Charleston Southern at Vanderbilt, Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT.
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Charleston Southern (2024)
Overall offense: 268 yards per game (118th in FCS)
Passing: 124.2 yards per game (90th)
Rushing: 143.8 yards per game (114th)
Scoring: 14.2 points per game (120th)
Overall defense: 353.7 yards allowed per game (54th in FCS)
Passing: 200.8 yards allowed per game (45th)
Rushing: 152.8 yards allowed per game (64th)
Scoring: 26.75 points allowed per game (66thh)
Vanderbilt (2024)
Overall offense: 318.4 yards per game (123rd in FBS)
Passing: 178.6 yards per game (117th)
Rushing: 139.8 yards per game (86th)
Scoring: 27.3 points per game (73rd)
Overall defense: 376.5 yards allowed per game (74th in FBS)
Passing: 235.7 yards allowed per game (97th)
Rushing: 140.8 yards allowed per game (52nd)
Scoring: 23.38 points allowed per game (51st)
Charleston Southern (2024)
Passing: Kaleb Jackson, 826 yards, 5 TDs, 4 INTs, 52.6 completion percentage
Rushing: Autavius Ison, 795 yards on 171 carries, 4 TDs
Receiving: Chris Rhone, 593 yards on 35 catches, 4 TDs
Vanderbilt (2024)
Passing: Diego Pavia, 2,293 yards, 20 TDs, 4 INTs, 59.4 completion percentage
Rushing: Pavia, 801 yards, 8 TDs
Receiving: Eli Stowers, 638 yards, 49 catches, 5 TDs
Charleston Southern lost 41-7 at Florida State to finish the season 1-11 after 10-straight losses.
Vanderbilt beat Georgia Tech 35-27 in the Birmingham Bowl.
Charleston Southern visits Coastal Carolina on Sept. 6. Vanderbilt visits Virginia Tech on Sept. 6.
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FILE - Vanderbilt tight end Eli Stowers warms up before an NCAA college football game against Tennessee, Nov. 30, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media that the U.S. Coast Guard had boarded the Motor Tanker Veronica early Thursday. She said the ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, it was partially filled with crude.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Galileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for moving cargoes of illicit Russian oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear that they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
