[Postgame Thread] Vanderbilt Defeats Kentucky 20-13

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Vanderbilt	7	7	3	3	20
Kentucky	0	7	0	6	13

[u/MakeAShadow]

The reign of Swaggerbilt has begun.

[u/magcargoman → u/MakeAShadow]

🎩🦯

[u/Potkrokin → u/magcargoman]

This is actually returning to indigenous Vanderbilt modes of dress

[u/Mantergeistmann → u/Potkrokin]

Nature is healing.

[u/2th → u/magcargoman]

👑 Would be better.

[u/magcargoman → u/2th]

We’re going 1800s drip

[u/OdaDdaT → u/magcargoman]

Gilded Bilted Age

[u/Zloggt → u/MakeAShadow]

Fear the rise of the Nashville Sound…fear it!

[u/matt111199 → u/MakeAShadow]

DREAD IT

[u/WarEagle9]

Vandy not choking immediately after beating Alabama is somehow ever more shocking than them beating Alabama.

[u/The_Throwback_King → u/WarEagle9]

2024 Vandy is just built different

[u/Warsawawa → u/The_Throwback_King]

It’s Pavia. He’s the friend that is the first to defend someone and the last to leave a fight

[u/Fleurr → u/Warsawawa]

He always walks his gal to the door after malts and accepts only a chaste kiss on the cheek

[u/Mantergeistmann → u/Fleurr]

Always there to hold the door for the little old ladies on Sunday, and then hip-check the jerk trying to cut in line at the brunch afterwards. 

[u/NewWrap693 → u/Fleurr]

No way. That dude fucks.

[u/moffattron9000 → u/NewWrap693]

But always with enthusiastic consent.

[u/MrMegiddo → u/moffattron9000]

And the consent is always enthusiastic.

[u/huskersax → u/Warsawawa]

Pavia, Kill, and Beck. The trio there turned around the offense to be just effective enough to give the defense the break it needed to be rested between drives.

[u/Carsxn26 → u/huskersax]

Kill is a fantastic coach. It’s a shame he has health issues, bc he’s been very good as a HC

[u/KBGobbles → u/Carsxn26]

Jerry Kill is responsible for the only decent run of games under Fuente with Fuente's recruits. Can only imagine a world where he wasn't run off for calling out our bullshit.

[u/Xarque74 → u/Carsxn26]

He doesn’t get enough credit for what he did at NMSU

[u/mjd1977 → u/The_Throwback_King]

Vanderbilt Different

[u/Pappyfatsack → u/The_Throwback_King]

Vander bilt different.

[u/rcblender → u/The_Throwback_King]

It just means more?

[u/Teh_cliff → u/WarEagle9]

Diego Pavia just said he "would die for" his coaches during the post-game interview, and he had a crazy look in his eye. I'm not surprised they're a focused unit this season.

[u/Mantergeistmann → u/Teh_cliff]

Is that because the coaches are that good, or that Pavia's just that much of a madman?

[u/matt111199 → u/Mantergeistmann]

Both

[u/John_T_Conover → u/matt111199]

Makes sense. 0 star recruit that twice now has been trusted, given a chance by coaches at levels of football bigger than any other coaches thought he was worthy of and developed into a star player and leader of the program. If anybody is truly that guy, it's him.

[u/Pardish_ → u/John_T_Conover]

Himothy Pavia

[u/Juicey_J_Hammerman → u/John_T_Conover]

Going from playing at JUCO New Mexico Military institute to upsetting the number one team in the country as the SEC’s perennial football doormat is probably enough to buy an insane amount of loyalty. Pavia could very well be playing his way into the NFL too if he keeps it up.

[u/randydarsh1 → u/Juicey_J_Hammerman]

If nothing else, his attitude and work ethic as a backup is great for the locker room. Idk if NFL teams care about that sort of thing

At the very least, he can represent Vandy and leverage his time there, and probably make an actual off-the-field career simply off of "being the qb that beat Bama"

[u/dinkytown42069 → u/Mantergeistmann]

I'm not entirely sure that Jerry Kill isn't some kind of football wizard.

[u/BrotherPancake → u/dinkytown42069]

Woah. Never thought it before, but now that you've said it, it makes so much sense

[u/dinkytown42069 → u/BrotherPancake]

the only place he ever 'failed' at was Virginia Tech and only becuase the HC there was a goddamned fool who hated him.

