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IOWA CITY — There’s one thing No. 14 Vanderbilt has made clear: Despite not making the College Football Playoff, the Commodores are taking the ReliaQuest Bowl as seriously as a CFP berth.

“We had control over this ... and we did not do enough.' I think it's really important that we take ownership,” Vanderbilt football head coach Clark Lea said Monday on SportsCenter . “The world expects us to be disappointed right now, but what we are is excited.”

Vanderbilt is facing No. 23 Iowa football in the ReliaQuest Bowl this season, marking the first-ever meeting between the two programs. The Hawkeyes are 14-20 against SEC programs, but won in their last appearance at the ReliaQuest Bowl (formerly Out

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