The Vanderbilt Commodores pulled off perhaps the upset of the decade by winning against the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 40-35 in Week 6 of college football action. The Commodores win snapped a 60-game losing streak against opponents ranked in the Top 5.
Vandy fans stormed the field, removed the south end goal post and carried it into the streets to celebrate the win which led to a fine of $100,000 from the SEC for storming the field.
On Monday, the Commodores cashed in on the win against the Crimson Tide by auctioning off pieces from the game. Pieces of the goalpost were up for auction, including 4-inch pieces currently at $1,005 and 8-inch pieces with a current bid of $4,035.
Included in the auction were game balls at $500 and $1,000, the end zone game pylons at $500, and autographed game helmets by formerly embattled coach Clark Lea, which were currently at $2,830.
Vanderbilt gets revenge win over Alabama after Saban comments
The Vanderbilt Commodores and the Alabama Crimson Tide are not natural rivals, usually fighting for different goals with Bama winning most of the time with a 63-19-4 lifetime record, but this game was different.
The Commodores win sent shockwaves through college football and dropped the Crimson Tide to No. 7 in the AP rankings just a few weeks after retired Alabama coach Nick Saban labeled the away trip to Vandy one of the easiest on the calendar.
Saban made the remarks during an appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" capturing the sentiment around the clash between the teams, which was expected to be an easy, assured win.
"But the only place in the SEC that's not hard to play at is Vanderbilt. When you play at Vanderbilt, you have more fans there than they have," Saban said. "And that is no disrespect to them, it is just the truth."
Vandy only scored 13 points combined in four games against Nick Saban's teams, but scored 13 points in the first quarter against coach Kalen DeBoer's team in the upset win.
The Crimson Tide might have also shown overconfidence in the potential for a win by promoting the game as an away trip for Alabama fans at the FirstBank Stadium on a social media graphic. The FirstBank Stadium only holds 28,934 fans instead of the usual 40,350 due to ongoing construction work.
The Vanderbilt Commodores will likely celebrate this win for a long time with all the unexpected attention of the college football world for the upset of the season.
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