Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

Later I might post some pointy-headed analytical remarks about this game, or maybe not.   For now I just want to record the elation.
And I’m sure the elation is even greater for our team and coaching staff, who proved wrong the pundits and the 90%+ of ESPN’s audience who thought we’d lose to BC.   [...]

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And since I’ve been way too uncreative to produce any content lately, here’s Team Speed Kills.  Sadly, I pretty much agree with most of that article, with the possible exception of the big-picture notion that we “need” a victory.   When you’ve sucked at football as long as we have, and get a season like [...]

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I could write a season review but Vanderbilt’s terrible ending of the season has sapped most of the excitement from me, although I’ll be pretty excited when the bowl selection comes out.   I guess I should summar
No, I’d rather rant again about those silly talking heads on ESPN.   “Boo hoo!   How can they jump Oklahoma [...]

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All as of Nov 15 or later:

Schlabach, ESPN: Liberty vs. East Carolina
Feldman, ESPN (same link): Liberty vs. Tulsa
CBS: Music City vs. Va Tech
College Football News:  Music City vs. U. of Miami
Estes, NBC (use the BY SCHOOL link to navigate): Chick-Fil-A vs. Maryland

Stewart Mandel of CNNSI doesn’t have this week’s out yet put his out on [...]

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I’m still a bit guarded because I don’t want to be devastated by a scenario where the team finishes 6-6 and misses out on a bowl.   That seems unlikely now, but I’m still going to look into that scenario out of mostly but not entirely academic interest.    Anyone who followed our men’s hoops [...]

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Some nice plaudits about the UK-VU game from Team Speed Kills, a great new SEC blog from one of the authors of Garnet and Black Attack: 
But the most significant milestone has already been passed: Vanderbilt will play one more game after the regular season ends.
No one saw it coming, but almost everyone — save Kentucky [...]

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