tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:23:39 +0000http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Pete)Blogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-6958296830558058074Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:05:00 +00002009-10-23T21:49:57.027-05:00OK. We're deep in it. Things are officially not going well.This season is a struggle.It is not hopeless. But it is not going well. I was in attendance last week as Georgia politely handed us our ass. We were pretty bad, having breakdowns in all phases of the game. However, I still think that our defense is good, and I believe that our special teams can be good and that our offense can be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/nC35hBPZNWA/ok.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/nC35hBPZNWA" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2009/10/ok.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-3622543936418221416Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:57:00 +00002009-09-29T08:00:04.776-05:00OK. Let's just admit it. The Vandy Sports Listserv has let you down.I get that. In fact, I am intimately familiar with all the ways in which I am supremely skilled at letting people down. Hell, I'm so good, I can let myself down several times a day, and sneak in an extra letdown during my lunch break. I'm just that talented...at being crappy.But Vandy needs all of us Listservians right now. We http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/ZoeqNmqpCPQ/vandy-football-identity-crisis-or-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/ZoeqNmqpCPQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2009/09/vandy-football-identity-crisis-or-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-5217681182998328673Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:21:00 +00002009-09-15T08:37:15.168-05:00My brother was on NPR! He showed up on 848, a nifty show on WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio. He edited a book on jive talk. That’s right, jive. Diggeth thou?Some notes to guide your listening:· Over/Under on number of times my brother says "Absolutely" in a 9 minute interview --- 27. (There is obviously not much left up to interpretation in history for my brother. He has it all nailed down pretty http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/krMglzoYsUI/in-praise-of-my-favorite-hepstorian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/krMglzoYsUI" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-praise-of-my-favorite-hepstorian.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-8270106300370389774Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:10:00 +00002009-01-30T21:50:09.726-06:00wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.The Vandy basketball team is falling and falling fast. It is terrifying to watch, and I'm sure it's even more terrifying to be a part of. But, unlike the men in the video imitating flying squirrels on nuclear steroids, it is not exhilarating.In fact, it sucks.We have lost 4 in a row and sit at just 1-5 in SEC play.The only appropriate accompaniment to ourhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/v_Cg2O_Ksdk/this-post-is-serving-as-some-sort-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/v_Cg2O_Ksdk" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-post-is-serving-as-some-sort-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-2453758340093605321Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:22:00 +00002009-01-16T11:18:09.976-06:00Suffering from football withdrawal? I completely understand. I don't have a lot of nourishment for you, just a couple of scraps. The good news: a professional writer has included us in his very pre-preseason 2009 top 25! Also, national signing day is in a few weeks, so we'll soon know more about the next generation of Commodores who will have the privilege of continuing the GAVF.What to do now, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/18LwozCidyQ/do-they-make-patch-or-nicotine-gum-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/18LwozCidyQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2009/01/do-they-make-patch-or-nicotine-gum-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-6968687979238856912Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:10:00 +00002009-01-07T11:08:55.857-06:00An Accurate Recounting of My Morning, 1/7/09:7:00 - Wake up 15 minutes before alarm goes off, not because I'm well rested, but rather my body is in crazy survival mode and anticipates the alarm and won't let me get a full night's sleep.7:15 - Remember that I bought the reduced fat peanut butter in some ill-fated and short-lived epiphany of the I-should-stop-being-so-smushy-all-over-my-body http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/_QhYsYqvSz8/its-been-week-since-bowl-victory-and-im.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/_QhYsYqvSz8" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/12/its-been-week-since-bowl-victory-and-im.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-659324919506896173Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:29:00 +00002008-12-09T23:01:12.053-06:00I can't believe it.I take that back. I can believe.But if I had to be honest, there's always been a part of me that wasn't all that confident that I'd be believing it right now, at this moment.To be totally honest, though, there's always been a bigger part of me that really believed that this year [read: whatever year it happens to be at the moment] would be the year.OK, maybe that part isn't http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/WEBfU7KXxHI/its-official-its-happening-and-as-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/WEBfU7KXxHI" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/12/its-official-its-happening-and-as-good.