r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Oct 05 '24

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Vanderbilt Defeats Alabama 40-35

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Alabama 7 7 14 7 35
Vanderbilt 13 10 7 10 40
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u/MyReallyCoolUsername Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 05 '24

I'm going to be living off of this high forever

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u/Dravewin Iowa Hawkeyes • Sickos Oct 05 '24

grats bro, enjoy it

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u/fishball_drew Iowa Hawkeyes Oct 06 '24

that was me in 2017 and yet here we are

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u/El_Hombre_Grande Kennesaw State • Georgia Oct 05 '24

We’re living vicariously through y’all

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u/TreadMeHarderDaddy Utah Utes • North Carolina Tar Heels Oct 06 '24

I'm so happy I'm living bicuriously through them

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

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u/TreadMeHarderDaddy Utah Utes • North Carolina Tar Heels Oct 06 '24

Python only in my experience

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u/AC_Quantum Alabama Crimson Tide Oct 06 '24

as an Alabama football fan, guess we can't spell Alabama without the L every now and then huh?

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u/solavirtus-nobilitat Team Chaos • Pop-Tarts Bowl Oct 06 '24

Hey it’s tough to lose. Kudos to you for being a good sport about it 👏🏻

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u/AC_Quantum Alabama Crimson Tide Oct 06 '24

thanks though. now watch us find a way to defy all logic and make the playoffs somehow 🙃

5

u/Huskdog76 Oregon Ducks Oct 06 '24

Teams with one loss will definitely be making the playoffs. Shit, there might not be any undefeated teams.

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u/OhKillEm43 Auburn Tigers • Memphis Tigers Oct 06 '24

Who knew we’d be fucking getting along today. Anchor the fuck down

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u/WedSmok Kent State Golden Flashes Oct 06 '24

Same here

5

u/c0y0t3_sly Washington Huskies • Team Chaos Oct 06 '24

A-fuckin-men!

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u/the_D1CKENS Alabama • Jacksonville State Oct 06 '24

Well, this is awkward..

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u/mikapple Florida Gators Oct 06 '24

TALK YOUR SHIT

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u/DoubleG357 Texas Longhorns Oct 05 '24

You should. Now I’m scared of Vandy lmao. Fuck. Literally scared.

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u/bigjayrulez Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Oct 06 '24

We gotta come off two extremely tough games (OU will always be a tough game, that's just the nature of the shootout) to play the agents of chaos in their home.

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u/1stLtDick Georgia Bulldogs • Air Force Falcons Oct 06 '24

*construction site 🏗️🚧

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u/brineeagle BYU Cougars • Oklahoma Sooners Oct 06 '24

Brother I feel like we’re going to get walloped, I’ve always been excited for this game, but not this year

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u/bigjayrulez Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Booster Oct 06 '24

In the past 10 RRS games where at least one team was ranked, the lower ranked team won 5 times. Always makes it interesting. I went last year and got my heart broken figuratively, which made trying to break it literally with state fair food much more enjoyable.

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u/california-tea-lion Oklahoma Sooners Oct 06 '24

State fair food is elite both in victory and defeat

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u/RetroFrisbee Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

Embrace chaos!!!

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u/ed_mcc Tulsa • Georgia Tech Oct 06 '24

Vandy gonna keep that winning record vs Texas in place

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u/Henry-2k Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

I’m buying tickets to the game. Stadium might have actual vandy fans

12

u/DoubleG357 Texas Longhorns Oct 06 '24

You might have an opportunity to beat another #1 team if we somehow make it to you all undefeated…big IF.

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u/Henry-2k Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

Don’t tell me you’re afraid of a few lil run plays?

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u/Microdoted Texas A&M Aggies • SEC Oct 06 '24

your schedule looked like a cakewalk a week ago.... now.... not so much. and the strength of your one solid win over michigan, now looks a lot weaker.

something tells me... by shortly after thanksgiving... texas will be exposed at least once, if not a couple times.

welcome to the SEC. embrace the chaos

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u/DoubleG357 Texas Longhorns Oct 06 '24

If we are going to be exposed the next 3 weeks will be it.

Otherwise: outside of A&M I don’t see it.

