The SB Nation Blog Where Vanderbilt Commodores Homerism Becomes Heroism /// Now With Even More Profanities! 2010-03-10T17:13:05Z http://www.anchorofgold.com/rss/fanshots 2010-03-10T17:13:05Z 2010-03-10T17:13:05Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/usatpoll.htm">The SEC puts seven in the USA Today Baseball Top&nbsp;25</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>Vanderbilt checks in at #20. Nine SEC teams get poll votes in all:</p> <p>1. LSU <br />8. Florida <br />16. Arkansas <br />17. Mississippi <br />20. Vanderbilt <br />22. Kentucky <br />25. Alabama</p> <p>Also Receiving Votes: South Carolina, Georgia</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/10/1366289/the-sec-puts-seven-in-the-usa Train Island 2010-03-10T16:54:41Z 2010-03-10T16:54:41Z <object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wikaZ63QCNk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;hd=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wikaZ63QCNk&hl=en_US&fs=1&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="385" width="640"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Video: Cousins on the SEC Coaches' Awards. At least he eventually figured out which school Stallings coaches.</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/10/1366256/video-cousins-on-the-sec-coaches KingJamesIV 2010-03-10T16:09:13Z 2010-03-10T16:09:13Z <blockquote> <p>Vanderbilt (E2) <br />Last week the Commodores popped up on my list of most fortunate teams, as Kevin Stallings' group went 12-4 while playing at a per-possession level that would more often yield a 10-6 record. That's all well and good, but if anything Vandy's luck has actually improved this week. The tournament's being played in their front yard and the brackets have given the 'Dores an excellent opportunity to make it all the way to the title game. Vanderbilt's most formidable competition, Kentucky and Tennessee, is safely sequestered on the other side of the bracket. So we'll get to see what happens when tournament kismet hits the SEC's best offense, one that scored 1.10 points per trip in-conference. Watch how many free throws A.J. Ogilvy and Jeffery Taylor shoot. This group gets to the line like a Big 12 team.</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=983">Basketball Prospectus | Articles | All Eyes on UK</a></p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/10/1366167/vanderbilt-e2-last-week-the KingJamesIV 2010-03-10T15:50:09Z 2010-03-10T15:50:09Z <object height="505" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z_bsk1w5Xi4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z_bsk1w5Xi4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="505" width="640"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Video - Jeff Taylor dunks all over St. Mary's. #2 is particularly&nbsp;satisfying.</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/10/1366138/video-jeff-taylor-dunks-all-over KingJamesIV 2010-03-10T03:45:31Z 2010-03-10T03:45:31Z <blockquote> <p>Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith said he would help the family of slain high school football star Rajaan Bennett with their living expenses for the next six months.</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://www.peachtreehoops.com/2010/3/9/1364666/atlanta-hawks-forward-josh-smith">Hat tip: Peachtree Hoops</a></p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/9/1365584/atlanta-hawks-forward-josh-smith KingJamesIV 2010-03-10T03:41:47Z 2010-03-10T03:41:47Z <img alt="Bringbackthestache" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/103414/bringbackthestache.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>Want to win the SEC tourney? <br />We need our sixth man: The Rally&nbsp;'Stache.</p> <p>#bringbackthestache2010</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/9/1365577/want-to-win-the-sec-tourney-we doredarling 2010-03-10T00:41:47Z 2010-03-10T00:41:47Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/tix/">Represent Commodore&nbsp;Nation!</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>OK, if you don't have tickets for the SEC Tourney this weekend, doesn't mean you still can't be there to represent the Black & Gold. There are lots of reasonably priced tickets for the Friday night session currently listed on Craigslist. Get on there and find some and fill the seats on Friday night to support one of the best VU squads in recent years...they deserve the support of Commodore Nation, especially here in their own hometown! I guarantee that two of the other top three teams in the SEC will be well represented.....