NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Followers of the Vanderbilt Commodores danced onto the sector, leaping up and down as they tore down a objective put up, carried it out of the stadium and rang out candy sounds of victory. Then they toted the objective put up simply over a pair miles and tossed it into the Cumberland River.
Their college’s historic win over No. 1 Alabama deserved to be celebrated this fashion. Sedrick Alexander ran for 2 touchdowns, Randon Fontenette scored on a pick-six and Diego Pavia outplayed Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe as Vanderbilt shocked Alabama 40-35 on Saturday for the Commodores’ first win over the nation’s top-ranked crew.
Vanderbilt (3-2, 1-1 Southeastern Convention) had misplaced all 60 video games in opposition to AP top-five groups, in line with SportRadar. The Commodores hadn’t crushed Alabama on the sector in 40 years, however they snapped a 23-game skid making massive play after massive play to provide coach Clark Lea his alma mater’s largest win ever. “That is the dream, proper right here,” Lea stated.
“And for the following 12 hours, I’m going to benefit from the dream. We’ve acquired extra forward of us, however that is what Vanderbilt soccer must be about: Large wins on massive phases. We’re going to go get some extra.
” The Commodores scored the primary 13 factors and took a 16-point lead that was their largest ever over the No. 1 crew within the nation. Solely Jam Miller working for his second TD simply earlie.