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The Music City Bowl decided it was sick of a fanbase that would sell seats but not hotel rooms. Those same Rebels beat Vandy in one of the best football games of the season way back in August, so it's easy to forgive the MCB's decision to pass on bringing Franklin back to LP Field.

Then the Liberty Bowl, home of Vanderbilt's last postseason loss, decided that the crowd of 57, fans dressed mostly in black and gold wasn't the look they were going for in While the Bulldogs lost only to high-profile teams in , they still finished a full two games behind the Commodores - and leapfrogged them in the bowl pecking order once their Egg Bowl upset of Ole Miss was complete. But probably not before calling up Tennessee and Florida first, just to make sure they couldn't make it.

There's no doubt about it. The stigma that this team's fans won't travel - even when the game in question is within driving distance - persists despite the team's track record of quickly selling out their allotted tickets in both and Whether its thanks to team's slow starts or the image of half-full stands for games against Wake Forest and Kentucky, there's very little belief outside of Nashville that this is now an upper-tier SEC program. And that's why Vanderbilt is headed to Birmingham for an afterthought bowl game that takes place after the bulk of the BCS games are finished.

Getting mad about that isn't being ungrateful. It's buying into the Brand New Vandy. Vanderbilt is beyond the era of just being happy to be in a bowl. This team has grown exponentially since the days when Brett Upson was a credible postseason MVP candidate. This is a Commodore team that has turned the "almosts" and the "oh nos" of the past into wins in the SEC and beyond. Vandy has gone from doormat to contender and risen to the center of the country's toughest football conference in the process.

Despite that progress - and despite a record in SEC play since - this team has fallen in the bowl order from that exciting, unlikely MCB appearance. The PapaJohns. After being held in December for its first three years, the PapaJohns. As a result, there was no game during the calendar year. It was one of five bowl games to take place that day, joining the Cotton Bowl Classic , International , Alamo , and Liberty bowls. Connecticut faced South Carolina in the edition of the bowl.

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