Here’s a sentence I never thought I would write: Vanderbilt Football has captivated the Music City. Nashville has embraced Diego Pavia and the plucky Commodores. The SEC cellar dwellers are now CFP contenders.
A year ago, Nick Saban served up an unforgettable helping of bulletin board material. The former Alabama head coach threw some serious shade at Vanderbilt on last year’s Pat McAfee Show before the Crimson Tide came to town.
“The only place you’re going to play in the SEC that’s not hard to play, Vanderbilt,” said Saban. “When you play at Vanderbilt, you have more fans there than they have, and that’s no disrespect to them, it’s the truth.