Nov. 3: Memorial Magic is back

Nov. 3, 2010

On Deck: Sorry for not posting news links yesterday. Hoops action returns to Memorial tonight as the Commodore men’s team takes on Alabama Huntsville in an exhibition matchup at 7 p.m. CT. If you can’t make it to the game, listen to the action on 97.1 RQQ and VUcommodores.com. Click here for live event links.

AROUND THE WEB WEDNESDAY

Men’s Basketball: Dores arrive at first hoops exhibition (Jerome Boettcher, The City Paper)

Men’s Basketball: Stallings upbeat despite losing top two scorers (Jeff Goodman, FoxSports.com)

Men’s Basketball: Acuff, Stallings exhibit special bond (Bill Bryant, The Huntsville Times)

Men’s Basketball: Vanderbilt preseason outlook (Steve Schindler, InsideVandy.com)

Men’s Basketball: Preseason interview with Brad Tinsley (Eric Single, InsideVandy.com)

Men’s Basketball: Preseason interview with John Jenkins (Steve Schindler, InsideVandy.com)

Men’s Basketball: Preseason interview with Jeffery Taylor (Peter Nygaard, InsideVandy.com)

Men’s Basketball: Preseason interview with Andre Walker (Eric Single, InsideVandy.com)

Men’s Basketball: Preseason interview with Festus Ezeli (Reid Harris, InsideVandy.com)

Football: VU’s secondary welcomes Florida’s passing attack (Jeff Lockridge, The Tennessean)

Football: Vanderbilt, Arkansas exchange comments (Jeff Lockridge, The Tennessean)

Football: Wrist injury sidelines Norman (Jeff Lockridge, The Tennessean)

VUCOMMODORES.COM NEWS

Men’s Golf: Hofmann wins Hummingbird Intercollegiate (Andrew Boggs)

Men’s Basketball: VU opens exhibition season with Alabama Huntsville (Andrew Boggs)

Men’s Basketball: Preseason Q&A with Festus Ezeli (Brandon Barca)

Men’s Basketball: Preseason Q&A with John Jenkins (Brandon Barca)

Women’s Basketball: Season preview Part 2 (Ryan Schulz)

Women’s Basketball: VU ranked in preseason Coaches’ poll (Ryan Schulz)

Football: 104.5 FM interview with Robbie Caldwell (Audio)

Football: Wrist injury puts Norman out for year (Larry Leathers)

Football: Notes and depth charts, Florida game (Larry Leathers)

Cross Country: Women place third at SEC Championship (Laina Balafas)

Lacrosse: Team names 2011 captains (Chris Weinman)

Women’s Soccer: Kinsella named SEC’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Chris Weinman)

Women’s Soccer: VU opens SEC Tourney Wednesday (Chris Weinman)

Women’s Soccer: Stewart goes full 90 in CNT rout (Chris Weinman)

VIDEOS OF THE DAY

1) Football head coach Robbie Caldwell met with the media Monday to discuss the Commodores’ upcoming matchup with the Gators – Watch Video

2) Tailback Zac Stacy and defensive end Walker May talk about the Florida matchup – Watch Video

QUOTES OF THE DAY

Basketball coach Kevin Stallings on Brad Tinsley moving to point guard:
Source: FoxSports.com
“Not only do I not worry about Brad, I think it’ll be a position of strength for us. I’m not the least bit worried.”

Offensive guard Kyle Fischer on if he committed a dirt play against Arkansas:
Source: The Tennessean
“It looked like a clean block on film. The referees didn’t throw a flag. Once again, it was unfortunate that (Bryan Jones) got hurt. But I didn’t consider it dirty.”

RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY

Memorial Magic is back.

SONG OF THE DAY

Leo Little’s Big Show – Toy Story 3 Rap Extended Web

Wow. The benefits of watching TV with your daughter.

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