January 2012
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December 2010
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A short play about contract negotiation
MALZAHN’S AGENT: (whispering to Malzahn) Tell them you’ll take it, but that they just need to get the money right MALZAHN: Hey, Vandy, I’ll take it! DAVID WILLIAMS: Hooray! We’ll just call our other options and tell them “Thanks, but no thanks; we’ve got the hottest assistant coach in the country.” I sure hope they don’t leak it to anyone, but what...
On the Vendidad, Twitter journalism, and the...
The Vendidad has been pretty busy with gainful employment and other projects, and has moved operations almost exclusively to Twitter.
Here’s what happened:
3:30 Sunday: I tweet some random crap about Malzahn.
4:00 Sunday: I get a message from @[nameremoved] saying “vandy got him”
4:05 Sunday: Thinking that message was hilarious, on account of it being from a guy nobody had...
October 2010
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September 2010
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Finding the perfect pump-up video.
Gametime tomorrow, and with stupid employment really dragging down my ability to craft a proper pre-game column, I just throw up a pump-up video and be done with it.
So first I did this,
and I got this:
And that’s cool and all, but not really what I was looking for.
Then I did this:
and I got this:
And I did the “watch 2 seconds, skip halfway through, see if...
Sonny Gray - Summer Player of the Year →
whenitstrikesme:
Vanderbilt Athletics’ resident Twitter-king, Sonny Gray, was named the Baseball America Summer Player of the Year.
Current Devil Ray David Price and current Brave Mikie Minor won the award in 2007 and 2009, respectively. They both did so as Sonny did, while representing Vanderbilt well by playing in the Team USA uniform.
Read BA’s article here.
July 2010
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The difference between being an underdog and being... →
Clay Travis continues to be a good sportswriter.
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“WhenItStrikesMe points out that Jamie is not transferring, he’s venting....”
– The Vendidad
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The Vendidad's Position
Bobby Johnson is leaving. Don’t know why, don’t know how, don’t know who’s replacing him. The Vendidad has been quite busy this morning, making gut decisions and vague, baseless proclamations. I am now going to put those in ink:
Bobby Johnson is leaving, which makes me feel CONFUSED, SCARED, and CLIPARTY.
No one knows why he is leaving, or who will be his interim.
Plans...
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June 2010
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March 2010
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Ruminative Tendencies: Vanderbilt v. Murray State
A lot of the other bloggers are putting up their thoughts on yesterday’s defeat, a bit of emotional exhibitionism that I just can’t resist.
I realized, after the Mississippi State loss, that the wind was entirely out of my sails. I tried (and, more or less, succeeded) in summoning a small breeze through relentless youtubing of great Vanderbilt moments.
I tried to think positively,...
“:^(”
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The Sleaziest Coach In A Sleazy Game →
A little something for those of you who picked Kentucky to run in your brackets. I’m looking at you, Obama.
Uncomfortably warm pendant light fixture on: AJ...
You can find this article and more at the Nashville Newzine.
I didn’t see the Mississippi State loss coming. The Dores had steamrolled their first-round opponent, the ever-dangerous Georgia Bulldogs, and came into the Mississippi State game looking bewildered and sleepless.
In fact, with the exception of “Brad Tinsley got his shot back,” I can’t think of a good thing to say about that game....
A great Rick Reilly article (not about rushing the... →
Some clever way of saying "Open Thread"
I’ve had a busy week, and thus have been unable to enchant the internet very much. I like to think I had a small part resurrecting in AJ’s mustache (perhaps the area below the flair of his left nostril), but that’s about it.
So I’m putting it to you, dear readers, to do the thinking for me.
Vandy/Georgia questions:
1. Do we really match up that badly against them?
2....
On basketball and Vanderbilt and players as...
This uncharacteristically sincere column was originally published in The Nashville Newzine.
It’s no secret that, as a fan, I am something quite short of a stats junkie. Considering that I care almost exclusively about Vanderbilt sports, this is a good thing, especially during football season. Nothing’s puts a twinge into the void in my soul quite like trying to convince the sixteen-year-olds...
I'm still doing this column for the Nashville... →
If I’m good, there’s a new one up every week.
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Uncomfortably warm pendant light fixture on: John...
I get the occasional email or tweet asking me where I’ve gone. But I have received zero (0) tweets or emails inquiring as to how a fan might donate money to the Vendidad.
Entitlement.
I thought I would ramble a few thoughts off regarding tonight’s sung hero, John Jenkins (unsung: Steve Tchiengang, for being able to draw fouls and hang onto rebounds).
Jenkins was unquestionably the...
February 2010
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WatchAnd there’s this. Awesome.
This is something.
Hunter Hillenmeyer is donating his brain to science.
I’ll be giving my thoughts on the Kentucky and Tennessee games soon. I will say this: When I created a photoshop wizardly amulet saying only, “Do it, Jeffery,” I intended “it” to be “play a game with consistent, average-to-good scoring, rebounding, and such, and if you must be the hero, be the hero.”
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January 2010
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Post-UT-victory, Pre-Kentucky-Game ruminations
Oh my. So did anybody see that UT-Vandy game? That thing was hideous! Easily the worst officiated game I’ve seen in years. But you know what was worse than the officiating?
ESPNU. How terrible was ESPNU? Worst broadcast I have ever seen, narrowly beating out the Florida/Michigan State basketball championship game in which Billy Packer declared Mateen Cleaves “The greatest basketball...
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In light of recent events:
Apparently, just down the road a ways, the University of Tennessee had a staff change of some kind. I know this because one of the good men down at Ushuaia Weather Report got tear-gassed in the face during the subsequent riots.
Now there are many angles I could (and very well may, in the coming days) take. For example:
My hatred goes as follows: Kentucky basketball > dick moves in general...
AJ's Mustache: A Simple Case of Localized Follicle...
After 4 straight games of unfettered basketball domination, I think we can all agree that the Commodores have finally discovered the secret to infinite power: mustaches. Given that AJ’s experimental facial hair phase has single-stachedly led the squad to victory these past 4 games, it can only be a matter of time before the coaching staff imposes a team-wide ban on bare upper lips. After...
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REMEMBER THIS DAY. →
Welcome the new contributer if you wish, but you bet your sweet cheeks he doesn’t care if he’s welcome.
