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W. Basketball. WBB: Vanderbilt-UT postgame quotesVanderbilt 60, Tennessee 69February 8, 2010 - Memorial GymAttendace: 6,005Vanderbilt head coach Melanie BalcombOn offense:"I don't think they did anything differently on defense. We didn't attack. At the end of the first half, we settled for jump shots. Same thing in the second half, only Merideth and Jence were the only ones attacking. What was really disappointing was our defense, ... [Link]
W. Basketball. No. 5 UT edges No. 22 Vanderbilt, 69-60NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Three Vanderbilt Commodores scored in double figures but it wasn't enough to hold off a late surge by the nation's fifth-ranked team as Tennessee came back from a seven-point second half deficit to record a 69-60 win at Memorial Gym on Monday night. [Link]
M. Basketball. MBB: VU hosts Tennessee Tuesday Wear white to the game#22/24 Vanderbilt will take on intrastate rival and the program's most frequent opponent #12/12 Tennessee this Tuesday night in a nationally televised game at Memorial Gym. Tip off is set for 6 p.m. CT, and the game can be seen live on ESPN and ESPN360.com. The radio call can be heard on the Vanderbilt-ISP Radio Network and vucommodores.com, with Joe ... [Link]
M. Basketball. I Love College Hoops, Beat Cancer WeekVanderbilt's student body and fans of its men's basketball team are encouraged to support "I Love College Hoops", a national partnership with Coaches vs. Cancer, Collegiate Licensing Company and the National Association of Basketball Coaches taking place later this month. [Link]
M. Basketball. Video: Men's Basketball Weekly PreviewJoe Fisher previews the upcoming week of Vanderbilt men's basketball with head coach Kevin Stallings. The Commodores will host Tennessee on Tuesday and LSU on Saturday. [Link]
M. Tennis. MT sweeps Boilermakers, 7-0NASHVILLE - Entering its match against undefeated Purdue, Vanderbilt's 48th-ranked men's tennis team was 5-0 on the season when it had won the doubles point. Sunday, Vanderbilt again won the doubles point en route to cruising to 7-0 victory over the Boilermakers at the Currey Tennis Center. [Link]
Bowling. Bowlers' performance earns titleST LOUIS - Vanderbilt crushed the field at the McKendree Baker Challenge with a dominating performance Sunday to win its third team championship of the season. [Link]
M. Basketball. Georgia knocks off Vanderbilt, 72-58 Watch video highlightsATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Travis Leslie scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half and Georgia rallied to beat No. 18 Vanderbilt 72-58 Saturday night. [Link]
Bowling. Bowlers rebound with strong performanceST. LOUIS - What a difference a week makes, even if it was a difficult one. Vanderbilt's bowling team came roaring back from a subpar performance seven days ago with an impressive exhibition that has it in second place just off the pace at the McKendree Baker Challenge. [Link]
W. Swimming. SWIM posts top times in loss to TulaneNEW ORLEANS - The Vanderbilt swimming team wrapped up its regular season on Saturday, falling to Tulane, 183-89 in dual action at the Reily Student Recreation Center Natatorium. The Commodores (2-8, 0-4 SEC) tallied 18 top-three finishes in the loss, including three, first-place finishes (100 and 200 breaststroke and 1000 freestyle). [Link]
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Dec
21
Conventional wisdom was wrong on Titans
By Matt Wilson | Filed Under Miscellaneous
The prevailing thought on this week’s Titans-Pittsburgh game was this: Without Albert Haynesworth and Kyle Vanden Bosch, the Titans were cooked.
The Titans hadn’t been playing as well as they had when they were terrorizing the NFL earlier this season. The Steelers looked lately like they were gearing up for a sixth Super Bowl title.
Hey, I said it too.
But we didn’t count on a couple of rookie defensive linemen: Jason Jones and William Hayes. Jones, a tackle, and Hayes, an end, filled in big-time for Haynesworth and Vanden Bosch. Jones had 3.5 sacks and three forced fumbles and Hayes added a sack and a forced fumble.
In the preseason against the Rams, Jones looked like a beast. Like all rookies, he’s had his ups and downs this season. But he couldn’t have picked a bigger time for his best game of the season.
Hayes, meanwhile, has been a favorite of mine all season. Basically, just because of his nickname “Big Play Hayes.” I kept hoping he would come on because that’s too good of a nickname to not use in a headline. (I guess I’m pretty shallow.) Now I got my wish.
• The other thing that seemed apparent was that the Titans were none too happy about the abundance of Steeler fans and Terrible Towels in the stands. It shouldn’t be too surprising. Steelers fans have a habit of making opposing stadiums their own.
In the then-Tennessee Oilers’ only season in Memphis, Steelers fans outnumbered “Oilers fans” so badly it contributed to Bud Adams deciding to go ahead and play games in Nashville even though the new stadium wasn’t ready. Earlier this season, Steelers fans essentially took over the Redskins’ stadium.
Still, it obviously burned up the Titans. Chris Johnson took out a towel on his touchdown run and mocked Steeler fans by waving it. Then LenDale White took out a Terrible Towel and stomped on it. You’ll hear about this again from the national media, methinks.
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