Vanderbilt vs. Alabama: Clash of Undefeated Titans

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00:00uh the the vanderbilt commodores will be heading to tuscaloosa they got the win last year ben at

00:07home you know diego pavia not backing down from this one leaning all into it bam a double digit

00:13favorite in this game but vanderbilt undefeated five and oh this season yeah they got another

00:19upset in them it's really interesting bobby because i don't think that vanderbilt is considered your

00:24typical underdog in this david versus goliath atmosphere like last year was winning outright

00:29at home in nashville say 23 and a half point underdog the first time the commodores had beaten

00:35the crimson tide in 23 tries or in 24 tries dating back to 1984 this is the first ranked versus

00:43ranked top 25 tilt between vanderbilt football and alabama football since 1937 and i think it is

00:50deserved vandy has been one of the most elite offenses in the country in fact through five weeks

00:55it's vandy and they're in state and in conference foes in tennessee's and in tennessee that have

01:00tied for the most touchdown scored offensively with 33 diego pavia has been playing incredibly well for

01:07everything they are doing offensively and we did see alabama against the mobile quarterback and

01:13tommy castellanos for florida state in week number one have some issues and that was the gus malzahn

01:19offense it's slightly different for vandy but they gave up alabama that is 230 rushing yards

01:24on the ground in that game against fsu that's a very similar uh focus for the commodores in this

01:33spot but the key for me if vandy is going to stay within striking distance keep this one possession

01:37really through the entirety of four quarters is containing ty simpson because vandy did allow more

01:43than 270 passing yards and five passing scores last week against utah state loved the over in that game

01:49and it was a high scoring affair the commodores are still struggling defensively and ty simpson

01:54really wasn't the issue against the knolls but has been elite since last week on the road against

01:59georgia the two games following that against ulm and of course against wisconsin efficient elite and

02:05prolific that's the matchup for me can vandy's defense contain ty simpson alabama has not run the

02:12football all that effectively this year game number two for jam miller if so vandy who was 10 and 2 against

02:18the spread as an underdog since diego pavia arrived in nashville at the beginning of 2024 that's the

02:24best cover percentage as a dog in fbs college football since the beginning of last year and

02:30seven of those 10 covers an outright victory also the most in fbs college football since the beginning

02:35of 2024 if vandy can slow down alabama's offense they stay within the game they stay within the number

02:42and maybe even are within striking distance plate for an outright upset but if ty simpson lights them

02:47up i'm not sure vandy can keep pace