The beautiful crazy of Vanderbilt’s upset of Alabama is as unreal as it is unexplainable

Welcome to crazy, everyone. Unthinkable, unimaginable and about as unreal as it gets, crazy.

Bigger than Buster Douglas and Broadway Joe and the Miracle on Ice. Bigger than North Carolina State over Phi Slamma Jamma and Villanova Has Done It — and any upset in the history of any sport.

If you don’t believe in miracles now, how else do you explain Vanderbilt 40, No. 2 Alabama 35?

How else do you explain the SEC’s annual tomato can, arguably the worst FBS/Division I team in the modern era of college football, beating — and not just beating, but physically beating down — the greatest team of the modern era?

An Alabama team that seven days ago beat heavyweight rival Georgia, and was immediately elevated to its comfortable spot atop the college football world under new coach Kalen DeBoer.

And then got knocked out – not knocked off, knocked out – by Vanderbilt. For the love of all things Saban, Vanderbilt!

“God gave me a vision when I was a little kid,” Vanderbilt mighty mouse quarterback Diego Pavia told the SEC Network moments after the most shocking upset since Lazarus. “Games like these are life changing.”

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia celebrates with fans after the Commodores defeated Alabama at FirstBank Stadium.

How else do you explain it?

How else do you explain Vanderbilt – which had lost all 60 games in program history against Top five opponents – scoring the first 13 points, leading by as many as 16 and never trailing?

Never trailing.

How else do you explain a team that last month lost to Georgia State, taking the ball with nearly three minutes remaining and protecting a precarious one score lead against big, bad Alabama by taking hefty swings to run out the clock?

When the final drive arrived, when Vanderbilt stared in the face of history, the decision wasn’t three running plays and punt. It was grab the…

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Author : USA TODAY Sports

Publish date : 2024-10-06 02:22:15

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