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The now 1-60 top five record

I know this is based on the AP poll which started in 1936, but I would think that one of Coach McGugin's teams would have beaten a top five team during his tenure. Any football historians know if that was the case with some other polling service at the time?

Also, I've heard a lot about Saban never lost and would never lose to Vanderbilt. But in the 2007 game, Chris Nickson threw a long pass on first or second play that was caught by Bennett but they called offensive interference on him which was very questionable. That led to a punt that was returned to the one and then a Bama TD. Later we had a punt return for td called back for a facemask penalty which I don't recall if it was legit or not. Anyway, I just remember a couple of officiating calls that changed the momentum and cost a decent Vanderbilt team a shot at beating Saban.
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De’Rickey Wright

I want to give a shoutout to De’Rickey. For some reason, he’s been a punching bag for Vandy fans over the last two seasons, with many labeling him as “always injured” or “too slow to play safety.” While Randon gets credit for the pick-six, De’Rickey made a crucial play by shutting down Ryan Williams and getting a hand on the ball. He followed that up with a strong performance the rest of the night.

Kudos to him for battling and sticking it out at Vandy for 5 years!!! Glad he didn’t end up in college station.
Also, has to feel good for the former Bama commit to beat his home state team.

SOV is Dead

...for anyone in that locker room. Sure, we'll clutch defeat from the jaws of victory again. Every team does.

But this group of guys will not walk into a fourth quarter visualizing defeat. How could you after this? They just went up against the best dynasty in college sports, ranked #1, who was fresh off of legitimizing their ranking by beating the other best team of the decade so far. We scored on the first possession and led the whole way. Put up a 40 burger. Ran it down their throats on the last possession when the whole stadium knew it was coming. Ran victory formation. On #1 bama.

There is no bigger dragon to slay. It's dead. We're here. Let's ride.
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