I'm sorry, I'm not really understanding what your saying....
Either that or your misunderstanding the problem...

If what you are saying is true then it shouldn't even authenticate when I log on through VTY correct? But, instead it authenticates and then comes back and says authorization has failed and the logs on the ACS also show this...

I have never logged on through the console port of this router... I have to do all the configs through the VTY (It's on the other side of town). Which is why once the commands requiring authorization are entered I lose my connection to the router, but (here's where the problem is) when I then go to log back into the router
(now it requires a username and password for it to authenticate with the ACS because the following commands have been entered:
aaa new-model
tacacs-server host XX.X.XX.XX single-connection (The ACS is setup for single connect I checked that already)
tacacs-server key XxXxXxXxX
tacacs-server timeout 20
aaa authentication login default tacacs+ enable
aaa authentication enable default tacacs+ enable
aaa authorization network default tacacs+
aaa authorization exec default tacacs+
aaa authorization config-commands
aaa authorization commands 15 default tacacs+)
What happens is I enter either username and password currently setup on the acs (bakerd and vankek which both have an enable privliedge of 15 on the NDG containing this device) It passes authentication with the ACS but fails authorization....

I know I'm probably starting to sound repetitive, I'm sorry. I'm just frustrated but thanking so much for the help you have provided thus far.

-_LeeBkr_-