</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/9/1365294/represent-commodore-nation NashCub 2010-03-09T22:35:56Z 2010-03-09T22:35:56Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/AD-Expansion-could-stifle-Notre-Dame-s-independ?urn=ncaaf,226963">Vanderbilt is Getting&nbsp;PAID</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>"For one thing, taking home 100 percent of their bowl payout hasn't actually been that lucrative lately for the Irish: Over the past three postseasons, Notre Dame has earned a grand total of $750,000 (from a single Hawaii Bowl appearance in 2008). By comparison, even lowly Vanderbilt, as a member of the SEC -- which routinely lands two teams in the megabuck BCS bowls -- has been entitled to a share of nearly $150 million over that same period."</p> <p>- From Yahoo!'s Dr. Saturday blog.</p> <p>Thanks to the awesomely named Gumbercules for the tip. Gumbercules? I love that guy!</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/9/1365086/vanderbilt-is-getting-paid Train Island 2010-03-09T21:34:14Z 2010-03-09T21:34:14Z <blockquote> <p>In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids.</p> <p>Few sea denizens match great white sharks and giant squids in primitive mystique. Both are the subject of popular mania; both are inscrutable. That these two mythic sea monsters might convene for epic battles in the stark expanses of the Pacific is enough to make a documentarian salivate.</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/07/local/la-me-shark7-2010mar07">Leviathans may battle in remote depths - Los Angeles Times</a></p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/9/1364954/in-what-could-be-the-ultimate KingJamesIV 2010-03-09T20:03:36Z 2010-03-09T20:03:36Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/seth_davis/03/09/glue.guys/1.html">Seth Davis's 2010 All-Glue&nbsp;Team</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>No Vanderbilt players on the list, but I'd like to nominate our own: Andre Walker. Not a superstar, but does everything well and keeps his team in the game. Any other suggestions? Let us know in the comments!</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/9/1364773/seth-daviss-2010-all-glue-team Train Island 2010-03-09T17:49:44Z 2010-03-09T17:49:44Z <blockquote> <p>Ginyard said that was apparent from the moment it walked onto a court together.</p> <p>"That was terrible," he said of the Vanderbilt scrimmage. "That was like the whole season right there. That's exactly the way this whole year's gone down."</p> <p>Vanderbilt won the scrimmage by more than 30 points, and Ginyard said the Tar Heels didn't seem ready to play, didn't even seem all that concerned.</p> <p>"At the time, you think there's no way we're not even ready to play and got beat by Vanderbilt by 30 points," he said. "It was the very first time we were all playing. It was like, how are we not super-pumped to be playing? As soon as we got back we had a meeting in the locker room. We were like, 'This isn't how it's supposed to go down. We've got to play better than this. We've got to play more together than this, blah, blah, blah.' But again, even more indicative of the year, nothing really changed after that."</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/03/09/article/north_carolinaaposs_fall_from_grace">Hardin: UNC's fall from grace : News-Record.com : Greensboro & the Triad's most trusted source for local news and analysis</a></p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/9/1364528/ginyard-said-that-was-apparent KingJamesIV 2010-03-09T16:13:56Z 2010-03-09T16:13:56Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.secsports.com/news/mens-hoops-all-sec-live-chat.aspx">SEC All-Conference Announcements Open&nbsp;Thread</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>John Jenkins: All-Freshman Team, Sixth Man of the Year Award <br />Jeffery Taylor: All-Defensive Team, All-SEC Second Team <br />A.J. Ogilvy: All-SEC Second Team <br />Jermaine Beal: All-SEC First Team <br />Kevin Stallings: SEC Coach of the Year</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/9/1364336/sec-all-conference-announcements KingJamesIV 2010-03-09T03:47:26Z 2010-03-09T03:47:26Z <blockquote> <p>There are now two sources, one a member of the national media, who indicate there is a race to reveal some NCAA transgressions by UK frosh stars, John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins.