Even though Vanderbilt isn't usually the first program to come to mind when someone mentions national championships ... ok, it's not in the top 100 ... this weekend's hit-and-run trip to Nashville did remind me that college football will always be about the student and athletes.
This a photo of former Vanderbilt running back Kwane Doster, the only Commodore ever named SEC freshman of the year.
In 2004, the end of my first season covering the Crimson Tide, Doster was killed while sitting in the back seat of a friend's car near Tampa, Fla. It was Dec. 26, and with Vanderbilt not playing in a bowl game, he was home enjoying the holidays with his family. Meanwhile, I was in Nashville for the Music City Bowl, where I saw firsthand the impact his death had on the school and community.
I wrote a column about it for Saturday's paper. Here's the link: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070908/NEWS/70908047/1015/NEWS
Oh, and by the way, Vanderbilt is in the book.
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