Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

Being somewhat experienced at losing 4-13 games, I’ve found that it’s best to split up the emotional reaction and the analytical one. Given that watching basketball is back to occupying a less-unhealthy portion of my attention, I can’t promise that I’ll get around to the analytical post, but this one is clearly a short [...]

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It’s the time of year where I totally lose sight of any priorities and post round the clock on VandySports.com. That should be where a blog (even a dying one) comes in handy, as I can collect my thought, post one long ramble instead of scattershot responses, and sort of get my impressions of [...]

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This isn’t directly Vanderbilt-related, but I’d argue that stories of corruption in college sports are pretty important to the context in which Vanderbilt’s football and men’s basketball teams operate.
Now that I live in Memphis, it’s been sort of hard to miss all the sordid details coming out about the vacated 2008 Final Four previously claimed [...]

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The jeers were reverberating in unison around water coolers across America last week. A fresh start to the week, the obligatory Super Bowl exclamations and lamentations, followed by this:
“…So I hear Bobby Knight’s itching to add another red sweater to his collection.”
“Oh yeah! I read that last night. How old is he, anyway?”
“Around 70, I [...]

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And for all the lessons, there will be no official reflection of the game. No comments from the coaches or players. No game reports. No spectators. No souvenirs. Only private scorebooks, individual instruction, the re-evaluation of untested egos, and the memories of the coaches, players, referees and ball boys. The revolution will not be televised.

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I wanted to get a real sense of the reasons why someone would seed us as a 3 or a 4 or a 5 (like Lunardi) so I broke down the numbers in excruciating detail for a VU vs. Wisconsin comparison, cross posted from VS but edited since then:
Wisconsin: 25 wins, 4 losses, RPI 12, [...]

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Mostly a link dump but maybe some idle thoughts if you’re lucky.
A Memphis thread. � Their NcaaBbs site is pretty active, too.

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