Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

Well, given my obvious superstition in the wake of not-really-following another stunning Vanderbilt upset, it’s good to see that I’m not obsessively worrying about this week’s game, and hence jinxing our bowl chances. But my attempts at apathy are working a bit too well, as I never got around to posting some other [...]

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George Smith TD catch - Mary Ann Chastain, AP Â
I’ve only been this happy to be this wrong a couple of previous times in my career following VU sports. (This is the first time not involving Jay Cutler.)
I’ll have more to say later, but just be relieved that I didn’t give into my [...]

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Oops, 16 minutes before kickoff in Tuscaloosa - time to do these.
Tennessee -1, but I have a huge unfair advantage. Â Five UA suspensions were just announced before the game.
Carolina 13. Â Logically the line’s too big, but I expect VU to lay a huge egg. Â That’s why you don’t bet [...]

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cocknfire from Garnet and Black Attack and I did a bit of an informational exchange.  I was too depressed to write up actual questions, so I just give you his unadulterated take on the game:
My analysis/prediction goes thusly:
This is a game that always worries me. Always.
Everybody knows the Vanderbilt M.O.: Stay close to [...]

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Did you think I was referring to the Vanderbilt - Georgia game tonight? Silly goose! I wanted you think I was referring to the Vanderbilt - Georgia game, to which I might apply the irony so typical of my generation and call it “stunning.” No, what really stunned me was [...]

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OK, I lied.   I’m still snowed under, but found time to post my predictions and post one salient thought.
Lost in all the upset craziness this year is how five of those upsets have been repeats of upsets from last year:

K-State - Texas
Auburn - Florida
Indiana - Iowa
South Florida - West Virginia
Wake Forest - [...]

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This blog will be on a brief hiatus — hopefully less than a week, so I can do some previews in leading up to the South Carolina game.  I’m just slammed with work and other stuff, and need to get unstuck without being tempted to post here.
It always looks dodgy when an active [...]

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I see that Bobby Johnson has risen from 75th to 65th in the last week in the Coaches’ Hot Seat rankings. That’s still in very safe territory, but ten spots is probably a pretty big leap after a game one’s team was expected to lose by a touchdown or so.
I don’t want anyone [...]

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So for those of you who are moderately new to following Vanderbilt football, I have to warn you that the rest of this post is a spoiler. Those who’ve been around a while know how the story turns out, so you lot can feel free to keep reading.
Georgia: Both VU and UGa play [...]

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Possibly the most sobering thing I read on VandySports yesterday was something about Bobby Johnson’s appearance, that yesterday was a day when it dawned on him that he can’t win at Vanderbilt.   Now, honestly, I was so zoned out by his post-halftime LFS interview that I really wasn’t paying much attention to [...]

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