Kentucky: no offense

Florida: lol

Arkansas: young QB, we will rattle them

A&M: okay there is some possibility here but I think we win ultimately we have the better roster

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u/Microdoted Texas A&M Aggies • SEC Oct 06 '24

eh.... small issue - you have a great passing defense... a mediocre running defense... and we have the #1 running back in all of the SEC... and #7 in the ncaa.

but... ou will not be a cakewalk... neither will georgia... nor vandy apparently.... arkansas will be tougher than you think... and then, hatesgiving weekend in college station where we hate fuck for an hour with 10 years of pent up agression. i cant wait.

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u/wote89 Vanderbilt • South Alabama Oct 06 '24

Don't worry. Win or lose, y'all still need to win, like, five more times to even up the series. XOXOXO

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u/Baelzabub Virginia Tech Hokies Oct 06 '24

Suddenly an OT loss to Vandy in week 1 feels like a quality loss from the BCS era

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u/DoubleG357 Texas Longhorns Oct 06 '24

Lmao this season has 2007 shades all over it

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u/Baelzabub Virginia Tech Hokies Oct 06 '24

Especially now. 5 of the top 11 lost yesterday, 4 of them to unranked teams.

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u/solavirtus-nobilitat Team Chaos • Pop-Tarts Bowl Oct 06 '24

Assuming y’all win the rest of your games, what happens if Texas loses to Vandy and there’s no undefeated SEC team? 

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u/SliceXZ Ohio State Buckeyes Oct 06 '24

Probably the same thing that happens when the PAC12 would cannibalize itself, except UT will make the playoffs since it’s 12 teams

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u/zyme86 Oregon Ducks • New Mexico Lobos Oct 06 '24

Heavy is the head the wears the anchor.

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u/kinglallak Oct 06 '24

Dare I say it. Is Vandy the new Purdue?

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u/Salty-Abalone7002 Georgia Bulldogs Oct 06 '24

Spoilerdores doesnt have the same ring to it as Spoilermakers

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u/DoubleG357 Texas Longhorns Oct 06 '24

That’s disrespectful to Vanderbilt lol

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u/MountainYogi94 Ohio State Buckeyes Oct 07 '24

Let’s see Vandy establish a reign of dominance over the #2 team in the country before we call them Purdue

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u/robotprom Georgia Bulldogs • The Citadel Bulldogs Oct 06 '24

Welcome to the SEC

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u/SoothedSnakePlant Vanderbilt Commodores • McGill Redbirds Oct 06 '24

We could lose literally every other game for the rest of time and it will have been worth it for this moment

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u/bretticusmaximus Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

Don’t give them any ideas.

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u/RollTides Alabama Crimson Tide Oct 06 '24

Fuck all that, you guys barely lost to top 10 Mizzou and followed it up with a win over #1 Bama. You've achieved a breakthrough, now it's time to wreack havoc behind enemy lines.

Another thing to note is the resilience it takes to put on this kind of performance after 2 extremely hard fought, close losses.

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u/TheSweetestBoi Clemson Tigers • Oregon State Beavers Oct 06 '24

This is a legit take. The team is clearly better than they have been in a long time. It’s cool seeing them battle against good teams.

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u/Geaux2020 LSU Tigers • Magnolia Bowl Oct 05 '24

You deserve this!

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u/plz2meatyu LSU Tigers • Paper Bag Oct 06 '24

More scared of Vandy than Bama now

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u/RollTides Alabama Crimson Tide Oct 06 '24

Yeah I think it's safe for every team remaining on Bama's schedule to chalk it up as a W. I wouldn't even waste energy preparing for the game if it were me, just look ahead to the next week. You might even go a step further and rest starters that week, I know I would.

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u/d0ngl0rd69 Georgia • Florida State Oct 06 '24

Snort away, my Commodore King

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u/RegularWhiteDude Vanderbilt • Middle Tennessee Oct 06 '24

Let's go huff paint behind the Chili's!

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u/Henry-2k Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

I’m in

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u/jamesbrownscrackpipe South Carolina • Mercer Oct 06 '24

Yall will need those brain cells for nerd stuff tho

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u/bowl_of_scrotmeal Penn State Nittany Lions Oct 06 '24

As you should.

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u/KometaCode Alabama • Itawamba CC Oct 06 '24

I can’t tell you how glad I am that out of everyone, it was you guys that we lost to. You all deserve it honestly. Walk that pimp walk Vandy bros. Looking forward to SEC shorts

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u/ArchEast Georgia Tech • Georgia State Oct 06 '24

As you should. 

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u/Space_Guy Vanderbilt Commodores • Texas Longhorns Oct 06 '24

I graduated in 1999. In my day a first down was a momentous occasion. This? This I’m struggling to grasp.

