In the early hours of Sunday morning in my Washington, DC apartment, I sat alongside four of my closest friends, all of which are also Vanderbilt alumni. Logged into the CBS Sports Network app via one of our parents’ Xfinity logins, we’d watched the wave of emotions that was Saturday night’s win against Colorado State. What started as self pity as the Rams jumped out to a 14-0 lead gradually turned into invigorating glory as we witnessed a formerly impotent team eventually find the courage within themselves to win their first game since 2019.
When Joseph Bulovas’ 38 yard kick snuck inside the left upright for the game-capping field goal, the four of us erupted in emphatic cheers and high fives right as the clock struck 1:30am EST.