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Tennessee, Vanderbilt QBs Unite in Eligibility Fight Despite Rivalry Week Clash

Ahead of Saturday’s Tennessee–Vanderbilt showdown, quarterbacks Joey Aguilar and Diego Pavia enter as rivals on the field but allies off it. Aguilar is eligible only because Pavia won a 2023 injunction against the NCAA’s JUCO rule. Now both QBs have joined a renewed lawsuit seeking to eliminate the rule permanently, forming Rivalry Week’s most unlikely alliance.