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One of the craziest things happened during the week after the election. My local bar was empty during a Vanderbilt home game.

On face value, that may not seem so strange. After all, Vandy is known as the redheaded—shall we say, blackhaired—stepchild of the Southeastern Conference. But this year is different because the Commodores are actually good. Nashvillians—native and transplant alike—have rooted in force for the ‘Dores after that glorious victory over the hated Alabama Crimson Tide that prompted the Vandy student section to baptize one of their goalposts in the Cumberland River.

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