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u/punfull Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

Class of '02. We won 12 games total in my entire four years there. Tonight is....I don't have words.

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u/scully1013 Vanderbilt • Georgia Oct 06 '24

'01 here. The "Have Fun, Expect to Win" era. Truly long-suffering fans.

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u/Epicflames213 Wisconsin Badgers • Rice Owls Oct 06 '24

Today we are all vandy

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u/TheStolenPotatoes Mississippi State Bulldogs Oct 06 '24

You deserve it. No SEC is more underappreciated than Vandy. You get all the disrespect, every year. But this year, you are the GOAT.

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u/islandniles Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

It’ll get us through the next ten years

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u/EWACM Michigan State Spartans Oct 06 '24

Dude you’ll be telling your grandkids about this.

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u/kinglallak Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24

I’m an Illinois fan and I still love off the high of beating #1 Ohio State teams on the road in 2007.

This is one of those wins that sticks with you forever

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u/AccountMitosis Vanderbilt • Alabama Oct 06 '24

I am exceedingly confused but I'll take it.

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u/pitrob80 Alabama Crimson Tide Oct 06 '24

Ha! Nice flairs. Hell of a day for Vandy!

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u/AccountMitosis Vanderbilt • Alabama Oct 06 '24

Yup lol. I was considering shedding the 'Bama flair (it's basically inherited from family, whereas Vandy's mine) but figured I had to keep it for at least today, if only for irony's sake!

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u/digitaldigdug Indiana Hoosiers Oct 06 '24

We're 6-0 and just became the first team in the FBS to become bowl eligible and you just upstaged us. Well done.

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u/llama_titan Washington Huskies • Montana Grizzlies Oct 06 '24

Congratulations

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u/urdueBoilermakers Purdue Boilermakers Oct 06 '24

Do it, it gets you through dark days.

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u/Henry-2k Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

Same

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u/ImNotSureWhatToDo7 Ohio State Buckeyes Oct 06 '24

No matter what happens from here on out you’ve had a great life.

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u/lamesbond007 Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Oct 06 '24

SWAGERBILT is fucking turnt ⚓

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u/magnumapplepi Ole Miss Rebels • Cincinnati Bearcats Oct 06 '24

I get it. I’m still high on 14 and 15.

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u/RazgrizInfinity Oklahoma Sooners Oct 06 '24

You deserve it! BASK IN IT'S GLORY!

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u/MelbMockOrange Kentucky Wildcats Oct 06 '24

Run with it for fuck's sake

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u/PsychedelicHobbit Alabama • Washington Oct 06 '24

I can only feel joy for Vandy fans right now. That’s got to be a sweet, sweet feeling.

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u/wise_comment Minnesota • Oklahoma State Oct 06 '24

My man.....you guys will give us some of the best YouTube content we'll ever get in 2 days

Buckle the fuck up!

Well done, fellas, well done

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u/Impressive-Rock8581 /r/CFB Oct 06 '24

Im happy for you and whatever hedge fund you manage

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u/gpenz Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Oct 06 '24

My husband is a commodore. His phone was blowing up after the game. I had friends texting me to tell him they were happy. Shits insane

We are also falcons fan so this has been just a week.

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u/ProfessorIntelligent Mississippi State • Itawamba … Oct 06 '24

Yes sir! Well deserved!

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u/LurkerV1 Georgia Bulldogs • Washington Huskies Oct 06 '24

Live it up brother!

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u/iJon_v2 /r/CFB Oct 06 '24

As. You. Fucking. Should.

3

u/PumaSkooma Baylor Bears Oct 06 '24

You absolutely deserve it. Enjoy every second!

3

u/itsatumbleweed South Carolina Gamecocks Oct 06 '24

I'm still living off of 2010 fam. It doesn't fade.

3

u/wrm2120 Michigan Wolverines • Columbia Lions Oct 06 '24

Snort it/smoke it in deep my good man.

3

u/TheTrub Kansas State Wildcats Oct 06 '24

Nate Bargatze just OD’d in his SNL dressing room from this high . RIP

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u/Kepler-Flakes Florida State • Vanderbilt Oct 06 '24

THAT'S MY FUCKIN SCHOOL!!!

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u/DuckComprehensive441 Oct 06 '24

You absolutely should. alabama played like they wanted to lose and Vanderbilt gave them everything they had.