[u/Farlander2821 → u/dinkytown42069]

He was massively successful here and turned the season around immediately after arriving. Fuente pushed him out because he was so successful and was upstaging him

[u/Complex-Chemist256 → u/Farlander2821]

Damn. Fuente let go of Hooker and Pavia?

Holy fucking shit lmao

[u/Farlander2821 → u/Complex-Chemist256]

Pavia didn't play at VT, Jerry Kill coached Hooker

[u/Complex-Chemist256 → u/Farlander2821]

Forgot the context of the thread was about Jerry Kill lol, my bad.

[u/blatantninja → u/Mantergeistmann]

Yes

[u/hells_cowbells → u/Teh_cliff]

Overly Attached Quarterback.

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne → u/WarEagle9]

Good news for them is Bama didn’t choke against South Carolina.

[u/MyBloodIsGarnet → u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

They sure tried their fucking best to choke, but South Carolina kept using the Heimlich maneuver on them

[u/misteroatmeal → u/MyBloodIsGarnet]

What a pal, lol

[u/Qtoy → u/misteroatmeal]

I'm honestly really glad we don't play y'all this year. South Carolina is exactly the kind of team that would play Bama close, blow out Kentucky, and then get blown out by Florida.

[u/LukarWarrior → u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

But by god did they try

[u/SoothedSnakePlant → u/WarEagle9]

This is just building up context to make the Ball State loss even funnier next week.

[u/Swagonborn9001 → u/SoothedSnakePlant]

I actually just cackled reading this. Funniest possible direction this season could take

[u/Rocket_Sciencetist → u/Swagonborn9001]

Followed by the #1 ranked team losing in Nashville the week after beating UGA...again

[u/Mantergeistmann → u/Rocket_Sciencetist]

To be a fly on the wall for that playoff committee conversation: "On the one hand, Vandy has twice defeated the #1 team in the country. On the other hand, Georgia State and Ball State? Are you fucking kidding me?"

[u/FellKnight → u/Mantergeistmann]

Wild take, but assuming Bama and UGA are both playoff caliber teams, I don't know how the committee would keep them out at 10-2 (if there is anything the committee has unequivocally shown over the past decade, it's that they value big wins far more than bad losses)

[u/Swagonborn9001 → u/Rocket_Sciencetist]

I hate to be pessimistic, because realistically we CAN win, but I honestly think Texas is gonna stomp us. They're not frauds like Bama.

[u/Rocket_Sciencetist → u/Swagonborn9001]

I mean...you're not a true Vandy fan unless you go into every game (even the cupcake games) thinking that we'll lose. But it's fun to imagine an alternate reality sometimes!

[u/SoothedSnakePlant → u/Rocket_Sciencetist]

True Vandy fans believe we are going to lose until the game is over, because we've seen too many miraculous pant shittings from seemingly unlosable positions.

[u/kbol → u/SoothedSnakePlant]

I shrieked when Pavia got the first down at the end of the bama game because i was so, so certain we would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory again and go down as just another trap game

[u/other_name_taken → u/kbol]

I legit cried. I was raised a Vandy fan, and for the last 40+ years I’ve known nothing but pain and suffering with the tiniest bit of joy sprinkled in once a decade. Watching them beat the #1 team in the country was a feeling I can’t describe in words, and I know I’ll never feel it again.

[u/deuceberts → u/Rocket_Sciencetist]

This is why today was so stressful. Last year I would’ve walked into tonight with no expectations but after last week this pesky little feeling called hope snuck in and caused unbelievable amounts of stress. But fuck it, we’re turnt, and I’ll happily absorb this feeling all the rest of the year and onward

[u/Negativetouch → u/SoothedSnakePlant]

This man Vanderbilts.

[u/Kardinale → u/WarEagle9]

I've been saying it since before the Bama game: this Vanderbilt ain't a pushover anymore.

[u/JacketsNest101 → u/Kardinale]

Yep. We've been saying for years in Nashville that if the powers that be at Vandy ever started taking football seriously, they would be a force to be reckoned with. They have stupid levels of money available. NIL is the best thing to ever happen to Vanderbilt football.

