Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

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 [...]

[Read more →]

All the nonsense surrounding Calipari here in Memphis has been hilarious to watch. Actually following it has been a bit of an obsession for me this week.
If I had lots of time I would write up a huge long post on the topic but instead I’ll just paste in some thoughts from a VandySports [...]

[Read more →]

No better way to kick off basketball season than to celebrate the fact that the NCAA has absolutely no problem with Billy Gillispie paying a recruit’s dad to speak at a basketball camp.
Why again do I waste time following this farce called college sports?
(Thanks to GoDores2005 for the link.)

[Read more →]