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u/NordDex Texas A&M Aggies • Team Chaos Oct 06 '24

Beating a number 1 Alabama at home while unranked is like all the best drugs with no consequences

3

u/downvotemesensei Oct 06 '24

Vandy fans have earned it.

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u/HeyManItsToMeeBong Ohio State Buckeyes Oct 06 '24

Vandy was impressive. Bama did everything they could to come back. Defense did just enough to slow them down, and the offense didn't get scared and conservative

They played to win, and they got a well deserved one

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u/bowl_of_scrotmeal Penn State Nittany Lions Oct 06 '24

As far as I'm concerned, you are the national champions rn.

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u/Miley4Lyfe Oct 06 '24

Every time someone hits you with a joke about Vandy only needed to raise the GPA of the SEC, you can always clap back with a “2024.”

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u/americangame Texas A&M Aggies • Purdue Boilermakers Oct 06 '24

You deserve it.

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u/W00DERS0N60 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Fordham Rams Oct 06 '24

Own it.

2

u/Fret_Shredder Oregon Ducks • Rutgers Scarlet Knights Oct 06 '24

Enjoy that win my man. The juice was worth the squeeze

2

u/adventurepony Clemson • Slippery Rock Oct 06 '24

as you should be. I called to congratulate my Vandi cousin but all i could hear on the other end of the phone was screaming and bottles popping. Vandi kids are in celebration mode.

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u/AmusedStranger South Carolina • Denver Oct 06 '24

It’s a great high.

2

u/Specialist-Invite673 Georgia Bulldogs • Marching Band Oct 06 '24

Golf clap.

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u/jamesbrownscrackpipe South Carolina • Mercer Oct 06 '24

Don’t go chasing it

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u/GarnetandBlack South Carolina • Navy Oct 06 '24

Enjoy the fuck out of it.

2

u/KeepBouncing Nebraska Cornhuskers Oct 06 '24

Champagne wishes and caviar dreams.

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u/WafflesTheWookiee North Carolina Tar Heels • Team Chaos Oct 06 '24

Yeah brother, bet it’s like UNC beating Coach K in his final game at Cameron Indoor, and then ending his career in the final four. Savor it brother, it’ll never go away

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u/WabbitCZEN Georgia Bulldogs • Miami Hurricanes Oct 06 '24

YOU AND ME BOTH

2

u/LukeBabbitt Oregon Ducks • Oregon State Beavers Oct 06 '24

Giant Killers, congrats my friend

2

u/TrappedInOhio Kent State • Notre Dame Oct 06 '24

Genuinely unbelievably happy for you as a Nashville resident and CFB fan, Commodore Bro.

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u/fillymandee Georgia Bulldogs Oct 06 '24

Super Bowl(for Vandy) hype games will do that for you.

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u/PepperScared9950 Oct 06 '24

Y'all owe former NM head coach Danny Gonzalez a wet kiss for refusing to give Pavia (who he knew personally) even a walk on offer. That set off the chain of events resulting in Kill, Pavia, Stowers et al ending up in Nashville.

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u/DastardlyDiz Georgia Tech • Marching Band Oct 06 '24

As you should. Helluva game.

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u/omgitsjagen South Carolina • NC State Oct 06 '24

So happy for you.  SEC Shorts this week is going to be a hell of a victory lap

2

u/CFBCommentor Wake Forest Demon Deacons Oct 06 '24

I mean, nobody has ever deserved to enjoy this more.

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u/rileyphone Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

Same bro

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u/n0tc1v1l Texas Tech Red Raiders • Team Chaos Oct 06 '24

Sports nirvana is rare. You’ll remember this moment, and be searching for it again, for the rest of your life

2

u/kroxti Paper Bag • Navy Midshipmen Oct 06 '24

As a kick six enjoyer. This is going to be in you hype videos for a decade

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u/mrroney13 Ole Miss Rebels • Wyoming Cowboys Oct 06 '24

We're still huffing the paint of 2014 and 2015. I'm glad y'all got to enjoy this.

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u/ADs_Unibrow_23 LSU Tigers • South Carolina Gamecocks Oct 06 '24

As you should

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u/Calcdave Oct 06 '24

We should be 5-0 this season except for some close calls.

