Vanderbilt students had the most logical response to their college football team beating Alabama: remove the field’s goal post and throw it into the local river.
The Commodores upset the Crimson Tide in a 40-35 affair at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.
The vibes in the venue were at an all-time high following the win. Starting quarterback Diego Pavia delivered a memorably manic postgame interview. The FirstBank Stadium jumbotron savagely dissed former Alabama head coach Nick Saban.
It’s no surprise all the fun led the Vanderbilt student body to collectively do something wild. The kids went right after the goalpost, pulled it down, and carried it out of the stadium.
That feat in itself is amazing enough. But the Vandy students took it a step further by lifting the steel structure through Broadway. They then decided as a group to carry the goalpost all the way to the Cumberland River for a nice bath.
The Vandy goalpost traveled almost 3 miles to get to the Cumberland River 🔥😳
From tearing it down to ending up in the river it only took @VandyFootball fans a little over an hour to get the job done 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ULSZyNHTk2
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 6, 2024
“Nashville ain’t ready for us!”
-the goalposts at Vanderbilt University pic.twitter.com/NaKgMYTU0z
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 6, 2024
VANDY FANS HAVE SUNK THE GOALPOSTS INTO THE CUMBERLAND RIVER
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) October 6, 2024
THE GOALPOST IS IN THE CUMBERLAND 🚨@SickosCommittee @BarstoolVandy pic.twitter.com/XkT1xECiD8
— James Pettus (@PettusWX) October 6, 2024
During Saban’s 17-year run as Alabama’s head coach, Vanderbilt only scored a combined total of 13 points across four contests against the Tide. They had lost their previous three outings against Alabama by a cumulative score of 148-3.
But No. 1 Alabama looked far from the best team in the country against Vandy. The Commodores matched their scoring total in the Saban era in a matter of minutes. The home team scored the game’s first 13 points before the halfway point of the first quarter and never looked back.
Removing the team’s goalpost and throwing it in a river three miles away is a crazy feat. But it seems fitting given the magnitude of Saturday’s upset win over Alabama.
