Seriously look into discourse:
https://www.discourse.org/
It has sooooo many features that are an upgrade from vbulletin - the best being new posts auto-load w/o having to refresh the page.
We could try out just for gameday threads or something. It's definitely a next evolution in forum software.
AC - I'm a web developer. You could always hire me. I'll give you a good price to set it up.