At least for one day, this was The Team That Could Have Been.
One of the most telling numbers about the 2019 edition of the Vanderbilt Commodores football team was that entering Saturday, they were 1-9 against the spread. Whatever the oddsmakers in Vegas thought of Vanderbilt, the Commodores repeatedly proved themselves to be worse, even as the oddsmakers repeatedly lowered their expectations. Sometimes, they were close to hitting the number: a 24-point loss to Georgia as a 22-point underdog; a 6-point win over Northern Illinois as a 6.5-point favorite; a 17-point loss to South Carolina as a 15.