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Former Commodore great Will Perdue was also in the house... and took part in the "Best Radio Call" promotion with three luck contestants.

The selected students had to do their best rendition of Joe Fisher's call of Jermaine Beal's game-winning layup at South Carolina last year.

Quite entertaining.. and harder to do than you think!

Also, you'll see the student in this picture wearing a retro No. 4 jersey... the same number as sophomore center A.J. Ogilvy. Or the number could have been in honor of these former Commodores: Barry Booker, Derrick Byars, Darius Coulibaly, Malik Evans, Anddrikk Frazier, or Haworth Parks.

You decide.

Oh, the first 500 students that made it to Madness received the jersey. Definitely a nice gift.

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ESPN's Buster Olney was the emcee for a "Who knows Ryan Flaherty better?" competition at Memorial Madness.

The contestants? None other than baseball head coach Tim Corbin and junior Andrew Giobbi.

For one of the questions, Olney asked Corbin and Giobbi if they knew what Flaherty's favorite movie was ... Corbin joked it was Titanic ... and Giobbi responded with the correct answer, The Departed.

Overall, Giobbi edged Corbin 4-3 to take bragging rights.

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Here's a view of the student section at Memorial Madness. I'd say over half the seats were filled two hours prior to tip... always a nice sign for the SEC home opener.

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During Memorial Madness, the women's basketball team got the students fired up with a good ol' t-shirt toss. Really, who doesn't like free t-shirts? The team also received one of the biggest ovations of the night for their win over Tennessee.

Memorial Madness Underway

The second annual Memorial Madness student pep rally is underway. Vanderbilt students are currently flooding into Memorial Gym in anticipation of the 5 p.m. CT event.

One item of note already.... The staff running tonight's program -- VSG Athletic Committee and Vandy Fanatics -- are wearing shirts in honor of Coach Stallings (see picture above). These are pretty sweet... I'd love to see them do a large run of these for the student section one game.

I'll give a few more updates about what transpires over the next hour, so stay tuned!

Olney and Perdue on campus tonight

Vanderbilt alums Buster Olney and Will Perdue will be in attendance for tonight's SEC home opener with Georgia at 7 p.m. CT.

Olney and Perdue will first serve as the special guests at the annual student Pep Rally, Memorial Madness, two hours prior to the game. The first 500 students will receive retro jerseys, and the opportunity to win many other prizes from CVS and Wendys. The event will also include activities featuring the women's basketball and baseball teams. Memorial Madness will only be open to Vanderbilt students.

Olney and Perdue will also be recognized during a special game ball presentation at half time, so make sure you stay in your seats. Olney will then emcee a contest where a lucky fan has a chance at winning a Jeep Wrangler.

Olney graduated from Vanderbilt in 1988 and majored in history. He's currently a senior writer for ESPN the magazine, ESPN.com and a regular analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight.

Perdue was an All-American for Vanderbilt basketball in his senior year (1987-88), and led the Commodores to its first 20-win season since 1973-74 as well as a NCAA Tournament berth. He was a four-time NBA champion, and now works as an ESPN analyst.