This is an opinion column.

First off, nothing but respect for Diego Pavia and what he’s done at Vanderbilt.

But enough was enough.

Alabama couldn’t let this disrespect stand any longer. Where Florida State’s Thomas Castellanos chirped and then peacocked on the Crimson Tide, a rolled-up newspaper met the yapping dog Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa.

They simply couldn’t let Vanderbilt turn into the 7th Floor Crew at The U.

Alabama remains Alabama.

And some dignity was restored in a 30-14 beating of the ankle biter who took a chunk out of Alabama’s mystique a year ago.

On a day of top-10 carnage, the smoke was elsewhere as some order was restored to the SEC poles.

The sixth Saturday came with some reality checks and reminders, however, of the bigger race these teams are running

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