Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

From what I can tell the Nashville sports media is in 24/7 coverage of Vince Young.   (For reference, even the Huntsville sports radio station talked to the AP’s Teresa Walker about Young.   Any time a story gets on that station in September that’s not about how ‘Bama or Auburn looks in practice this week, you [...]

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From Marginal Revolution, via Matthew Yglesias, comes this fascinating graphic of IQ (or Wunderlic) by position:

So Vanderbilt ought to be an offensive juggernaut year after year.  Or something.

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I’ve never been much for the situational ethics that overtakes fans of college football powers, the San Francisco Giants, and a few other sports teams associated with rulebreaking.  So let me say this: the New England Patriots are still very much my team, but if this cheating allegation against them holds water (and [...]

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…and I just got in, sat down in front of the TV, clicked to Louisville-Middle, saw it’s out of hand, and clicked to NBC.
I have nothing to say, except that Bill Belichick’s cameo in the NFL Network ad is awesome because it’s so in character. Â “This is football,” or something, he mumbles while [...]

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