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We are joined right now by the head football coach at Vanderbilt.

He is in his fifth year at his alma mater,

commanders.

He've already won seven games.

They beat Georgia Tech in the Birmingham Bowl last season.

I should say they won seven last year.

He was named the 2024 SEC coach of the year.

They beat Kentucky on Saturday.

They moved to nine and two this year.

Five into an SEC play. They're ranked number 12 in this week's AP poll. They play number 18, Tennessee, Saturday. They moved to nine and two this year, five and two in SEC play. They're ranked number 12 in this week's AP poll. They play number 18, Tennessee Saturday. So a big week. Once again, we are joined right now by Clark Lee. Clark, appreciate you making time. Great to have you on. How you doing, Clark? I'm doing so well, Jim. Always good to be with you, man. Appreciate you making time. I know you got a busy, busy week. Listen, when you and I spoke in August, you were pretty confident that the team would build on last year's success.

So I'm curious, what kind of thoughts do you have about the team and the year it's having right now as you are pursuing the school's first 10-win season ever?

Well, we're where we wanted to be and where we expected to be.

You know, it never goes exactly as you plan.

So we've taken some lumps along the way.

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