.David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 06:14 PM ETCloseCollege volleyball reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the College of Delaware.If university football were actually an animation, there would certainly possess been actually a minute final December, following the board snubbed an unbeaten Fla State team coming from the playoff, when Mike Norvell will possess ended this was actually as negative as factors could possibly get, all while unconsciously standing underneath a piano perilously being actually lifted up to a 20th-floor window.Of training course, after Florida State fell to Norvell's previous university, Memphis, 20-12 on Saturday, it's completely possible the Seminoles will choose the piano to reality.Nine months back, Florida State possessed the world's sympathy-- at the very least the parts of the planet that do not chant "S-E-C, S-E-C" at weddings, funerals as well as kids's celebrations. It was actually quick and easy to just like that crew. It was a group that fought more difficult after dropping QB Jordan Travis, that gave all it must always keep succeeding, that skipped its shot at the playoff certainly not because of its own errors but as a result of the board's whim.Editor's Picks1 RelatedNow, there is actually no compassion. There is actually only an unusual mix of pity, irritation and also black humor, like spilling an alcoholic beverage down the face of your pants.The named beneficiary of the board's selection was actually Alabama, and also traits could possibly possess easily changed towards a bleak 2024 for the Trend, also. They lost their championship game, waved bye-bye to the best instructor in the sporting activity's past history, at that point viewed a departure of players right into the gateway, including 5 who left for Tallahassee.And yet, on the exact same time Fla State hit a new nadir, Alabama stretched the very same muscle mass it thus typically carried out under Scar Saban, obliterating Wisconsin 42-10 behind a five-touchdown functionality from Jalen Milroe.In a much more just planet, Florida Condition may've gotten a little good aura after the indignity of its playoff snub. In a more reasonable globe, Alabama might, only as soon as, be dealt a poor hand.But college soccer has actually verified, regularly, it does not respect justness, however it carries out have one heck of a sense of humor.So in Madison, the Trend involved receive down.Alabama gamers hop around in the course of Dive Around pic.twitter.com/OytiNveT43u2014 Patrick Greenfield (@PCGreenfield) September 14, 2024 And also in Tallahassee, Fla Condition is ready to pack it up as well as load it in.For Alabama, the lineup turnover just clearance for brand-new celebrities, like fresher receiver Ryan Williams, that captured 4 balls for 78 lawns and also a touchdown in Sunday's gain. Williams is actually only 17-- born merely seven months just before Saban trained his initial game at Alabama, not old adequate to also keep in mind there was actually an opportunity one thing like an 0-3 beginning will be unbelievable at Fla State.For FSU, there's no clear path onward. DJ Uiagalelei has actually been actually terrible, the ground game has summoned bit, the repulsive line that was actually intended typically be actually a strength got battered through a Team of 5 plan, as well as the defense, which played its own absolute best activity Saturday, still has lots of gaps. For the Seminoles, the only silver lining to draw from this miserable start to the period is it might have reduced the plan's media appraisal enough that it may escape the ACC for a common leave cost and some Kohl's cash.Nine months back, there can be a practical argument regarding the relative resumu00e9s of Alabama and also Florida State. On Saturday, in the course of business rests of the Trend's clunk of Wisconsin, it was possible to turn in between advertisements for "9-1-1: Lone Celebrity" featuring an extensive learn derailment as well as an FSU game including a much more horrible train wreck.To witness what is actually become of Florida State in the time because the committee delivered its judgment is tough to know, an avalanche of ceaseless torment commonly scheduled for "Saw" movies or even small climate concerns at LAX.But it deserves looking at exactly how completely incomprehensible it is actually for Alabama to be right here, also-- 3-0 with a roadway gain in Big Ten country only months after Saban's departure. Alabama has been actually the version for sustained success for a generation, which consistency was actually typically attributed to Saban's relentlessness. But even he got to a factor in which it was actually time for something brand-new, and also but Alabama continues plugging throughout-- one dominant succeed after another, as dependable as the sunrise.None of this particular is actually proof the board obtained its decision straight, of course. That was actually last