NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ray Campbell finally stepped foot back on Vanderbilt’s campus for a football game, his first in more than a decade.

Yes, Vandy’s first stadium renovation since 1981 helped. How the No. 16 Commodores are playing this season, with cocky quarterback Diego Pavia and coach Clark Lea guiding his alma mater, is the bigger draw at a program long derided as “Same old Vandy,” the SEC cellar dweller.

”I just feel that the culture’s changed, and so obviously you want to be a part of that a little bit,” Campbell said. “As a longtime fan, I’ve lived here my whole life. And so it’s pretty cool to see the new stadium and the things they’ve done. But it’s kind of the culture change and Pavia and Lea leading that.”

The 58-year-old fan has lots of company jumping on the bandwag

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