Vanderbilt's trip to Tennessee on Saturday feels different than most other trips to Neyland Stadium have for Commodore fans, and for good reason. The Volunteers are in a tailspin, having lost five of their last six and the Commodores are looking better by the game.
Vanderbilt enters Saturday's game on the verge of earning bowl eligibility with a 5-5 record, while Tennessee (4-6) must win its final two games in order to qualify for a bowl. For one of the rare times in a series that has been steeply slanted in the direction of the Volunteers, Vanderbilt is entering the game with a better record than Tennessee.
It happened in Nashville in 2008 when Vanderbilt had six wins and Tennessee had three. But to find the last time the Commodores entered Neyland Stadium with more wins than the Volunteers you have to go way back to 1955. Vanderbilt's last win in Knoxville came in 2005 when both squads had four wins.
But no matter how big Saturday's game is to alumni and fans, Head Coach James Franklin remains steadfast in his approach of treating each game with equal importance.
"This is a really big game for us because ... it is the next game," Franklin said.
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