports Editor. Simon is also the host of VU Sports Wired on Vanderbilt Video Productions and The Hustler Sports 30 on VandyRadio.
Simon has attended several events as credentialed media, including the 2019 NFL Draft, 2019 College Baseball World Series and the 2019 SEC Tournament. Outside of his Commodore...

Betsy Goodfriend ('21) is a deputy sports editor for the Vanderbilt Hustler. She is majoring in Human and Organizational Development with a minor in Business. In her free time, she enjoys online shopping, creating to-do lists, and watching football even if she has no interest in either team playing. She can be reached at [email protected]

Alyssa Muir ('21) is a Deputy Sports Editor for the Vanderbilt Hustler. She has been on the staff since her freshman year. Alyssa is majoring in Economics with minors in Business and Sociology. When she has free time, she can usually be found binge-watching Grey's Anatomy or rooting on her hometown teams, the Tampa Bay Rays and Tampa Bay Lightning.
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Justin Hershey ('22) is the Lead Sports Analyst for the Vanderbilt Hustler. He has been on staff since freshman year, formerly serving as a Staff Writer and Deputy Sports Editor. He is majoring in Human and Organizational Development with minors in Business and Economics. In addition to writing, he serves as a co-host on VU Sports Wired, a Vanderbilt sports talk show, and The Hustler Sports 30, a Vanderbilt sports podcast on VandyRadio.
If he is not watching Commodore sports, you may find Justin...