Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

I was driving from Memphis to Huntsville when the game started, so I happened to catch the first 12 minutes or so on XM.   After trading baskets early Carolina shot out to a 26-13 lead, and with the score 26-15 I made a stop to visit family.   It sounded like just more of the Florida [...]

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We’re obviously not a very good men’s basketball team right now.   The causes of this state of affairs are pretty well-understood — essentially, they boil down to extreme inexperience and injuries to AJ Ogilvy — so there’s no need to belabor them.
I’m not worried about the future of this program, although I can imagine this [...]

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It’s not a huge deal but this quote caught my attention in the transcript of this week’s teleconference from Stallings and Donovan:

Can you talk about VU’s offensive production lately?
I think at least what happened to us Tuesday night was we just missed some at the beginning, missed some layups and some open jumpers, [...]

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Congratulations to the Tennessee Vols.   They clearly showed that they’re miles ahead of where Vanderbilt is this year.   That said, I’m not sure that’s such a feather in their cap.    We played OK defensively, but frankly, our offense was so bad that I’m not sure if UTK did all that much to contribute with great [...]

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I’m out of the hospital, but still not 100%.   Meanwhile, Jake voted Save the Shield’s ballot for this week in the SEC Power Poll: 

Kentucky
Florida
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
South Carolina
Mississippi State
LSU
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Auburn
Georgia

Rankings were mostly in line with Pomeroy’s.  Differences:
(1)  Florida above Tennessee due to my view that, although Florida once
again scheduled a very weak slate of OOC opponents that brings [...]

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I’ve been in the hospital since Tuesday; I had a wayward cholecyst — OK, OK, gallbladder but that word’s so inelegant — that one of the surgeons said was among the worst she’d seen.   I was set to get out today but watching that second half at Rupp set my recovery back two days, and [...]

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