Expect an eye-opening Diego Pavia clip from the new Netflix SEC series to resurface in the Tennessee football locker room before the Vanderbilt game this November.
“We can beat Tennessee literally any given Saturday. They think they’re going to destroy us,” Pavia, the Vanderbilt quarterback, said in the Netflix documentary, which was released on Aug. 5.
“(Expletive) every single one of them dudes, you know? We’re gonna win this game at all costs.”
Pavia said those remarks in an interview during the Netflix series called “SEC Football: Any Given Saturday.” Episode 7 features the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game and the Vols making the College Football Playoff last season.
Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea joined Pavia in his desire to beat rival Tennessee, as seen in the behind-the-scenes access granted to Netflix.
“I want to (expletive) beat Tennessee, and I need everyone to be on the same page,” Lea told his players during a team meeting in the Tennessee game week. “We’re not leaving that stadium Saturday without a win.”
It didn’t go that way, though. Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 36-23 on Nov. 30 to earn a spot in the playoff.
Netflix captured Tennessee players singing a victory celebration in the locker room after the game.
“We don’t give a (expletive) about the whole school of Vanderbilt, the whole school of Vanderbilt, the whole school of Vanderbilt,” UT players sang. “We don’t give a (expletive) about the whole school of Vanderbilt. We’re from Tennessee.”
Tennessee hosts Vanderbilt at Neyland Stadium on Nov. 29 this season.
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email ad*********@******ws.com. X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe.
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