After Tennessee's failed and ill-advised fourth down conversion attempt virtually guaranteed a Vanderbilt victory, Commodores head coach Derek Mason began dancing like a man whose team just got bowl-eligible by beating its arch rival.

Mason's team played incredible football down the stretch, and getting to a bowl game is a pretty special accomplishment for someone who had been written off by most everybody a year ago after going 7-17 in his first two seasons. As a result, Mason was pretty fired up in the post-game interview.

Vanderbilt is now 6-6 and headed to a bowl game. They probably would have gone to a bowl anyway because there won't be enough 6-6 teams to fill the bowl slots and Vandy's high APR will give it the tiebreaker over other 5-7 teams. But Mason is happy it didn't come down to that.