</p> <p>I am told, though I have no personal knowledge nor evidence myself whatsoever, that the investigations concern cash money and, perhaps, real estate.</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://score.leoweekly.com/2010/03/08/wall-cousins-under-the-microscope/">Wall, Cousins Under The Microscope??? - Score</a></p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/8/1363757/there-are-now-two-sources-one-a KingJamesIV 2010-03-08T20:18:54Z 2010-03-08T20:18:54Z <blockquote> <p><strong>SEC</strong> <br />Coach of the Year – Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt <br />First-Team All-League <br />F – Jeffery Taylor, 6-7, Soph., Vanderbilt </p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/goodman-all-conference-teams-and-awards">Goodman All-Conference teams and awards - CBK News - FOX Sports on MSN</a></p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/8/1362970/sec-coach-of-the-year-kevin KingJamesIV 2010-03-06T03:08:49Z 2010-03-06T03:08:49Z <img alt="Dollabeal" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/102565/dollabeal.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>H/T to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/dkitchen" target="new">David Kitchen</a> by way of <a href="http://twitter.com/Henry_IX/statuses/10052379110" target="new">Henry IX</a>. Clearly Vandy fans love roman numerals...</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/5/1359316/h-t-to-david-kitchen-by-way-of KingJamesIV 2010-03-05T14:07:55Z 2010-03-05T14:07:55Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://rushthecourt.net/2010/03/05/weekly-bracketology-03-05-10/">Weekly Bracketology: 03.05.10 | Rush The&nbsp;Court</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>RTC has the Commodores as a 3 seed, BEATING SYRACUSE, and heading to their first Final Four ever. Good on ya, RTC! AOG salutes you.</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/5/1357934/rush-the-court-blog-archive-weekly KingJamesIV 2010-03-04T23:07:07Z 2010-03-04T23:07:07Z <blockquote> <p>13 - Vanderbilt <br />The Dores have lost just once in their past seven games, and that was a two-point setback against Kentucky. They'll look to make it four straight wins when they host South Carolina to wrap up the SEC regular season Saturday (ESPN2, 2 ET).</p> <p>Voters <br />Jay Bilas - 14th <br />Pat Forde - 14th <br />Fran Fraschilla - 24th (??) <br />Doug Gottlieb - 9th <br />Andy Katz - 11th <br />Joe Lunardi - 12th <br />Dana O'Neil - 14th <br />Mark Schlabach - 13th <br />Dick Vitale - 16th <br />Jay Williams - 12th</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/powerranking?season=2010&week=17&pollId=1">NCAA College Basketball Power Rankings - NCAA Basketball - ESPN</a></p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/4/1357054/13-vanderbilt-the-dores-have-lost KingJamesIV 2010-03-04T07:30:01Z 2010-03-04T07:30:01Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/03/02/top.prospects/index.html?eref=sihp">Pedro Alvarez Ranked #8 MLB Prospect by Sports&nbsp;Illustrated</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>Excellent. So now the Pirates can trade him away for garbage in 2012 rather than 2013. </p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/4/1336299/pedro-alvarez-ranked-8-mlb Train Island 2010-03-03T21:30:28Z 2010-03-03T21:30:28Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.gatorvision.tv/newMediaPlayer/sl/console.htm?id=695580&amp;SPSID=&amp;CLIP_FILE_ID=695580&amp;DB_MENU_ID=&amp;DB_OEM_ID=6500&amp;oemid=6500&amp;SPID=&amp;type=vod&amp;CLIP_ID=686601">Donovan's Press Conference - Post&nbsp;VU-UF</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>It's always interesting to listen to the insights of a great coach.</p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/3/1335467/donovans-press-conference-post-vu KingJamesIV 2010-03-03T03:51:02Z 2010-03-03T03:51:02Z <blockquote> <p>"I have as much confidence as I've ever have had coaching a team at Vanderbilt right now," coach Kevin Stallings said. "(Our players are) going to compete. They're going to be physical. They've shown time and time again that they've got toughness. These guys have something to them that's sort of fun and you believe in them."</p> </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href="http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-03-01/vanderbilt-florida-preview">Vanderbilt-Florida Preview - STATS Writer - College Basketball - Sporting News</a></p></div> http://www.anchorofgold.com/2010/3/2/1334269/i-have-as-much-confidence-as-ive KingJamesIV