The University of Alabama's football team is coming off one of their most meaningful wins of the season; however, riding a high for too long is exactly how the number one-ranked Tide managed to fall to an unranked Vanderbilt team two years ago.
On Oct. 5th, 2024, the Commodores pulled off a historic victory, beating the Tide with a score of 40-35 while also ending a twenty-three-game losing streak. This marked their program's first-ever win against an AP No. 1 team.
On Tuesday, Alabama players weighed in on what happened in 2024 and how they can move forward.
"We're not really talking about that," said Alabama's sophomore tight end, Kaleb Edwards, when asked about the upcoming game and if the loss in 2024 was on their minds. "I wasn't here, most guys weren't here in '24...we got a new team, just ready to go after this year."
Edwards, who's listed at 6-foot-6, 264 pounds, understands that living in the past is not going to help the Tide for the future. The sophomore is expected to have a big game due to star tight end Josh Ford being out for the season with a knee injury.
The Tide experienced the exact same noise around this matchup last year before they silenced it with a 30-14 blowout on Oct. 4th, 2025. As Edwards has already made clear, the Tide is only worried about this year, and his teammate had no problem backing that statement up.
"Not really talked about much," Alabama linebacker and Virginia Tech transfer Caleb Woodson said when he was asked about the team's loss in 2024. "I wasn't here...we're just focused on going out and dominating next game."
Alabama is filled with a whole lot of new faces and only has three returning starters from that game. Ryan Williams, Zabien Brown, and Keon Sabb are the only ones who were starters back in the team's loss against Vanderbilt in the 2024 season.
Therefore, that game has earned the title of irrelevant to this year's team and more of just a dark moment in history for the program.
The Tide and the Commodores will face off this Saturday on Nov. 14th at 11:45 CT.