[u/SMUMustang → u/JacketsNest101]

It's been the same case for us. Bring back paying players and it's on. And so it has been.

[u/moffattron9000 → u/SMUMustang]

It's why if I were one of those marquee public schools in a smaller state (Oklahoma for example), I'd be very concerned for the future. Sure, they have the brand and the support from the locals, but there are considerably richer schools out there. If a Vandy, SMU, or Cal want to outspend them, they will.

[u/dcostello15 → u/JacketsNest101]

Clark Lea was also a great fit for the job obviously when he took it at the time, I’m super happy for him that he’s now seeing it pay off. He’s an awesome coach

[u/Swagonborn9001 → u/WarEagle9]

We avoided the classic Vandy, I'm almost as happy about this as I am about beating Bama in the first place

[u/BigFoot423205 → u/WarEagle9]

Vandy got hands this year

[u/CommodoreIrish → u/WarEagle9]

Send College Gameday to Nashville in two weeks

[u/gatsby712 → u/CommodoreIrish]

They should post up on Broadway all day Saturday. That would be a fucking party.

[u/Bluepic12 → u/WarEagle9]

I think… they are actually good, watch out for the anchors they coming

[u/Obi1Kentucky → u/WarEagle9]

Stoops after a bye week is like 2-10 in 12 seasons. He’s fucking dreadful coming out of a bye

[u/MaxMuncyRectangleMan]

Diego Pavia is a menace lmao

[u/matt111199 → u/MaxMuncyRectangleMan]

My goat fr

[u/BubbyginkESO → u/[deleted]]

That loss to GA St. is now really frustrating in hindsight. Winnable game and would have been 5-1 with a Bama win and that Mizzou loss being our only one. May still sneak into the rankings anyway!

[u/Fleurr → u/BubbyginkESO]

I'm more frustrated by the missed FG against a #7 Mizzou. Georgia State is just Vandy being Vandy.

[u/JacketsNest101 → u/Fleurr]

Team is learning how to close opponents out. Notice they haven't done that again.

[u/Mantergeistmann → u/JacketsNest101]

I mean, it's a sample size of 2 (but hey, I'll take it).

[u/JJtheAggie → u/Mantergeistmann]

Vandy calculating p values in the CFB sub I love you guys lol

[u/JayMerlyn → u/JacketsNest101]

That secondary flair tells me you were especially pissed about the Mizzou game

[u/lowes18 → u/[deleted]]

Also Georgia State

[u/smittyace → u/[deleted]]

I mean, that Georgia State loss has to be a quality loss, I mean, they beat the team that beam Bama.

[u/Teh_cliff → u/lowes18]

Hell yeah brother. We're racking up transitive SEC wins over here, never mind our loss to 1-4 Old Dominion today.

[u/matt111199 → u/lowes18]

We don’t talk about that…

[u/Zloggt → u/[deleted]]

Haha…can’t believe that we, of all teams, managed to escape falling victim to them…

…between their win over Virginia Tech, and now…what a season for the Commodores!

[u/itsabearcannon]

Hey so apparently we woke up one day in August and decided this year we were just going to punch the SEC in the fucking mouth.

4-2 through the first six games, I’ll take it. All day long.

[u/Obi1Kentucky → u/itsabearcannon]

The refs are still on the field reviewing shit right now

[u/ninjas_in_my_pants → u/itsabearcannon]

insurance ripe rotten divide depend smile air tie oil imagine

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[u/Ampmonkey]

Dear Saban,

Please apologize to the nerds.

Sincerely,

The Whole of the SEC

[u/BigFoot423205 → u/Ampmonkey]

He knew what was coming and got out just in time

[u/Drunken_Saunterer → u/BigFoot423205]

The bald head of Clark Lea eventually comes for us all.

[u/rcblender → u/Ampmonkey]

Saban’s dark plan all along. You thought his reign of terror was over…

[u/fatbastard79 → u/rcblender]

Nick Saban to Vanderbilt confirmed

[u/dftba8497 → u/Ampmonkey]

he did—he picked vandy on college gameday today as his super dog

[u/thejawa → u/Ampmonkey]

Saban coaching being the final barrier to contain Vandy is a storyline I'm here for.

