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A week after playing in one of the best atmospheres in college football this season in its win over Georgia, Alabama football heads to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt, who notably has one of the worst home atmospheres in Power Four.
The No. 2 Crimson Tide’s social media team even poked fun at the Commodores in a graphic posted to Instagram on Thursday, putting the word “away” in quotations, as it’s entirely possible more Alabama fans will attend the game than Vanderbilt.
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Vanderbilt’s FirstBank Stadium will also have a limited capacity of 28,934 due to ongoing construction dating back to last season. According to a report from 247Sports, that marks the lowest crowd total for any Alabama SEC game since Oct. 5, 1963 — excluding the 2020 COVID-19 season.
Ironically enough, that came when the Crimson Tide played Vanderbilt, also on Oct. 5 of that year.
The Crimson Tide is coming off a win over No. 1 Georgia in front of 100,077 fans at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. They’ll certainly hope the small crowd and lower-tier atmosphere keeps them from starting slow against the 2-2 Commodores.
The Crimson Tide are 60-19-4 all-time against Vanderbilt, although they haven’t lost to the Commodores since 1993, when Alabama technically won 17-6 but had to forfeit the game due to using an ineligible player.
Vanderbilt’s last true win over Alabama came 30-21 in 1984 in Tuscaloosa, when Alabama was coached by Ray Perkins.
Alabama football trolls Vanderbilt with ‘away’ game
Here’s a look at Alabama’s graphic that trolled Vanderbilt’s home atmosphere on Thursday:
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama football trolls Vanderbilt, puts ‘away’ game in quotations
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Author : The Tuscaloosa News
Publish date : 2024-10-03 21:37:08
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