NASHVILLE — Ray Campbell finally stepped foot back on Vanderbilt University’s campus for a football game, his first in more than a decade.
Yes, the school’s first stadium renovation since 1981 helped. How the No. 16 Commodores are playing this season, with cocky quarterback Diego Pavia and coach Clark Lea guiding his alma mater, is the bigger draw at a program long derided as “Same old Vandy,” the Southeastern Conference cellar dweller.
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