Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

As I mentioned in the round table, SEC men’s hoops reminds me so much of ACC football this season that it’s scary.  Who’s the great team with momentum this week?   Well, LSU, but the other answer might surprise you. 

LSU - Post-Valentine discounted gift baskets go out to Ole Miss, Georgia, Vanderbilt, and Miss State for [...]

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The less said about that game yesterday the better.   Instead, I think I’ll finally get around to answering the roundtable questions from the burgeoning SEC blogosphere.
 

1. What were the biggest surprises in the SEC over the first half of the season?
By far, the biggest surprise has been Tennessee’s failure to dominate the league.   [...]

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The jeers were reverberating in unison around water coolers across America last week. A fresh start to the week, the obligatory Super Bowl exclamations and lamentations, followed by this:
“…So I hear Bobby Knight’s itching to add another red sweater to his collection.”
“Oh yeah! I read that last night. How old is he, anyway?”
“Around 70, I [...]

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I’m handling it this week, so if you disagree, avoid sending your hate-(e)mail to Philip. I used Pomeroy, but I made adjustments for UK (downward–they’re not playing well right now) and Ole Miss (slightly upward–they are playing well right now). The rankings:
1.  Florida
2.  LSU
3.  Tennessee
4.  Kentucky
5.  South Carolina
6.  Mississippi State
7.  Ole Miss
8.  Vanderbilt
9.  Auburn
10.  Arkansas
11.  [...]

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It’s three days after the fact and I still haven’t logged my thoughts on the game at Auburn, so I’ll pare my thoughts down and just post something.
I had sort of expected a bunch of naysayers to point out that Auburn really isn’t very good, etc. etc., so I’m pleasantly surprised that the mood among [...]

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High comedy is Brent Musberger asking Bob Knight if he’s ever arranged chairs for the fans.
I’m not totally sure the Montanan meant that remark to be comical, although if I had to bet I’d take the side that he did.   I’m quite sure he knew what he was doing, though, when he excitedly pointed [...]

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