On Saturday evening, the Vanderbilt Commodores kept the good times rolling with a 17-10 home win over the Missouri Tigers to push their record to an impressive 7-1 on the 2025 college football season. After hosting ESPN's “College Gameday” for the first time in nearly two decades, Vanderbilt football held up its end of the bargain on Saturday, holding on for another victory and continuing to make a trip to the college football playoff look like a legitimate possibility.

Things were not always easy on Saturday for the Commodores against Missouri, as they needed a late touchdown from quarterback and Heisman Trophy hopeful Diego Pavia to put them up by a score late.

However, head coach Clark Lea knows that those kinds of situations build resilience for a team moving forward.

“We’re no

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