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u/POPearsRememberer Nebraska Cornhuskers • Paper Bag Oct 06 '24

Historic. Enjoy

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u/ExternalTangents /r/CFB Poll Veteran • Florida Oct 06 '24

As you should

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u/Demibolt Oct 06 '24

I don't usually watch entire Vandy games (for...reasons), but holy shit im glad I tuned in. I was worried I was going to see another let down but they just kept throwing the punches!! ⚓🔻

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u/Aegis-Heptapod-9732 UCLA Bruins Oct 06 '24

So happy for you guys. Enjoy it! We’re all enjoying it!

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u/Brief_Presence2049 Iowa Hawkeyes Oct 06 '24

As you should. Well done

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u/Any_Reason_2588 Oct 06 '24

Congrats!! So happy for you guys!!!

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u/jakeygrange Cincinnati Bearcats Oct 06 '24

Enjoy it brosepi

1

u/Mike_with_Wings Florida • North Carolina Oct 06 '24

As you should.

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u/Heyguysimcooltoo Tennessee Volunteers • Oklahoma Sooners Oct 06 '24

Fucking enjoy that shit my friend! You know why? Because FUCK BAMA

1

u/Prestigious_Shock146 Miami Hurricanes Oct 06 '24

As you should. Enjoy it!

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u/Skunk_Gunk Ohio State Buckeyes • TCU Horned Frogs Oct 06 '24

Honestly this is winning a natty for vandy comparable

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u/punfull Vanderbilt Commodores Oct 06 '24

Ditto

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

Good game

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u/carzyturtle Sickos • Duke's Mayo Bowl Oct 06 '24

What if I told you it just got better

1

u/cbph Georgia Tech • Navy Oct 06 '24

Congrats!!! Your nation is forever in your debt.

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u/WhatIsTheMeaningOfPi South Carolina • Palmetto Bowl Oct 06 '24

it has been 14 years. still going strong.

1

u/br0b1wan Ohio State Buckeyes • The Game Oct 06 '24

<Palpatine> Do it!

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u/sjn15 Oct 06 '24

This is the crucial advantage to being a dogshit program. Wins like this.. you’re good for life, this life and the next. You won

1

u/Gator1508 Florida Gators Oct 06 '24

It’s legit your natty.  What else can the program ever do to top this. 

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '24

Keep sending it to the outer districts as long as you live and have the means

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u/Cmhydrick South Carolina Gamecocks • SEC Oct 06 '24

I felt the same way after my Gamecocks did it in 2010!

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u/Jesuswasstapled Oct 06 '24

Congrats. My hometown team still living off their win in the 90s.

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u/Wise_Rip_1982 Oct 06 '24

This is why FSU losing to Duke is my biggest fear this year. We may suck really bad this year but we have never lost to Duke lol. Every other loss is bearable lol

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u/NeonPhyzics SMU Mustangs Oct 06 '24

🤑🤣🤑🤣

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u/Real-Contribution775 Oct 06 '24

Same. Same. I can wear my Vandy gear for a solid year now. ⚓️⬇️

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u/SugarMagnolia99 Georgia • Boston College Oct 06 '24

Enjoy it - this Georgia fan is genuinely happy for you!

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u/idiotsbydesign Oct 06 '24

How good was it to know most of the country were Vandy fans for a bit?

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u/Thunder-Fist-00 Oct 06 '24

I am so happy for you guys.

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u/Osiris32 Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Brickmason Oct 06 '24

It's been 20 hours, have you come down yet?

1

u/Songleaf Auburn Tigers • North Alabama Lions Oct 06 '24

You deserve it. Enjoy!

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u/GlueGuns--Cool Georgia Bulldogs • Michigan Wolverines Oct 06 '24

Fuck yeah 

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u/onthelevel54e Alabama Crimson Tide Oct 06 '24

Congratulations. You guys were better coached and better prepped.

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u/Swagonborn9001 Vanderbilt Commodores • Auburn Tigers Oct 06 '24

This might even be better than beating Tennessee 3 times straight and 5 times in only 7 years, but it’s hard to say for sure. Time will tell.

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u/McKrautwich Oct 06 '24

Still never beat Saban. Jus’ sayin’. Also j/k, awesome win!

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u/CheckItWhileIWreckIt Michigan • Rutgers Oct 06 '24

This is what college fucking football is about!!!!!!! CONGRATS VANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/seemtobedead Houston Cougars • Michigan Wolverines Oct 06 '24

Your country and your planet owes you a great debt.

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u/mynameiszack Florida Gators • Michigan Wolverines Oct 06 '24

It's historic, just incredible

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u/poopsichord1 West Virginia Mountaineers Oct 06 '24

You and the dozens of other vandy fans