NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Vanderbilt football is enjoying its best start to a season in more than 80 years. The Commodores are 7-1, ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press Top 25, and are winning people over with each win.

Winning over the doubters, to be exact, led by Diego Pavia. The star quarterback was once an afterthought by college recruiters, but has blossomed at Vanderbilt into a Heisman Trophy contender, leading a band of overlooked brothers into the College Football Playoff conversation.

“I think we’re a bunch of misfits, you know,” Pavia said. “Guys who were slept on, you know, and I feel like we all have that chip on our shoulder who really just don’t care about what the people say. We just want to go out there and play.”

These days, Pavia’s enjoying his status as one of colleg

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