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-2029089366881397747Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:22:00 +00002008-11-19T10:05:37.648-06:00 It's real!! It's really real!!! Vanderbilt bowl eligibility does exist! I knew it!At first, after a 5-0 start, I was impatient, just ready for it to get here.Then, after 4 consecutive losses, I started to get very trepidatious and a bit sad. At this point, I was willing to beg for it (pathetically, if need be).And now, it's finally here. And it's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/5pAdkEeLWxM/its-like-magical-faerie-creature-bowl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/5pAdkEeLWxM" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/11/its-like-magical-faerie-creature-bowl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-8794982029936730987Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:23:00 +00002008-11-01T14:09:20.504-05:00There is no love. There is no comfort. Not even the funny kitties on the internet can console me right now.We lost to Duke. How depressed am I? Well, I decided to dress up as a Vandy football coach for Halloween. Not specifically as Ted Cain, our offensive coordinator. But I did carry around a homemade version of Vandy's playbook. Some highlights (don't worry, I won't subject you to actualhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/WErUUxnyc0w/always-and-only-tricks-never-any-treats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/WErUUxnyc0w" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/11/always-and-only-tricks-never-any-treats.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-4771609389185015560Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:24:00 +00002008-10-22T13:42:32.404-05:00Vandy has made me very sad this past couple of weeks. Almost as if I've lost something and am unable to figure out how to get it back. Luckily, though, even when I shut down emotionally, our good friend time just keeps trucking along with his familiar "healing all wounds" shtick. And now, I think I have regained some of my focus:Which is good. Because we have a Homecoming game to win this week. Ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/ZpIxZkOiVRQ/we-must-move-on-lucky-for-us-duke-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/ZpIxZkOiVRQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/we-must-move-on-lucky-for-us-duke-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-5448493470894162209Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:43:00 +00002008-10-18T14:45:49.702-05:00We lost. Not cool.And we had a really stilted, uneven live blog for the second half.In the same way that Vandy better learn from this and get better, the Listserv will learn from this. The next time we try a live blog, hopefully it will be cooler.Optimistic spin coming soon. (Hopefully.)Dynamite.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/TqO0i1Y7I8o/uuuuggggggghhhhhhhhhh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/TqO0i1Y7I8o" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/uuuuggggggghhhhhhhhhh.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-5417817877156251681Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:04:00 +00002008-10-18T13:05:00.102-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/d-UxJtquQuc/vandygeorgia-2nd-half-live-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/d-UxJtquQuc" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/vandygeorgia-2nd-half-live-blog.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-7725325906491495603Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:06:00 +00002008-10-18T12:55:03.167-05:00First quarter:Georgia's first scoring drive: AJ Green is freaking good. 49 yard catch. Then, on the touchdown pass, DJ Moore read the double move before Green even made it. Great instincts, great break. But Green is so tall and athletic, and Stafford threw the ball so perfectly, that it didn't matter. Perfect offense beats good defense.Our offense in the first quarter: Not so great. We've http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/FgKjRbBTpLg/almost-live-blog-notes-on-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/FgKjRbBTpLg" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/almost-live-blog-notes-on-game.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-6205508659957805500Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:33:00 +00002008-10-17T22:51:08.527-05:00OK. We're back. Listserv is fully operational. We withstood a pretty vicious attack last week, but thanks to the quick thinking and lifesaving skills of cute puppies all across the internet, the Listserv is up and running and just as dumb as ever. (Side note: saving lives really is a cool thing to do, morally speaking. And now, it's a cool thing to do, groovaliciously speaking.)Unfortunately, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/wkuFLYw3uBY/better-late-than-never.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/wkuFLYw3uBY" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/better-late-than-never.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-724252144661280961Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:33:00 +00002008-10-13T08:38:41.378-05:00The Listserv feels free, yet imprisoned.I know that the Listserv will snap out of it. Expect more rampant optimism later this week. I'm working my way back. It'll just take some time.Le Dynamite.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/PWFaKi5hjPM/today-listserv-is-like-pendulum-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/PWFaKi5hjPM" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/today-listserv-is-like-pendulum-that.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-6848451315276973181Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:29:00 +00002008-10-08T23:23:23.500-05:00In the same way that David Lee Roth's vocals have been isolated in this clip to produce a weird and ultimately disappointing product, so the Vandy Sports Listserv will forego it's usual merriment and navel-gazing and just provide a bare bones preview of the Mississippi State game.First, the good news. The game will be televised! In the state of Tennessee, you can order the game on pay per view.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/pa9P6ZB8Znw/mississippi-state-so-staid-conservative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/pa9P6ZB8Znw" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/mississippi-state-so-staid-conservative.