I'll put it to you this way: Jay Cutler played four years at Vandy. In all that time, Vandy never beat a ranked opponent, never went to a bowl game. The only thing he had to hang his hat on was a victory over Tennessee in 2005.
Chris Nickson and MacKenzie Adams, however, did the following:
1) Beat Georgia
2) Beat Auburn
3) Beat SCarolina and Steve Spurrier, TWICE!
4) Boasted a 16-20 record over three years.
5) Took Vanderbilt to its first bowl game since 1984.
6) Defeated ACC Atlantic Division champion Boston College in that bowl to post Vandy's first winning season in...I dunno...fifty, sixty years?
Jay Cutler beat Tennessee.
Anyway, sit on that for a while as you're flying from Mile-High to the Windy City, Jay-Jay.
Red and Black, Win or Lose