Ahead of the showdown between the two SEC teams at DKR on Saturday, the Vanderbilt head coach gave his thoughts on the two Longhorn signal callers, given that he could up against either one of them in Austin.

The Vanderbilt defense came up tall on the final Hail Mary against Missouri, holding back the Tigers as they had all day. That made for a Commodores win, their second in a row at home against a ranked opponent.

Speaking on the SEC Weekly Teleconference, Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea expressed his admiration for the toughness Sarkisian’s team displayed in those two wins. “This is a resilient team, it’s a team that’s never out of the game. No lead is safe,” Lea said.

Coaching legend Nick Saban sent a strong warning to the Vanderbilt Commodores and their fans about coach Clark Lea.

Here's what Clark Lea said about Vanderbilt football preparing to face Texas amid Arch Manning's injury.

Lea joins The Paul Finebaum Show to discuss the Commodores' maturity, their growth and the belief in the locker room while the team continue to turn heads.

Vanderbilt football coach Clark Lea was in awe of how his quarterback Diego Pavia played vs. LSU. Pavia produced three touchdowns.

That’s always in the back of the mind for coaches: It’s still a profession, and it could still go south. Ralph Friedgen coached Maryland for 10 years before his alma mater fired him. He was offered the Georgia Tech job in 2002, after his first year at Maryland, and said later that, in hindsight, he should have taken it.