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Column: Suddenly, Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt becomes the biggest of the season

It’s a sentence I’d never thought I’d write. It’s almost bizarre to even theorize about it. But the more I say it and examine it, I think it’s true.

Saturday’s game against the Vanderbilt Commodores will be one of the biggest yet for Josh Heupel and the Tennessee Volunteers.

How?

How did a team that beat Florida, LSU, Kentucky, and Alabama in the same season get to this crossroads? Why does the Vanderbilt game now have immense weight to it?

It started sometime after the clock hit zero in Williams-Brice stadium last Saturday.