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The Vanderbilt football team is no longer the easy opponent it once was in the SEC.
Alabama players and coaches have stated they are not overlooking Vanderbilt after last season's upset.
Quarterback Diego Pavia has emerged as a key player, elevating the team's performance.
Here we go again. Football isn’t the story, excuses are.
It started with Alabama players, in lockstep after last week’s thrilling win at Georgia, promising they’ve learned from last season .
“I think I can speak for everyone when I say we’re not overlooking Vanderbilt,” said Tide offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor.
Then there was Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer, who was asked right out of the gate at his weekly press conference about “not taking Vanderbilt seriously” in last season’s historic