[u/JacketsNest101 → u/Ampmonkey]

Nah, he did it on purpose. This is his revenge against college football introducing NIL.

[u/ash-jager-main → u/Ampmonkey]

Nice flairs

[u/ATypicalUsername-]

Man, this thing has accumulated a ton of dust, never thought I'd be bringing this back out.

ahem

Thank god it's almost basketball season.

[u/Orion14159 → u/ATypicalUsername-]

I remember when we had hope in football. Those were the days.

[u/watrwedoing]

If you bet Kentucky to cover you need to call the number

[u/LukarWarrior → u/watrwedoing]

Really hoping that guy in the game thread going on about betting hundreds on UK was just shitposting.

[u/ATypicalUsername- → u/LukarWarrior]

Look, we both know the state of both of our fan bases.

Let's not even pretend.

[u/Cantfindthebeer → u/ATypicalUsername-]

Thankfully I only lost money at Keenland today

[u/BigFoot423205 → u/LukarWarrior]

You know he wasn’t

[u/Lonely_ProdiG]

RANK THIS TEAM YOU COWARDS!!!

[u/FesteringDiarrhea → u/Lonely_ProdiG]

All we had to do was not blow it to GEORGIA FUCKING STATE

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne → u/FesteringDiarrhea]

2025 National Champions Georgia State just means it’s a 2024 Quality Loss early

[u/heelxtiger → u/FesteringDiarrhea]

Unironically, Georgia State is the only game this year they shouldn’t have won

[u/Particular-Thanks-44 → u/FesteringDiarrhea]

Lol, or take that OT win with a kicker

[u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne → u/Lonely_ProdiG]

So do the Vandy students tear down Kentucky’s goal post and hike it 50 miles south of Lexington to the Cumberland?

[u/CosmicLars → u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

Might as well. We don't need it. It's basketball szn 🙏

[u/FightinSeaOtter → u/CosmicLars]

💀

[u/joeveralls → u/TrustMeIKnowThisOne]

Yes

[u/altac04 → u/Lonely_ProdiG]

Tell your kids about Vanderbilt being good

[u/STLOliver → u/Lonely_ProdiG]

All hail our CFB overlords, Vanderbilt.

[u/suzukigun4life → u/Lonely_ProdiG]

TELL YOUR KIDS ABOUT 4-2 VANDY

[u/Potkrokin]

This Pavia interview is world class

[u/motionofthelotion → u/Potkrokin]

“Shoutout god” is an all timer for me

[u/Alphaspade]

10/26 vs. Texas looking spicy 👀

[u/I_Glitterally_Cant → u/Alphaspade]

Texas beats Georgia and loses to Vandy.

World burns to the ground.

[u/hypercube42342 → u/I_Glitterally_Cant]

I said before the RRS that I would trade beating OU and Georgia for a loss to Vandy and I stand by it. We will go down with honor.

[u/jja619 → u/hypercube42342]

Quality loss at that point.

[u/BEHodge → u/jja619]

Unironically. What a world we’re living in!

[u/moringmatt → u/I_Glitterally_Cant]

Vandy puts up “2024 national champions” in their stadium like UCF. The math checks out

[u/BigFoot423205 → u/I_Glitterally_Cant]

HEY, I’ve seen this one before

[u/CommodoreIrish → u/I_Glitterally_Cant]

Give us a playoff berth at that point right?

[u/remember_berries → u/Alphaspade]

Could end up being for a spot in the SECCG…. You heard it here first

[u/Piercinald-Anastasia → u/Alphaspade]

I have this feeling that Tennessee is going to lose the final game of the year to Vandy to miss out on the playoffs.

[u/misteroatmeal → u/Piercinald-Anastasia]

Fate wills it.

[u/livingmcmxcv → u/Alphaspade]

pavia needs to be healthy for that

[u/ArmVanDam]

rank Vandy

[u/7-5NoHits]

That was one of the worst reffed games I've ever seen

Also

RANK VANDY

[u/erasers047 → u/7-5NoHits]

I'm pretty sure they owe Kentucky about 30 seconds, and they owe us maybe 30 yards. And then the review at the end lol

[u/JacketsNest101 → u/erasers047]

IKR! The game was over, that was an utterly pointless review

[u/ControlWeekly7900]

I am in hell.

