Vanderbilt outlasts No. 24 South Carolina

September 5, 2008

Vanderbilt heard all the talk from South Carolina after beating the then-No. 6 Gamecocks last October. It made the Commodores mad. And for the first time since 1992, they finally did something about it on their own turf. Chris Nickson threw for a touchdown and ran for another and Vanderbilt beat a ranked opponent on its own field Thursday night, upsetting No. 24 South Carolina 24-17 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. Vanderbilt (2-0) had made it a habit of knocking off SEC teams on the road with victories... [Read the full story]