Oct. 7, 2011
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by Brandon Barca (Archive) Twitter updates @brandonbarca |
On Deck: Vanderbilt soccer’s “Power in Pink” game is tonight vs. LSU at 7 p.m. CT… The Commodores’ football game at Alabama will be televised by ESPNU Saturday night at 6 p.m. CT… The Southeastern Conference Athletics Directors released a statement following their meeting in Birmingham Wednesday… Memorial Madness is only one week away.
Top Headlines
Tornado touched lives. The Vanderbilt football team will visit Tuscaloosa just six months after the town was devastated by a tornado. Jeff Lockridge talks to a couple of Commodores that have seen the damage in their home state of Alabama.
Breast Cancer Awareness game. Vanderbilt will host LSU Friday night at 7 p.m. CT in the annual “Power in Pink” game at the VU Soccer Complex. Chris Weinman writes that Breast Cancer Awareness month hits home for student-athletes Emily Grant and Gena Inbusch.
Bear was a Dore. Legendary Alabama Head Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant once roamed the Vanderbilt sidelines as an assistant. Larry Leathers tells the story in his latest SID notebook.
Around the Web
Football: Dores use defensive pressure to net INTs (Greg Sullivan, The Tennessean)
Football: Norman is headed to redshirt (Jeff Lockridge, The Tennessean)
Football: Athletics is just one duty for David Williams (Tom Weir, USA TODAY)
Football: Tornados touched lives of VU players (Jeff Lockridge, The Tennessean)
Football: Fisher discusses Tuscaloosa tornado (Jeff Lockridge, The Tennessean)
Football: Smith set for Saturday homecoming (Jerome Boettcher, The City Paper)
Football: VU plans to keep Norman sidelined (Jerome Boettcher, The City Paper)
Football: VU’s secondary a concern for Tide (Edward Aschoff, ESPN.com)
Football: Vanderbilt vs. Alabama: Five questions (Jeff Lockridge, The Tennessean)
Football: Lockridge talks Vanderbilt and Alabama (Izzy Gould, Tuscaloosa Bureau)
Football: VU making the most of opponent mistakes (Sean Cartell, SEC Digital Network)
Football: Franklin on SEC Coaches Teleconference (SEC Digital Network)
Football: ‘Dores make first trip to Bama (Edward Aschoff, ESPN.com)
VUcommodores.com News
Football: Notes from the Football SID’s desk (VUcommodores.com)
Football: Franklin Friday: Nat’l TV, local radio (VUcommodores.com)
Football: Franklin: Norman could miss the season (VUcommodores.com)
Football: Franklin Wednesday Press Conference (VUcommodores.com)
Football: Commodores in the NFL, Week 4 (VUcommodores.com)
Men’s Basketball: Tinsley’s faux hawk, freshman outtakes (VUcommodores.com)
Baseball: Notebook: Red, White and Blue VU (VUcommodores.com)
Soccer: Friday’s game special for Grant, Inbusch (VUcommodores.com)
Soccer: “Power in Pink” game Friday night (VUcommodores.com)
Men’s Tennis: Jones plays marathon match (VUcommodores.com)
General: Nashville is 16th best sports city (VUcommodores.com)
General: SEC statement on Athletics Directors meeting (VUcommodores.com)
Quick Slant: Franklin on the air (VUcommodores.com)
Videos of the Day
Wear pink to the soccer game Friday night to raise awareness for the fight against breast cancer.
Photo shoot fun with the men’s basketball team. Brad Tinsley and Kyle Fuller explain their hairstyles plus freshman outtakes…
Photos of the Day
Sporting News ranked Nashville as the 16th best sports city, which is higher than any other city with an SEC school.
Bear Bryant had Vanderbilt ties. Bryant is pictured below (far left) when he was an assistant for the Commodores in 1940. Also in the photo: Head Coach Red Sanders, assistant H.E. Alley and assistant Jim Scoggins. View Photo Gallery
Song of the Day
Oasis – ‪Don’t Look Back In Anger