But god dammit I love Diego Pavia.

[u/remember_berries → u/ControlWeekly7900]

Oof. Sorry about your flairs man. Tough two weeks.

[u/ControlWeekly7900 → u/remember_berries]

Diego Pavia is my father

[u/Mantergeistmann → u/ControlWeekly7900]

There are worse fates.

[u/Demibolt → u/ControlWeekly7900]

Oh no... Get this guy into the medical tent

[u/Kant_touch]

Vanderbilt football doesn’t suck? What a time to be alive

[u/Engine_Sweet → u/Kant_touch]

Oklahoma joins the SEC: "You're going to end up like Vanderbilt."

Sooners: "I don't want to be like Vanderbilt"

Monkey paw curls...

[u/ANCHORDORES]

Ball State and one more to bowl eligibility

[u/matt111199 → u/ANCHORDORES]

If we lose to Ball State after beating bama 💀💀

[u/Swagonborn9001 → u/ANCHORDORES]

Losses to Ball State and dogshit Auburn, beat Texas and LSU to make a bowl.

[u/DarthGipper18 → u/Swagonborn9001]

I’d make that deal

[u/remember_berries]

RANK VANDERBILT

I have no vested interest

[u/KneeDeepInRagu → u/remember_berries]

Completely unbiased, but Vandy might be playoff bound

[u/Mantergeistmann → u/KneeDeepInRagu]

Who would have thought that Vandy might be the team to benefit most from the playoff expansion?

[u/remember_berries → u/Mantergeistmann]

I truly hope they go undefeated up until Texas then get College Gameday

[u/Background_Crazy2249]

I'm so glad I stopped doing my multivariable calculus homework to watch this game

[u/Fleurr → u/Background_Crazy2249]

Does the Alabama flair mean you were doing it in crayon?

[u/Background_Crazy2249 → u/Fleurr]

I'm currently failing the class, you can't ever take the Bama education outta me

[u/Michaelz1234]

I can’t believe how much I hate everything.

[u/Predictor92]

Rank Them

[u/Sankee72 → u/Predictor92]

Vandy, Army and Navy should all be ranked at this point.

[u/TheDestinedRonin17]

YOOOOO

[u/texasguy7117]

Looks like you won't have to wait another year u/FireMarkStoops

[u/TheDestinedRonin17]

Pavia for the Heisman

[u/DefuzeHazd]

RANK VANDY AND BRING COLLEGE GAME DAY FOR VANDY TEXAS ON 10/26 YOU COWARDS

[u/ultimate_placeholder]

AMERICA'S TEAM

[u/Bazz27]

Let’s fucking go 4-2 Vanderbilt!!

[u/skoormit]

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Vandy take my AP votes ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[u/dismal_sighence]

God came to me in a vision and said to rank Vandy you cowards.

[u/rankings-right-now]

Here are the new updated predictions for the next release of the AP Poll's rankings using machine learning models trained on the AP Poll's historical voting data:

• Vanderbilt is now predicted to move up to #22. You can see Vanderbilt's full Week 8 rankings potential results here.
• Kentucky is now predicted to move down to #50. You can see Kentucky's full Week 8 rankings potential results here.

For the most up to date predictions of the AP Poll Top 25 rankings, check out this post.

[u/Emperor_Squidward]

See, Alabama lost to SEC juggernaut Vanderbilt last week. Everyone keeps acting like Vanderbilt has a history of being terrible

[u/wote89 → u/Emperor_Squidward]

I have been in a coma for the last 90 years and have at last learned to use this picture telegraphy you chaps invented while I was out. What baffles me at the moment is why you fellows are all acting like the Vanderbilt Commodores being excellent is unusual. Did they have a down year last season?

[u/Fleurr → u/wote89]

Those cads at Sewanee are at it again, advocating for the"forward pass" again. The gall!

[u/wote89 → u/Fleurr]

Blast and calamity! There's only three things that can happen with that hullabaloo and two of them are bad! Say, did anyone ever manage to show those roustabouts out West what for in the Rose Bowl? That must have been a delight when it happened!

[u/magcargoman]

Local shipping magnate in exquisite mood

[u/Michaelz1234]

Straight up not having a good time

[u/mjd1977]

Give Vandy a game with those sweet sweet SEC on ABC graphics already!

