Save the Shield! A Vanderbilt sports blog

Alabama - Showed the focus and determination that we’ve come to expect when a Nick Saban team faces a Sun Belt oppo… err, showed focus and determination.
Florida - Whoa, THAT was the smiting of Biblical proportions that we waited all summer for? May as well blame the flu and the Vols’ lack of [...]

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I don’t have anything to say about the Miss State game. Really, I don’t care to go back and review video and reports to get a clearer idea about what’s wrong with this offense. See VSL or from the State point of view For Whom the Cowbell Tolls for more about [...]

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I have a new hero. I caught a radio interview today with AP voter Doug Lesmerises — here’s his own explanation of why he rated Florida so low a week ago. What he’s trying to do with his national poll vote is exactly what I’m trying to do with my SECPP [...]

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I don’t have a lot to say about this game. I was playing poker Saturday night so I just followed the game from the Bottom Line. I don’t get the channel that carried it so I couldn’t DVR it to watch. I’ve read some of the comments on VandySports [...]

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I will be consciously using an “accomplishment” approach to filling out my ballot, as opposed to a “prediction” approach. Hopefully this is self-evident from the names I coined, but my rating is a reflection of how I think the teams have looked so far taking into account their competition, i.e. what they’ve accomplished.
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As it stands now, throughout the season I’m just going to try to toss out a few ill-informed comments about each Vanderbilt game. Out of economic self-interest I spend most of my Saturday afternoons and evenings in casino poker rooms, so even when the VU game is on a TV channel I can [...]

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