“Going into this game, we don’t call them revenge games, we’re going to kill an ant with a sledgehammer this year,” the Crimson Tide receiver told Jon Gruden in a recent sit-down. “Every game we fell short last year, we definitely got red eyes going into them (this year).”
Alabama was the victim last season of a 40-35 upset by the Commodores and quarterback Diego Pavia.
The loss snapped 40-year win streak against Vanderbilt.
“Man, they just played a better football game than us that game,” Williams said. “We came out slow and they capitalized. They held the ball, they had their gameplan and they executed it.”
Sedrick Alexander ran for two touchdowns, Randon Fontenette scored on a pick-six and Pavia outplayed Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe for the Commodores’ first win over the nation’s top-ranked team.
Vanderbilt had lost all 60 games against AP top-five teams, according to SportRadar.
Williams accounted for two scores in the loss, but Pavia was too much, who finished with two scores and combined for more than 300 yards of total offense.
