Lea and his staff executed a perfect game plan to beat Alabama, severely limiting the Crimson Tide’s possessions. The Commodores didn’t make any major mistakes, and were able to force just enough of them from UA to secure one of the biggest wins in program history, their first over the Crimson Tide since 1984.

Saban liked to use the phrase “rat poison,” as a way to get his players not to feel too good about themselves, to avoid letdown performances like the one we just saw from the Crimson Tide. It was frequently mocked, but it also worked.

What made the win that much sweeter for Vandy fans was how the stadium’s jumbotron trolled Alabama coaching great Nick Saban after the upset. The Vanderbilt jumbotron played a clip from ESPN’s The Pat McAfee Show where Saban issued a pretty direct diss to the atmosphere at Vandy’s FirstBank Stadium for opposing teams.