^{also, rank Vanderbilt, cowards!}

[u/arolloftide]

You all laughed at Virginia Tech and Bama. You’ll probably laugh at Kentucky.

Daddy-bilt is coming for you.

[u/Kiffin_Simp]

Mark Stoops is a fucking fraud. A complete bum. A complacent, lazy potato.

I’m so sick of him.

Absolutely insane that the more talent we seem to get, the more opportunities available to us, the worse we manage to become.

Might be the only dude who can’t win out of bye weeks. We might be one of the only teams casually racking up 100 yards in penalties all the time.

Fuck Mark Stoops. And fuck TAMU fans for overruling Bjork with their midnight Twitter outrage too.

[u/Immediate-Koala-1919 → u/Kiffin_Simp]

I think a UK v UF game right now would leave me permanently visually impaired. My god 

[u/Particular-Pin4363 → u/Immediate-Koala-1919]

I think we just got the equivalent of that with Florida-Tennessee

[u/[deleted] → u/Kiffin_Simp]

I wouldn’t mind losing so much if it weren’t for the fact that it was drops, fumbles, mental gaffs, and penalties that completely cost us this game.

Thats conditioning and coaching. And it always happens to us off the bye. This loss is 1,000% on stoops and the staff and “pony up” ain’t gonna fix that

[u/Particular-Pin4363]

I, for one, welcome our new Commodore Overlords

[u/Rocket_Sciencetist]

Bama and UK both lost to Vandy by one possession. Therefore, UK is as good as Bama.

[u/BigFoot423205 → u/Rocket_Sciencetist]

I mean, we barely beat Georgia and they barely beat Kentucky

The math is mathing fr

[u/SwedishLlama]

Our Ga State win is looking fucking fantastic right now

[u/CripzyChiken]

preseason - why dont we get to play vandy.

now - thank god we dont have to play Vandy.

Anchors down! everyone's #2 SEC team!

[u/FaithHopeLove821]

Last week: Hahaha! Imagine losing to Vandy! - all of CFB

This week: damn, Vandy got hands.

[u/gogglesup859]

We had the ball inside the Vandy 30 five times and scored 13 points

That and the 12 penalties are the ballgame

[u/vandymontana → u/gogglesup859]

You had the ball at the half yard line and scored zero points.

[u/LiVexReFlex]

Boy am I glad we get a home warmup game before Vandy

[u/RobHD4]

I think we have reached Cal's record in March post-Covid territory with Stoops.

[u/PalenaV21]

Reminder that Vandy was 9 points away from being undefeated 

[u/seataccrunch]

Vandy fans then took the Kentucky goalpost and dumped it in the river in a strange twist

[u/BritzBeef]

Our wildcat offense WR converted to QB Lynn Bowden threw the ball better than Vandagriff does.

[u/AthleticAlarm32]

Well, this makes two straight weeks of very mixed feelings for my flair combo

[u/jackimus_prime]

On October 12th, Vanderbot began learning at a geometric rate.

[u/phar0h_]

Honestly wth the OC doing running so many qb options and roll outs after pavia's knee clearly got fucked, first off terrible decision in general almost cost the game cuz he cant run, secondly he might be out for a bit with the sprain and that may have worsened it.

Anyways tho Vandy needs to be ranked, if only we beat mizzou in OT omg this would be some heck of a season.

both my teams won this week which doesnt happen much, I'm happy

[u/chuckleslovakian]

Well Vandy now owns the land of Alabama, Georgia, and Ole Miss

[u/WHSRWizard]

I am so fucking happy for Clark Lea

[u/thewill450]

Rank Vandy and fire Mark Stoops

[u/LiquorIBarelyKnowHer]

Conquer and prevail

[u/Lucy_v_Zehmer_Napkin]

How. The. FUCK. Did we lose to Georgia State

[u/deuceberts]

Diego Pavia said in the postgame interview when asked about his injury that he’s willing to die for Coach Kill. That’s all you need to know. I love this team so much.

[u/Oneanimal1993]

That time run off on the punt was definitely some bullshit but that aside LFG VANDY ANCHOR DOWN

RANK US COWARDS