From the quarterback to the second-half defense, just about everything went the Commodores away at Neyland Stadium.
It was as magical and serendipitous as anyone within this program could’ve hoped. Vanderbilthistory and it did it on Saturday.around belts as to symbolize what it had just done. The celebration that Martel Hight and MilesThe Commodores outscored Tennessee 24-3 in the second half of Saturday’s game and tookNow it gets to celebrate.
No. 14 Vanderbilt just knocked off a ranked team by 21 points, dominated it in the second half andThe eye test was in Vanderbilt’s favor on Saturday. So was the margin of victory.How about Diego Pavia?state of Tennessee and was called crazy.By the end of this thing, Pavia had hit the Heisman Trophy pose in the end zone, celebrated inOverall, Vanderbilt tallied 582 yards of total offense at Tennessee, with the quarterback throwing for 268 yards and a touchdown, and ran for 165 yards and another score. he completed 18 of 28 passes, and few might complain about his two interceptions. One of the key stats that will get overlooked is the Commodores converted seven of 10 third-down chances.Vanderbilt got just about anything it wanted on the ground Saturday. The Commodores ran for 314 total yards on 8.5 yards per carry and demonstrated that it didn’t need to do this thing solely on the back of Diego Pavia’s arm. Pavia did lead the charge with his legs, though. Vanderbilt’s star quarterback averaged 8.3 yards per carry and a long of 41 yards, while his touchdown came on a 24-yard scamper. Running back Sedrick Alexander also ran for 115 yards and 11.4 yards per carry on the way to three touchdowns. It appeared to be pretty clear within the first few drives that Vanderbilt would have to win this thing with its offense. Yet, it held Tennessee to three second-half points and propelled it to a second-half blowout of the Volunteers. The narrative that Vanderbilt has had an entirely poor defensive season became misleading in late November. The Commodores held Kentucky to just over 100 yards in the first three quarters last week and locked down one of the SEC’s most explosive offenses on Saturday.game if given the opportunity, regardless of the opponent.Saturday’s final score came as a result of the Commodores finding themselves in the secondVanderbilt made things harder on itself as a result of squandering a few drives. Diego Pavia turned it over twice, once on an interception when Vanderbilt was on the precipice of reaching the red zone and again on a downfield throw to Tre Richardson on the sideline. Its margin for error is big enough for that not to matter these days, though.Joey Dwyer is the lead writer on Vanderbilt Commodores On SI. He found his first love in college sports at nearby Lipscomb University and decided to make a career of telling its best stories. He got his start doing a Notre Dame basketball podcast from his basement as a 14-year-old during COVID and has since aimed to make that 14-year-old proud. Dwyer has covered Vanderbilt sports for three years and previously worked for 247 Sports and Rivals. He contributes to Seth Davis' Hoops HQ, Southeastern 16 and Mainstreet Nashville.
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