{"id":137263,"date":"2025-06-17T15:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/137263\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:17:10","slug":"diego-pavia-proclaims-vanderbilt-will-run-tennessee-after-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/137263\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Pavia proclaims Vanderbilt will run Tennessee after this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/diego-pavia-36926\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diego Pavia<\/a> is going to create a storm in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/tennessee-volunteers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knoxville<\/a> with this one. The charismatic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/vanderbilt-commodores\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vanderbilt<\/a> quarterback proclaimed the Commodores will run the State of Tennessee when the 2025 college football season wraps up.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year old quarterback made his prediction during an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BussinWithTheBoys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bussin\u2019 With The Boys<\/a>: \u201cVanderbilt is gonna run Tennessee after this year,\u201d Pavia proclaimed. \u201cThis is gonna be the new staple of college football. It\u2019s going to happen here at Vanderbilt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evidently, Pavia believes Vanderbilt\u2019s play, coupled with being located in Nashville and their NIL prowess, will lead to them overtaking the Volunteers as the state\u2019s premier college football program: \u201cEveryone wants to come to Tennessee because of Nashville,\u201d Pavia added. \u201cThey want to come to Nashville, so Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, when we have like, the most money in NIL, why not come here? So, we literally just have to win this year and throughout the rest of the year, and it\u2019ll take care of itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Pavia is simplifying the situation a bit, he\u2019s not short on confidence for 2025. That shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise, no matter how many people he\u2019s going to annoy in Knoxville with his comments.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t always guaranteed, but Pavia is elated return to lead\u00a0Vanderbilt\u00a0again this coming season. It\u2019ll be his sixth season of collegiate eligibility after a Tennessee district court judge granted him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/nil\/news\/vanderbilt-qb-diego-pavia-granted-eligibility-for-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a preliminary injunction against the NCAA enforcing eligibility restrictions for seasons spent at the junior college level<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His extensive collegiate career began with a two-year stint at\u00a0New Mexico Military Institute, a junior college, before transferring to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/new-mexico-state-aggies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico State<\/a>. That\u2019s where he played two seasons, before following then-Aggies head coach Jerry Kill to\u00a0Vanderbilt\u00a0for the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>In Nashville, Pavia led the Commodores with 2,293 passing yards and 20 touchdowns to just four interceptions this past season. He added 801 rushing yards and eight touchdowns on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Last season though, Vanderbilt didn\u2019t have the best performance against Tennessee. The Commodores raced out to a 17-7 lead in the first half, but the Volunteers fought back in a big way. When the final whistle blew, Tennessee left Nashville with a 36-23 win.<\/p>\n<p>If Diego Pavia\u2019s plan is to come to fruition, Vanderbilt is going to have to beat Tennessee head-to-head. That game will come on Nov. 29 in Knoxville this season. You can bet there will be a ton of hype behind that one. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diego Pavia is going to create a storm in Knoxville with this one. 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