Diego Pavia is confident Vanderbilt will be ready when Alabama comes calling Saturday, despite the Commodores managing just three points in the last three meetings.
“This is a whole new team,” the Vandy quarterback said earlier this week. “You know, the NIL era is, you know – every team will be different every single year, but we’ve got a team full of dogs who prepare every week like they want to play on Sundays.”
Alabama (4-0, 1-0) comes in after a wild, 41-34 win over Georgia last week, while Vanderbilt (2-2, 0-1) are coming off a 30-27 double-overtime loss at then-No. 7 Missouri. They also opened the season by stunning Virginia Tech in overtime.
“You know, we fell just short to the No. 7 team in the nation. So, we’ve got to get over that little edge and start punching some wins here,” Pavia said.
“Yeah, the whole team is fired up to go out there on Saturday,” Pavia said. (Randon Fontenette) said it best, you know. ‘If you’re down about this, then you ain’t s-word,’ really, is what he said. Like, get up and get back to it so that’s what we did. On Saturday, we came out, we punched each other in the face all day on Saturday or Sunday. You know, today was a great practice so we’ll be electric and ready to go.”
In those last three meetings, Alabama has scored 34, 59-0 and 55 points.
That doesn’t faze Pavis.
“The only person that knows who’s going to win on Saturday is God,” Pavia said. “We’ll be prepared. We’re going to do everything we can to win a football game.”
Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.
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