Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

I’m not going to make a melodrama out of Vanderbilt’s loss today. It isn’t worth it. I figured we’d blow it, just as I did against Georgia, Kentucky, and yes, also against Carolina. So, I got what I expected.
I will compile some of my thoughts on our program and [...]

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I keep forgetting these, so I guess it’s just as well the season’s almost done.
Miss State +10.5 - Tennessee -12 - LSU -19.5 - Kentucky +7.5 - Alabama - 25 - FAU +34.5

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…that if Vanderbilt football plays roughly the same as they did today, say within half a standard deviation, then we will get our sixth win against Wake Forest.  This will be our first six-win and first .500 or better season in a quarter-century.
It’s not that I think Kentucky was such a juggernaut today. [...]

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Little better this time, mostly because my social life is so lame and I’m sick, so here I am on Friday night.
Miss State +4. Surprising I’m not getting more points, but I guess everyone else expects the Tide to come down off last week’s high too.
Tennessee -1. I don’t know what [...]

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I meant to post this after the Carolina win, but it’s topical today. After that win I compiled Bobby Johnson’s record ATS as a double-digit underdog at Vanderbilt:

2002
2-5-1
 

2003
4-3
 

2004
2-2
 

2005
3-2
(2 wins straight-up)

2006
4-0
(1 win straight-up)

2007
1-0
(1 win straight-up)

Total
16-12-1
(4 wins)

Sources: Phil Steele; memory.

Now, I don’t know the global stats on these situations, but the first thing that jumps [...]

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This sentence is essentially a repost of last week, but it’s amazing how effectively this “not letting Vanderbilt football take over my life” thing is going.  It’s like once I realized that the South Carolina game was fun — maybe not as fun as actually watching and agonizing, but fun nevertheless — I’m [...]

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