On Deck: The Commodore soccer team will host its annual "Power in Pink" game Friday against LSU at 7 p.m. CT. Wear pink to the game to raise awareness for the fight against breast cancer. Also, pink t-shirts will be given away to the first 100 fans in attendance and pink wristbands will be distributed to the first 400 fans... Vanderbilt's football home game with Georgia on Oct. 15 will kickoff at 6 p.m. CT on FOX Sports South... Tampa Bay was eliminated from the MLB playoffs after falling to Texas, 4-3, in Game 4 of the American League Division Series Tuesday.
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Top 10 Surprises. With a month in the books, CBSsports.com columnist Bruce Feldman ranks Vanderbilt as one of the biggest surprises so far in college football.
Say Cheese. Get your first look at the 2011-12 men's basketball team with video and photos from their preseason shoot held last week in Memorial Gym. And come back to VUcommodores.com over the next week for more content from that event.
Getting Better. The Commodore football coaching staff spent the open date recruiting on the road and working on their game plan to generate more offense.
Coming Back. Ashley Crosby looks at the rehab process for three men's tennis student-athletes recovering from injuries.
Preseason Honors. The Commodores are one of only three teams with three players (Festus Ezeli, John Jenkins, and Jeffery Taylor) named to the Wooden Award Preseason Watch List, which recognizes the top 50 players in college basketball.
Williams on Expansion. Jeff Lockridge of The Tennessean gets David Williams' thoughts on conference expansion, future schedules, coaches contracts and more.
Football: Franklin wants to lift page from Saban's playbook (
