.David Hale, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 06:14 PM ETCloseCollege football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012. Grad of the College of Delaware.If college football were actually a comic strip, there would certainly've been an instant last December, just after the committee disregarded an undefeated Fla State team coming from the playoff, when Mike Norvell would've ended this was as bad as traits could get, all while unconsciously standing beneath a piano perilously being actually elevated to a 20th-floor window.Of training course, after Fla Condition was up to Norvell's former school, Memphis, 20-12 on Sunday, it is actually totally achievable the Seminoles will choose the piano to reality.Nine months earlier, Fla Condition possessed the globe's sympathy-- a minimum of the component of the planet that don't shout "S-E-C, S-E-C" at wedding events, memorial services as well as children's parties. It was actually effortless to just like that crew. It was a group that combated harder after dropping QB Jordan Travis, that offered all it needed to always keep winning, that overlooked its shot at the playoff certainly not due to its own blunders yet because of the board's whim.Editor's Picks1 RelatedNow, there is actually no sympathy. There is simply an unusual mix of shame, frustration and also darker wit, like spilling an alcoholic beverage down the front end of your pants.The named beneficiary of the board's decision was Alabama, as well as factors can've effortlessly changed towards a hopeless 2024 for the Trend, too. They lost their playoff game, waved goodbye to the greatest coach in the sporting activity's past, then observed an exodus of gamers in to the website, featuring 5 that left for Tallahassee.And however, on the very same day Fla State struck a new nadir, Alabama bent the same muscle mass it therefore usually carried out under Nick Saban, wiping out Wisconsin 42-10 responsible for a five-touchdown efficiency from Jalen Milroe.In a much more only globe, Fla Condition might've gained a little great karma after the indignity of its own playoff snub. In an extra fair globe, Alabama might, only as soon as, be given a poor hand.But university volleyball has shown, regularly, it does not respect fairness, however it carries out have one heck of a sense of humor.So in Madison, the Tide came to get down.Alabama gamers leap around during the course of Jump Around pic.twitter.com/OytiNveT43u2014 Patrick Greenfield (@PCGreenfield) September 14, 2024 As well as in Tallahassee, Florida State is ready to load it up as well as pack it in.For Alabama, the roster turnover merely opened space for brand new stars, like freshman recipient Ryan Williams, that captured four balls for 78 yards and a goal in Saturday's gain. Williams is simply 17-- born only 7 months just before Saban coached his initial game at Alabama, certainly not old enough to even don't forget there was an opportunity something like an 0-3 beginning would be actually unimaginable at Florida State.For FSU, there is actually no crystal clear pathway forward. DJ Uiagalelei has been actually bad, the ground video game has actually summoned bit, the outrageous line that was intended otherwise be a durability received manhandled by a Group of 5 program, as well as the protection, which played its ideal activity Saturday, still hases plenty of holes. For the Seminoles, the only silver lining to draw from this miserable beginning to the period is it may possess reduced the course's media valuation sufficient that it can easily run away the ACC for a typical exit charge and some Kohl's cash.Nine months ago, there might be an acceptable controversy concerning the comparative resumu00e9s of Alabama as well as Florida State. On Sunday, during office breathers of the Tide's thumping of Wisconsin, it was feasible to turn between ads for "9-1-1: Lone Star" featuring a substantial train derailment and an FSU game including an even more terrible train wreck.To witness what is actually happened Fla Condition while given that the board supplied its judgment is hard to know, an avalanche of ceaseless anguish commonly scheduled for "Saw" flicks or even slight climate issues at LAX.But it costs taking into consideration exactly how absolutely incomprehensible it is for Alabama to be listed below, too-- 3-0 along with a street succeed in Big Ten nation just months after Saban's departure. Alabama has been the design for continual effectiveness for a production, and also consistency was normally attributed to Saban's relentlessness. But even he reached out to a point in which it was actually opportunity for something brand new, and also however Alabama continues plugging throughout-- one prevailing succeed after another, as trustworthy as the sunrise.None of this is actually proof the committee acquired its own choice right, naturally. That was actually last time-- a different team, a different opportunity. Yet it is proof that in this disorderly sporting activity, greatness is actually short lived as well as option typically encounters past like a Fla Condition linebacker skipping a take on at the line of