NASHVILLE – Vanderbilt senior defensive tackle Rob Lohr was as underwhelmed as almost everyone else when VU chose James Franklin to be its 27th football coach.
“I don’t know that I’d say we were shocked,” Lohr recalled Thursday afternoon. “But most of us had never heard of him.”
And what does he think of the former Maryland assistant now, after last season’s six wins delivered the Commodores their fifth bowl berth ever?
“He has an aura around him,” Lohr said. “Coach backs up his talk. What he says works.”
As Vanderbilt prepares to welcome South Carolina to the Music City for its Aug. 30 season opener on ESPN, it has worked so well that the ‘Dores just landed their best recruiting class ever.