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-4515093423159992060Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:19:00 +00002008-10-06T12:47:01.075-05:00 Vandy slew the giant this weekend.Vanderbilt is awesome. At playing football. I've said this many, many times over the years. And now, it just might not be laughable to put it in print.What a game! We beat a really good team (with an admittedly horrible offense). On a big stage. Destiny started making one of her favorite snacks, a loaf of Vandy-letdown flatbread. She had all the ingredients: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/HGuo976T4f4/davidgoliath-beowulfgrendel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/HGuo976T4f4" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/davidgoliath-beowulfgrendel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-4713827154910052914Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:15:00 +00002008-10-04T20:18:23.605-05:00Vandy=SuperkittyAmerica=The KentsDYNAMITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/Wx1Pc4El5Tg/holy-crap-winning-is-really-really-cool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/Wx1Pc4El5Tg" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/holy-crap-winning-is-really-really-cool.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-1780255770681111474Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:39:00 +00002008-10-03T13:04:14.953-05:00It doesn't take long. One of my favorite people, Listservian Richard, and one of my favorite football writers, Dr. Saturday, have weighed in today on the big Kumbaya session between Vandy and the national media the past couple of weeks.I know this is more than the usual weekly dosage of Listserv, but I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge, and hopefully thereby ward off, all bad juju as the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/4jaUH2MfIo0/emergency-update-re-near-instantaneous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/4jaUH2MfIo0" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/10/emergency-update-re-near-instantaneous.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-2037942747043031209Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:47:00 +00002008-10-02T14:51:52.314-05:00I hope you're ready to do your part, Listserv. This is an historic weekend. If there's to be a Golden Age of Vandy Football (GAVF), we're all gonna have to pull our weight.This Saturday, we will be the ESPN Media Darlings du jour. College Gameday, ESPN's flagship college football show, is headed to Nashville for a full day of live broadcasting. The day will culminate with Vandy/Auburn, on ESPN, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/xQrCMro5c2g/i-hope-youre-ready-to-do-your-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/xQrCMro5c2g" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-hope-youre-ready-to-do-your-part.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-5071063891797152619Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:17:00 +00002008-09-28T14:27:05.670-05:00ESPN'S COLLEGE GAMEDAY IS COMING TO NASHVILLE!Also, Vandy has now cracked the top 20!We are the prettiest girl at the dance!!!Dynamite.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/p3wPbnfuXk0/america-wants-to-get-intimate-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/p3wPbnfuXk0" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/09/america-wants-to-get-intimate-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-3681279309529693809Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:07:00 +00002008-09-27T22:09:46.435-05:00Wow. "Good" teams are falling in bunches, to "lesser" teams. The "top" 2 SEC East teams lose. Turns out most major college teams can beat any other major college team, given the chance. This should mean a few things to Vandy fans:We're on top of the SEC East, for really real!StandingsConferenceOverallSEC - EastW-LPFPAW-LPFPASTRKVanderbilt2-047344-011968W4Georgia1-11474-117296L1Florida1-13063-http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/6J1p-_xe4Go/top-ranked-teams-oh-we-thought-those.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/6J1p-_xe4Go" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/09/top-ranked-teams-oh-we-thought-those.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-6391776509063910975Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:53:00 +00002008-09-22T15:56:50.198-05:00The internet confirms it. I've always wanted to be a media darling.Dynamite.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/fNUQ8CHwG1A/super-mini-update-vandy-will-be-on-espn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/fNUQ8CHwG1A" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/09/super-mini-update-vandy-will-be-on-espn.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-8016184818125358832Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:00:00 +00002008-09-22T15:55:49.069-05:00 VICTORY!Saturday was a big day for Pete and the Vandy Sports Listserv.Vandy won. LSU (the other team I cheer for) beat a top 10 Auburn team. The Cubs (my MLB team) clinched the NL Central. And I ran my first 5K race! I finished, and I didn't die or even have to go to the hospital. Pretty sweet.The booty: unfortunately, not cheeseburgers. But it's something just as good in its own way and is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/7o_b9VP2sWo/let-us-enjoy-booty-that-comes-from-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/7o_b9VP2sWo" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/09/let-us-enjoy-booty-that-comes-from-good.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2108301697738329287.post-3852679862056491760Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:20:00 +00002008-09-20T21:26:58.960-05:00Somebody find an EMT kitty and send him to my house. A win. An improbable, crazy win.I listened on internet radio and was totally freaked out. It's probably for the best that I couldn't see it. Apoplexy would have been inevitable.More to come later on this ridiculous win. Sweet dreams, dear Listserv. When you awake next week, Vandy will be in the top 25. Dynamite.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~3/-34Ly7dpe7w/holy-crap-what-win.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VandySportsListserv/~4/-34Ly7dpe7w" height="1" width="1"/>http://vandysportslistserv.blogspot.com/2008/09/holy-crap-what-win.html