scrimmage.And also at a location like Alabama, a program that has stood certainly against the winds of adjustment for 16 years currently, it is actually consistently far better to appreciate the benefits while you possess them. Considering that if there's everything our company have actually learned from enjoying Florida State these previous nine months it's this: It may always acquire worse.Jump to: LSU endures|Ambiance switches|Arizona's trendiest team The initial 56 minutes of Saturday's activity versus South Carolina was much coming from enjoyable for LSU.A collection of exclusive teams gaffes, two turn overs and some significant runs through Gamecocks QB LaNorris Sellers had the Tigers having fun catchup frequently. South Carolina dove out to a 24-10 top, viewed LSU pull in advance quickly in the 4th quarter, then observed Spacecraft Sanders blow up for a 66-yard score.play1:20 Jumping block refutes LSU punt, sets up South Carolina TDMaurice Brown II obstructs the LSU punt, which sets up a Raheim Sanders goal to pad the Gamecocks' lead.With lower than 4 minutes to play, LSU trailed through four, and also Brian Kelly had gone through all six phases of pain: Irritation, indignation, animosity, temper, asking to speak with the manager and, finally, evaluating the execution his players.But Garrett Nussmeier used to the saving with his 29-yard fulfillment to Kyren Lacy to start a 55-yard goal travel to put LSU up 36-33. South Carolina possessed one last fracture at the gain, trying a 49-yard field goal as opportunity ran out, however it skipped, providing Kelly an odds to commemorate a hard-earned win just before going back to his workplace to check out film as well as yell right into a pillow.Week 3 character shiftsTrending down: Finishing all your throwsThe good news for Michigan QB Davis Warren is every pass he threw in Michigan's 28-18 draw Arkansas Condition on Sunday was caught.The problem is, three of all of them were gotten by Arkansas State players.So, right here's where our company are with the standing up for champs: After decades turning by means of a slide carousel of quarterbacks that won their setting through discovering a gold ticket under a Detroit-style pizza, the Wolverines were addressed to pair of seasons of J.J. McCarthy and also thought possibly points had transformed permanently. As an alternative, Warren is actually averaging 6.1 yards-per-pass with two goals as well as 6 picks via three games.Now, USC performs deck following full week, as well as Michigan is left looking for a response in between Warren or Alex Orji or even to hope there is actually yet another QB tucked away in Jim Harbaugh's abandoned storage locker responsible for those containers labeled "indicators for every rival, 2020-2023." Trending up: UNLV's scenario for Pac-12 expansionMatthew Sluka led an 18-play, 75-yard goal drive that ate 9:31 off the clock in the fourth one-fourth Friday evening, and UNLV upset Kansas 23-20. It was actually the Rebels' 2nd sway an Energy 4 rival actually this period after unloading Houston in the opener. Just how remarkable is that? Getting Into Saturday, Northern Illinois' distress of Notre Dame was the only other Team of 5 win over an electrical power conference foe.Like with everything in Vegas, it's a little skill-set as well as a lot of luck.play0:40 UNLV in some way comes up with outrageous fumble vs. KansasMatthew Sluka fumbles the ball, yet in some way UNLV retains belongings after the ball touches various Kansas gamers' hands.Still, it's risk-free to state Barry Odom possesses the Rebels topping at the right time, along with UNLV's sales pitch to the broadening Pac-12 currently appearing fairly sturdy: A significant market, a really good crew, and also accessibility to myriad all-night smorgasbords. Then all Odom requires to perform is take that Pac-12 payment in chips, bet it all on dark on a solitary live roulette twist, double down 2 or 3 additional opportunities, and upsurge-- UNLV is having fun with SEC money.Land of the increasing Sunlight DevilsA year back, Arizona was the darling of the college regulation football planet after a skylarking 10-3 season, while Arizona State was a laughing sell required to begin a carolers of battling quarterbacks perhaps featuring a married couple guys they discovered waiting outside a Tempe In-N-Out Burger.What a variation a year makes.Arizona swung adieu to move instructor Jedd Fisch, that left behind for Washington, and opened this season with two unexceptional gain New Mexico as well as Northern Arizona just before falling to Kansas State 31-7 on Friday. It was actually Arizona's worst offending efficiency because being actually shut out at Colorado in 2021. The Sunlight Devils, however, located a QB in Sam Leavitt and also are actually riding high after knocking off Texas State on Thursday 31-28, beginning 3-0 for the first time because 2019. Arizona Condition is the surprise team of 2024 until now (unless you consider poor shocks, which Florida State wishes you do not), and also Dillingham's turnaround of a program left behind in mess after the Herm Edwards period finished specifically as everyone mentioned it would.