Feb. 14, 2008
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14- 5:02 AM
First off, tonight is the Vanderbilt women basketball team’s annual “Pink Out” game to raise awareness of breast cancer in support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
Not only is this a great cause, but also a big game. The Commodores have rolled off five consecutive wins and stand at 7-2 in the SEC, their best start in over a decade. Kentucky comes to town just a game behind the ‘Dores in the conference at 6-3. The winner of this matchup becomes a step closer to securing a first-round bye in the SEC Tournament in early March, which is being held here in town at the GEC… err… Sommet Center. I hope to see a large turnout from the Commodore faithful at Memorial tonight wearing Pink!
Speaking of women’s basketball… juniors Christina Wirth and Jennifer Risper recorded two web commercials for us a few weeks ago to promote (1) Sunday’s UT game (which is officially a sellout) and (2) Girl Scouts Day vs. Alabama on March 2. You can watch the video spots at the following links:
UT Game Invite: Watch Girl Scouts Promo: Watch
Now, there were some great outtakes from the shoot, and Tina and Jenn were gracious enough to let us post some of the footage. I think you’ll enjoy the video below:
And you can view more of VUcommodores.com’s YouTube videos here
Quick note on men’s basketball. As important (and fun) as Tuesday’s blowout of Kentucky was on national TV, the stakes are even higher Saturday as the Gators come to town. The Commodores dropped their first meeting in Gainesville a few weeks ago, and are currently tangled up with Florida and Kentucky in a battle for second in the SEC East. We all remember how magical Memorial was for last year’s home game with the national champions… let’s make it special again.
Oh, and word is that the students are planning a “black out” for their seating area… and the Maniacs will contribute to the promo by giving them t-shirts with the phrase “Don’t tase me, bro.” If you are unfamiliar with this term, then you are as old or older than myself!
Now, turning to some baseball news… we are another day closer to the start of the ‘Dores 2008 campaign. I hope you’ve had a chance to visit our Preseason Baseball Central page to get ready for opening day next week in Tempe, Ariz., against two-time defending champs Oregon State.
We have a lot of new content coming over the next week so stay logged onto our official site. We are holding our first live online chat on VUcommodores.com this Friday and All-American Pedro Alvarez will be our guest. The chat will take place from 12:30 – 1 p.m. CT and you can submit your questions in advance by clicking here. We plan to have another player chat early next week as well.
Also, be on the look out for Q&A’s with players… and check out Paul Jones’ FOX17 video preview on the boys of spring. Paul and the rest of his crew do a great job of covering Vanderbilt Athletics and we are much appreciative!
Oh, and I mentioned in my last post that former Commodore pitcher David Price was being recognized twice on Tuesday…. here are two pictures from the events courtesy of Daniel Dubois and John Russell.
Nashville RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) presents him with the Butch McCord Student of the Game Award.
He’s awarded the Golden Spikes trophy (best player in college baseball) during the Kentucky MBB game.
Changing subjects, the Sports Guy on espn.com had this video in his weekly web links… and I thought it was hilarious. At the time, Shaq was on a Los Angeles Lakers team that had just defeated the Sacramento Queens (as he termed his opponent back in the day, instead of the Kings) in the NBA playoffs. The Diesel came up with this freestyle to the Cheers theme song to brag about the Lakers triumph. My favorite part is how Shaq draws out the final line of the song. Just classic.
Finally, since today is Valentine’s Day… what’s love really got to do with it (as Tina Turner once sung)?
So, we’ll close today’s post with her hit single from the 80s.. especially since she’s been in the news lately because of her duet with Beyonce at Sunday’s Grammy’s show. Apparently, Aretha Franklin didn’t “respect” Beyonce for referring to Tina as “the Queen.”
By the way.. check out Tina’s hair in this video. It definitely could have won her “Best in Show” at the Westminster Kennel 132nd Annual Dog Show earlier this week.
