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Vanderbilt reveals halftime speech Clark Lea delivered before Alabama upset
By Mark Kern
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Vanderbilt is still on top of the world after the historic upset against Alabama last week. Entering that game, the Commodores had never beaten the No. 1 team and were 0-60 against Top 5 teams.
The upset was arguably the biggest in the history of the SEC.
The Commodores’ social media team posted a video showcasing some behind-the-scenes moments of the upset. One of those moments included coach Clark Lea’s halftime speech as the Commodores led Alabama 23-14.
The Beginning of a Breakthrough pic.twitter.com/1CRuxj6ZkX
— Vanderbilt Football (@VandyFootball) October 10, 2024
“You’re ready to close this game,” Lea told his team. “There’s nothing extra here. It doesn’t take anything extra. The game is yours, guys. You (expletive) set it up on a tee, now go take it.”
Lea is a graduate of Vanderbilt, but started his collegiate career playing baseball at Birmingham Southern and then Belmont. He left Belmont to go to Vanderbilt where he played fullback the last 2 years.
He is currently in his 4th season as the coach, and the Commodores have showed improvement in terms of competing. However, they hadn’t gotten that win that jumpstarts a program. Lea and Vanderbilt got that last weekend, and will look to build off that when they travel to Lexington to play Kentucky on Saturday.
