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The Record of Wrongs: Vanderbilt Commodores

Hear ye, hear ye. It's time for Tennessee Volunteer fans across the interwebosphere to gather for the ceremonial reading of the Record of Wrongs, a litany of the offenses committed by the Vanderbilt Commodores.

Totally true

  • January 27, 2010: Vanderbilt 85, Tennessee 76. The 'Dores outswaggered the Vols on their own floor, instigating both double technicals and multiple technicals, causing the officials to call what seemed like a thousand fouls and ruining an exceptional night from J.P. Prince.
  • January, 2008: Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings called Bruce Pearl an "idiot a------." He apparently didn't like the whole shirtless, paint-your-chest thing.
  • February 26, 2008: The Commodores stole the Vols' only No. 1 ranking in the history of the program. Tennessee climbed to No. 1 after the Pearlfection game and just three days later, lost by three points to Vandy and their crazy court.
  • That loss to Vandy I just mentioned? Rigged. I give the floor to the esteemed Fulmer's Belly for the recap:

    Seriously though, just in case you guys didn’t get the memo, here’s the officiating rundown for the game.

    1. First off, we’ve got Tennessee. Whenever they do anything… like say, pointing? That’s a foul.Yep, if they’re wearing any kind of orange, and do anything to even get CLOSE to anyone wearing a white jersey, go ahead and blow your whistle. In fact, when orange has the ball, just breathe through your whistle. It’ll just be easier, mmkay?

    2. Next up, we’ve got Vandy’s side of the ref’s manual. If white does anything to orange, see if there is any way to foul orange. If it looks too too TOO bad, go ahead and don’t call anything. I know, it might seem weird, especially if people are being tackled to the ground, but still, trust me, it’s better to not blow any whistles, because you want to save the ‘ole cork ball for orange (see point 1).

  • January 10, 2007: "In a game that was not televised (ARGHHH!), Tennessee lost to Vandy (ARGHHH!) at the buzzer (ARGHHH!)  81-82 (arghh)."
  • February 26, 2008: Vandy 72, Tennessee 69, the Vols' sole loss from January 26 to March 9 of that year.
  • Resembles a muppet.

Totally fabricated, but TRUE!

  • A.J. Ogilvy is the mysterious voice of Geico's gecko. In fact, he does all of the Australian voice overs as he's the only one in the country who actually talks like that. Thank the blue blood education and a bevy of secret society boosters for the monetization of a speech defect.
  • Back in 2003, an overzealous engineering student in the Vanderbilt student section threw an eight-pound encyclopedia (he got help from a friend and they both used a lever) at Chris Lofton as he was heading for the locker room at halftime. Fortunately, Duke Crews was there to intercept it. He ate the thing and vomited it back out onto the entire section. Let that be a lesson to ya, kids.
  • In 2002, Commodore fans hired Cletus T. Judd to sing his entire catalog of country parodies during the Vols' pre-game walk-through. American Psychology Today later devoted an entire issue to analyzing Judd, who fortunately was never seen in public again.

What have I missed, Vol fans?

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that court configuration

CHEATS! i think it wobbles and shoots up random spikes, too.
( just like in that 80s Flash Gordon flick.)

...and we shall eat only the red skittles...

by thetennesseethumper on Feb 9, 2010 8:43 AM EST reply actions  

That Court

Makes me think of Bowser’s Castle: He needs to make it full of all sorts of fireballs and death traps because all of his other teams Koopas have beaten senseless. Problem is, sure he gets a few cheap wins deaths out of it but in the end he is still a know-it-all moron who can’t get laid.

Tennessee Fans: We win at teh Internet!

by bobo_the_vol on Feb 9, 2010 1:01 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

As a Native Middle Tennessean

I need no special reason to despise Vanderbilt. If anyone has ever dealt with their alums, particularly the “Sidewalk Alumni”, for more than 5 minutes; then the disgust will flow naturally.

"I don't want one of those guys who'll drive in two but let in three every game." Casey Stengel

by tnredneckyankeesfan on Feb 9, 2010 10:29 AM EST reply actions  

That rigged game above

Was totally crap. The sad thing is that a Vandy player DID tackle JP Prince in a DEAD BALL Situation and there was nothing called for it, nothing at all. It’s one of two games that I really consider the refs to have lost it for the Vols, the other is the-drop-that-must-not-be-mentioned.

Tennessee Fans: We win at teh Internet!

by bobo_the_vol on Feb 9, 2010 1:02 PM EST reply actions  

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