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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 09:22 PM
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Just when I thought Vandy was changed this year....same ol' Vandy
LOL....they were down 2 points with 2 minutes left. They had the ball on their own one foot line, and drove the length of the field to set up a field goal with 3 seconds left. I was like....WOW...is this Vandy?

Field goal blocked....same ol' Vandy.
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Rocinante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 09:31 PM
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1. Yep-just watched it
I was really hoping they would finally have a good year but this, and the rest of the schedule will do them in. Dammit.
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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 09:35 PM
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2. They have to beat South Carolina and Kentucky to get a bowl.

They should beat Kentucky, and going to SC is going to be tough. I really don't think they can beat Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, or LSU.
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Rocinante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 09:42 PM
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3. Well I think they have a shot at SC
and they should be able to handle Kentucky. Of the other four teams they might have an outside chance against Florida, but I don't see it happening at this point.
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DaveinMD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 09:59 PM
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4. they put academics ahead of football
a recipe for disaster on the field and success off of it.
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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 10:05 PM
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5. LOL....yeah, I think that's why a lot of people are rooting for them.
The classic underdog.

I spent the first 16 years of my life in Nashville, so that's why I like them, but I know a lot of people not from the area that were pulling for them.
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 11:59 PM
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6. That was really a strategic error in the final seconds
Vandy was on the far right hash mark. The clock was running but they had a time out. It would have been simple for the QB to take the snap and dive quickly to the center of the field before calling time out.

Instead, he spiked the ball and then Vandy didn't call the time out at all. The kicking team rushed onto the field and Middle Tennessee St simply overloaded the right side of the formation and the inside rusher smothered the FG.

When ESPN used to show Ivy League college football regularly for a couple of seasons in the '90s I was amazed at all the mental gaffes to conclude the first half or game. They seemed to make more mistakes in strategy and clock management than so-called jock schools.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 01:16 AM
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7. As a MTSU alumni....Go Blue Raiders!!!!!!!!
....:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
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