Having lived in Nashville most of my life, I never really hated Vandy but felt sorry for them. But in the early 80's I was at a Nashville Sounds baseball game and the scoreboard flashed up a score that Tennessee's football team was losing to an out of conference opponent. All of a sudden these Vandy fans started clapping and cheering against Tennessee. From that moment on, I began to loathe the Commodores and their fans. (My soon to be brother-in-law was also the QB for Vanderbilt at this time.) Soon after that the Commodores played the Russian Basketball team in a preseason basketball game at Memorial Gym, I went to that game all decked out in my Tennessee orange and cheered for the Russians, who by the way defeated Vanderbilt in that game. The Vandy fans couldn't believe I was cheering for the Russians, it was a memorable day for me. I still to this day despise the Commodores and their fans and I am glad they are anchored down as usual at the bottom of the SEC where they so rightly belong.