Best of the Bus: Diego Pavia Says Vanderbilt Will Run Tennessee + Make The College Football Playoff

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🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Recorded: June 16th, 2025 | On this episode of Best of the Bus, The Boys sat down with one of the most electric quarterbacks in college football — Diego Pavia. Pavia shared his wild journey from being a standout wrestler in high school to calling his own plays at New Mexico State and leading the Aggies to a historic upset win over Auburn.

Diego opened up about being overlooked as a recruit, how he maximized his time at NMSU, and what the transition has been like moving into the SEC at Vanderbilt. He broke down the behind-the-scenes story of the Commodores’ shocking upset over No. 1 Alabama and what that win meant for the program. The conversation also hit on whether he considered entering the transfer portal again, the expectations for his first full SEC season, and just how much Coach Jerry Kill impacted his entire football journey.

And of course — Diego doubled down on his belief that Vanderbilt would run Tennessee this year and even said the Commodores could make the College Football Playoff. It was bold, hilarious, and absolutely peak Diego.

It’s the kind of interview that makes you root for the dude. Enjoy.

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0:41.9	on the bus right now.
0:43.2	Diego Pavia, starting quarterback Vanderbilt.
0:49.9	True underdog mentality.
0:51.1	I was telling you before we got on here, like you are the epitome of a high school wrestling state champ that also plays quarterback. Is that a backhanded compliment? No, I think it's a great compliment. I think it's a great. I think it explains everything about his game, his antics on the field, off the field, everything you hear, the aura around Diego Pavia, it makes so much sense that
1:10.9	he was a, like you were a state champion, but you were kind of telling me that you were number
1:15.1	one in the country for, for like fourth grade into like seventh grade, which is before puberty.
1:25.1	So fourth grade is seventh grade, then everyone kind of hit puberty and then after that it was, no It's crazy to be number one in the country I'm just messing with you But that is that is wild I feel like You are the first generation of cats That grew up watching Johnny Mansell Like the way you play And I mean that as 100% of compliment Like Like you talk shit, you get after it.
1:45.0	Dudes hit the shit out of you in the sideline. You're limping on your leg, but your boys, your offensive lines watching you limp over. They're getting, they're musseling up against other cats and you just go in there and you just don't give a fuck. It really feels like, it's like, hey, we got a play call boys. boys but Diego at the end of the day like you're gonna do whatever the fuck you want to do
2:02.6	i think sometimes uh they it's like hey we got a play call boys but Diego at the end of the day like you're going to do
2:01.6	whatever the fuck you want to do I think sometimes uh they think that's what the play call is but
2:06.4	I'm just changing it you know what I mean so like I just change it to what I like so you'll
2:11.6	just go you'll go AWOL and change it to whatever you want at times yeah yeah like uh if the play say it's a run play
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