Vanderbilt fans tear down goal posts after upset of No. 1 Alabama as social media follows their path

Vanderbilt upset No. 1 Alabama, 40–35, on Saturday. As could be – or should be – expected, fans at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville went crazy to celebrate the Commodores’ first-ever win over a top five team.

Not only did the crowd storm the field, but the goal posts came down.

Once they came down, the goal posts were on their way out of the stadium, carried by the jubiliant Commodores faithful.

Can those fans carry the goal posts all the way to Broadway in downtown Nashville? That’s approximately a two-mile trek. But adrenaline can do wonders for a pumped-up fanbase after beating one of college football’s perennial powers.

Those fans may also be fueled by a quote from former Alabama coach Nick Saban, dismissing Vanderbilt as a tough place for SEC football teams to play.

“The only place that’s not hard to play in the SEC is Vanderbilt,” Saban said recently on “The Pat McAfee Show.”

From the stadium, those goal posts could go into the Cumberland River. Much like the posts that went into the Tennessee River after the Volunteers upset Alabama in 2022.

They made it, folks. Anything is possible. Imagine being in downtown Nashville on a Saturday night and possibly seeing a crowd of football fans carrying goal posts down the street.

On social media, fans wondered if Vanderbilt fans have ever had a reason to tear down the goal posts at their home stadium.

To be fair, stadium security probably wasn’t ready for the fans tearing down the goal posts because the staff has never faced such a scenario before.

Frankly, the fans initially seemed hesitant about what to do. They didn’t rush the field immediately, nor did they go for the goal posts right away. But that’s all right. This is new, exciting territory for Vanderbilt and some uncertainty was understandable by fans before letting sheer joy and frenzy kick in.