ATLANTA -- If you're happy and you know it, talk like Derek Mason at SEC media days.
Mason, the fifth-year head coach at Vanderbilt, spoke with glee about the wave the Commodores are riding entering 2018.
2018 schedule
Sept. 1 Middle Tennessee
Sept. 8 Nevada
Sept. 15 at Notre Dame
Oct. 6 at Georgia *
Nov. 17 Ole Miss *
Nov. 24 Tennessee *
Coach Derek Mason (18-31 in fifth year at Vanderbilt and overall)
Key returning players QB Kyle Shurmur, S LaDarius Wiley, OL Justin Skule, OLB Charles Wright, WR Kalija Lipscomb, TE Jared Pinkney, LB Jordan Griffin
SEC title scenario The Commodores are one of many Eastern Division teams seen to be on the upswing, so to think they could outperform the other risers and challenge Georgia would seem like a stretch.