Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

Thanks to NYDore for helping out in weeks when I can’t do the ballot. Again, check out his new blog, When [It] Strikes Me, for more than the three posts a season I feel like doing here. This week’s ballot is a joint effort.
Good grief, do we still have two weeks of [...]

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Tonight I’m going to be appearing on the Team Speed Kills Now podcast a little after 9 ET/8 CT. Check out Team Speed Kills to listen. I’ll be talking about the GT game.
Here’s this week’s ballot courtesy of NYDore:
1. Alabama
Can we all take a moment to thanks Terrence Cody. If he doesn’t [...]

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Apologies for my sloth in not getting this up in a more timely fashion.

As always, click the image for details.
And thanks again to NYDore for composing our ballot this week:
1. Alabama
Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Maximus knows that style points aren’t needed when you win convincingly.
2. Florida
The real question [...]

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NYDore and I collaborated on these. Mostly his work, with a couple of additions from me. I got these in late so I’m not sure if they’ll be tallied in the official results. - PhilipVU94.
1. Alabama
Yawn. SEC West opponent… no third down conversions allowed… 200 yards rushing against 72 allowed… [...]

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Thanks to NYDore for filling out the SEC Power Poll ballot for STS this week — PhilipVU94

Alabama - Fans may miss his Bama Bangs, but Greg McElroy has ensured
that they don’t miss John Parker Wilson’s play. Bama rolled despite subbing
in the Band’s second chair squad for the 4th quarter.
Florida - Having an off week [...]

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Sorry we didn’t post a ballot. There was some lack of timely communication on my part in trying to involve some of the co-authors in this process.
Here’s the results, with us in 12th not surprisingly:

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I will be consciously using an “accomplishment” approach to filling out my ballot, as opposed to a “prediction” approach. Hopefully this is self-evident from the names I coined, but my rating is a reflection of how I think the teams have looked so far taking into account their competition, i.e. what they’ve accomplished.
In [...]

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I’m back in good health and good spirits, so you get twelve comments this week, and even a relevant one or two.

Alabama - Tide just keeps rolling along.   I don’t actually think they’re a better team than Florida, but I can’t see moving them down as long as they’re the only undefeated.
Florida - So the [...]

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Just because I don’t feel like writing about Vanderbilt football doesn’t mean I can’t vote about SEC football.
1. Alabama - Old CW: Failure to close out games in second half will bite them.   New CW: Blowing it open at Neyland Bryant-Denny-in-the-Smokies showed them to be a strong second-half team.   The fourth quarter may yet be [...]

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