Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

Just saw a promo for E:360 announcing that they’ll have David Price as one of their three or four stories on Tuesday.   Definitely something worth checking out.

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I sort of thought it had more than run its course anyway, but today was the final straw.  Apparently Penn State declared it a “white out” to get the fans fired up for their 66-10 win over Coastal Carolina.
Incidentally, note that the Georgia-Auburn game last year was so cool because the ‘Dawgs had never worn [...]

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I didn’t watch the game, but I watched the live stats for a while to get an idea of the flow of the game.   It’s a good statement by Vanderbilt, to go on the road and win as a slight dog by three TDs.   Although we can never really feel too confident until the clock [...]

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We have reached the first gameday of the 2008 season, and Vanderbilt is still a 3 to 4 point underdog to the Miami Redhawks. But why?
Vanderbilt has the most obvious edge in this game, and that is the defensive secondary. DJ Moore led the SEC in interceptions last year, 4-year starter Reshard “Scud” [...]

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(1) It is generally possible to bet the money line on the winner/loser of a game in addition to the spread. I have read data before that gave the average odds implied by the moneyline betting for each half-point of point spread between 0 and about 20.
(2) The 20% chance [...]

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The only coup that can remotely compare with New England foisting Suzyn Waldman off on New York Yankees fans would have to be the University of Tennessee leaving Paul Finebaum to be the state of Alabama’s problem.   Discuss.

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I just got home from the casinos, was reminded by the radio that Spain-USA is going on right now.   So I got the bright idea of listening to it on Cadena SER while watching on TV.   Astonishgly, the Webcast is not lagged more than about 10 seconds behind NBC’s video.   Perusing the Spanish media, [...]

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Some well-deserved praise for DJ Moore.   TOSU’s Malcolm Jenkins is #1 if you’re scoring at home.   Like I said before, I don’t know why lots of VU fans don’t appear to like CFN.   AFAICT they’ve always been real into knowing about all I-A programs, not just the name ones, and giving us our due.
But if [...]

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As promised, I’m finally getting around to processing Jake’s rebuttal to my grim preseason predictions.
First off, I have a question for Jake (or others inclined toward the stats-geek side of college football).   Jake makes these statements:
Vanderbilt is likely to be *on average* a touchdown underdog or so in these games, and should have about a [...]

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I’m still planning to follow up on Jake’s post, but meanwhile, here are some predictions you’re not going to like for the SEC Power Poll:

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