Vanderbilt pulled off the unbelievable disenchanted of top-ranked Alabama on Saturday night time and one Commodores participant already has his attractions eager on larger objectives.
Diego Pavia had 252 passing yards and two landing passes, together with one to Kamrean Johnson with 5:07 left within the group’s 40-35 win.
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Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia celebrates a landing with offensive lineman Gunnar Hansen all through the Alabama sport, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Picture/George Walker IV)
Pavia stated next the win that he needs a anticipation at a countrywide championship.
“I love Vandy,” he stated next the postgame press convention. “This is what I came here for. Came here to win big football games. Our ultimate goal is to go to the College Football Playoff, and so we want a chance at the national championship. Just how everyone else does.Â
“That is only a step in the way in which, and we simply were given to retain getting higher. There’s nonetheless slight errors available in the market that we were given to scrub up. However , any given Saturday, the rest’s conceivable.”
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Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia dives for extra yards past Alabama linebacker Jihaad Campbell, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Nashville. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Vanderbilt never relinquished the lead the entire game. The Commodores started 13-0 after Randon Fontenette returned a Jalen Milroe interception 29 yards for a touchdown. The team was then up 23-7 with 4:10 left in the first half following a Sedrick Alexander rushing touchdown and a Brock Taylor field goal.
The closest Alabama got to taking the lead came in the third quarter after a Milroe rushing touchdown. It was 23-21 at that point. But Vanderbilt hung on.
Immediately after the win, Pavia was emotional.
“Video games like this variation your hour, what I heartless?” he said. “It’s all about hype this present day, and I don’t find it irresistible like that, nevertheless it’s a fact of NIL and all that stuff.
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Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, middle, celebrates the group’s 40-35 win over Disagree. 1 Alabama on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Nashville. (AP Picture/George Walker IV)
“But just staying grounded, stay where my feet are and every single day, tomorrow we got to work on Kentucky.”
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