Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

This isn’t VU-related, but with the Confederations Cup going on leading up to the dash for South Africa 2010, we were discussing this on VandySports.
Originally posted by Vandy72487:Also, how can anyone say that they can’t stand watching someone take 30 seconds for a throw or kick when usually it takes no more [...]

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I’m listening to Houston Nutt’s Ole Miss’s coach’s show, “Abner’s Rebel Yell Hotline”, on one of the Memphis AM sports stations.    I don’t know what I hope to glean from it, because I barely ever listen to Vanderbilt coaches, let alone our opponents’.  But I like to hear people say nice things about [...]

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Note: This post accidentally didn’t get published when Jake wrote it.   I’ve tried to backdate it so it falls logically in sequence.  - PhilipVU94
Obviously, no matter how they got there, collecting the “W” against a ranked team is a clear sign of progress in this program, especially in what is generally considered a “down” [...]

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I realize that no one but me is thinking about anything but football now, so I’ll keep these short.
1. Actually the game I’m most eagerly anticipating tomorrow is the US men’s soccer team’s World Cup qualifier against Cuba in La Habana, the first visit there in 61 years. I know absolutely nothing about [...]

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I just got home from the casinos, was reminded by the radio that Spain-USA is going on right now.   So I got the bright idea of listening to it on Cadena SER while watching on TV.   Astonishgly, the Webcast is not lagged more than about 10 seconds behind NBC’s video.   Perusing the Spanish media, [...]

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Yesterday I happened to catch the beginning of the ESPN Radio program “Game Day”.   The host, named Jeff something or other, was drawing on the Olympic basketball and particularly on the viewership of the China-US game to assert that hoops is catching up to soccer as the world’s favorite sport.   Leaving aside that brash and [...]

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The United States begins qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa today, against Barbados at 2 pm Pacific (4 pm Central) in Carson, CA. ESPN2 will have the TV right after today’s Euro games. Here’s the complete layout for CONCACAF (i.e., North American) qualifying.   And a Barbados newspaper [...]

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33rd minute
USA 0 - 2 Brasil
Our women are in big trouble, but still an hour to play. I’ll have to leave for work during that time.

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USA beat Jolly Old England 3-0.  I keep trying to look over the England roster to find someone to crush on, sexist pig and non-appreciater of women’s sport that I am.  Maybe Kelly Smith since she’s apparently one of the better forwards in the international game now.  Oh well, [...]

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Well, gridiron football at least.
Scotland beats France 0-1 in Paris and goes top of their group with three matches left in Euro ‘08 qualifying. As a 1/4 or 1/7 or 3/23 Scotsman or something, I should act like a good Presbyterian and lift a pint in their honor.  I’m more [...]

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