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SEC's Biggest Stories in 2011 No. 8: Vanderbilt Goes Bowling
When Vanderbilt made a bowl in 2008, it was the culmination of years of building by Bobby Johnson. It was a long climb out of the rut the program had been in since at least the prosperous Gerry DiNardo era where the team won five games in three of four seasons. Of course, it had been since 1982...
2011 South Carolina Gamecocks Intelligence Report: Checking in on the Vanderbilt Commodores
This post continues our series checking in on next season's opponents. Our goal is to have gathered useful information about each opponent prior to the beginning of the season. We've previously talked about the East Carolina Pirates, the Georgia Bulldogs, and the Navy Midshipmen. Today, we're...
What Matters to Vanderbilt's Winning // SEC 2011
Something new I decided to do for this year's set of previews is run correlations on various statistics and each team's winning under their current coaches. The idea is to see what matters most to their style of play and ability to win. I used the NCAA stat archive and calculated correlations for...
Vanderbilt Wakes From Its Nightmare // SEC 2011
The last nine months for Vanderbilt football seem like a bad dream. I have a hard time putting it any other way. It began when Bobby Johnson abruptly retired right before the 2010 SEC Media Days, an odd choice of timing that put the school in a really bad spot. It's difficult enough for the school...
Will Ralph Friedgen be the Georgia Bulldogs' Next Offensive Line Coach?: Why Hiring This Good Coach Would be a Bad Idea
Bulldog Nation’s Thursday evening, already marred by the Lady Dogs’ loss at South Carolina, took a turn for the bizarre when text messages and Twitter updates disseminated the rumory rumor that Ralph Friedgen was the frontrunner among three candidates to succeed Stacy Searels as the Georgia...
Why Winning the 2010 Liberty Bowl is Critical to the Future of Mark Richt and the Georgia Bulldogs
Although I formally previewed the Georgia Bulldogs’ Liberty Bowl date with the Central Florida Knights in yesterday’s installment of Too Much Information, there is more to a proper look at Friday’s showdown than any mere examination of statistical minutiae may reveal. I am referring not to the...
SEC Power Poll (Week Twelve): Nothing in These Rankings Will Make Georgia Bulldogs Fans Feel Thankful
It was an exciting yet ultimately uneventful Saturday in the Southeastern Conference, as a couple of upsets almost happened but didn’t. Accordingly, the SEC Power Poll looks much the same as it looked last week. Here, from first to worst, are the twelve teams of the SEC: 1. Auburn Tigers (11-0):...
A Look Back at RBR's Off-Season Polls
It's the election season which means we get to revel in the glory of the democratic process at work. Which means incessant phone solicitations and bulk mailings by various candidates/parties/causes. And it means polls. Lots and lots of polls. Not because they really say anything meaningful but...
SEC East 2010 Expectations, In a Nutshell
Perhaps you haven't kept up as obsessively with the SEC this off season as we have. That's okay. That's what this post is for. It's a quick recap of where the consensus ended up for each team in the SEC East. Whether you need a cheat sheet or you just know someone who does, this is the post you're...
SEC 2010 // Your Turn: Vanderbilt's Road Back Is Long, But Maybe Not Too Long
We asked questions about the 12 SEC teams. You answered -- well, some of you, anyway. So, remember those SEC 2010 surveys we ran all summer long? I know some of you kept asking about when we would publish the results, and here they area. We begin with the Vanderbilt Commodores, an almost unanimous...
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