time-- a different staff, a different opportunity. Yet it is actually evidence that within this turbulent sport, effectiveness is actually fleeting as well as possibility often brushes past like a Fla State linebacker overlooking a deal with at the line of scrimmage.And also at a location like Alabama, a program that has stood up certainly against the winds of modification for 16 years currently, it is actually constantly much better to value the good ideas while you possess all of them. Given that if there's anything our team've learned from viewing Fla State these previous 9 months it's this: It may constantly receive worse.Jump to: LSU makes it through|Vibe shifts|Arizona's best staff The 1st 56 mins of Saturday's game versus South Carolina was far from positive for LSU.A series of special crews gaffes, pair of turnovers and some significant operates by Gamecocks QB LaNorris Sellers possessed the Tigers having fun catchup typically. South Carolina dove bent on a 24-10 top, observed LSU draw ahead for a while in the fourth quarter, then saw Rocket Sanders blow up for a 66-yard score.play1:20 Jumping block denies LSU punt, puts together South Carolina TDMaurice Brown II obstructs the LSU punting, which puts together a Raheim Sanders goal to pad the Gamecocks' lead.With less than four moments to participate in, LSU tracked by 4, and also Brian Kelly had undergone all six stages of agony: Stress, indignation, animosity, rage, asking to talk with the supervisor and, ultimately, pondering the completion his players.But Garrett Nussmeier used to the rescue with his 29-yard completion to Kyren Lacy to trigger a 55-yard touchdown travel to place LSU up 36-33. South Carolina had one final split at the succeed, attempting a 49-yard field goal as opportunity ran out, however it skipped, giving Kelly an odds to commemorate a hard-earned gain just before returning to his office to watch film and yell into a pillow.Week 3 feel shiftsTrending down: Accomplishing all your throwsThe good information for Michigan QB Davis Warren is actually every successfully pass he threw in Michigan's 28-18 get Arkansas Condition on Sunday was caught.The problem is actually, 3 of all of them were actually caught through Arkansas State players.So, below's where our experts are with the speaking up for champs: After decades rotating through a slide carousel of quarterbacks who gained their setting by locating a golden ticket under a Detroit-style pizza, the Wolverines were actually alleviated to 2 periods of J.J. McCarthy and presumed maybe points had actually altered permanently. As an alternative, Warren is actually balancing 6.1 yards-per-pass with 2 goals and 6 selections through 3 games.Now, USC gets on deck upcoming week, as well as Michigan is left trying to find an answer in between Warren or even Alex Orji or to hope there's another QB tucked away in Jim Harbaugh's deserted storage locker behind those containers labeled "indicators for every challenger, 2020-2023." Trending up: UNLV's scenario for Pac-12 expansionMatthew Sluka led an 18-play, 75-yard touchdown push that chewed 9:31 off the appear the fourth one-fourth Friday night, and also UNLV distressed Kansas 23-20. It was actually the Rebels' second sway a Power 4 challenger actually this season after pouring Houston in the opener. How outstanding is that? Going Into Saturday, Northern Illinois' upset of Notre Dame was actually the only various other Team of 5 gain an electrical power event foe.Like along with anything in Las vega, it's a little bit of skill-set and also a ton of luck.play0:40 UNLV somehow creates outrageous fumble vs. KansasMatthew Sluka fumbles the ball, but somehow UNLV maintains possession after the ball flairs numerous Kansas players' hands.Still, it is actually secure to mention Barry Odom possesses the Rebels coming to a head at the correct time, with UNLV's sales sound to the broadening Pac-12 now looking fairly sturdy: A huge market, a really good staff, and access to myriad all-night cafeterias. Then all Odom needs to accomplish is take that Pac-12 payment in chips, wager all of it on dark on a single live roulette twist, double down two or 3 more opportunities, as well as boom-- UNLV is actually playing with SEC money.Land of the rising Sun DevilsA year earlier, Arizona was the beloved of the college soccer planet after a frisking 10-3 season, while Arizona Condition was a laughing sell obliged to start a carolers of struggling quarterbacks potentially including a married couple men they found hanging around outside a Tempe In-N-Out Burger.What a difference a year makes.Arizona waved bye-bye to head instructor Jedd Fisch, who left behind for Washington, and opened this period with pair of ineffectual draw New Mexico as well as Northern Arizona just before falling to Kansas Condition 31-7 on Friday. It was actually Arizona's worst objectionable functionality considering that being actually shut out at Colorado in 2021. The Sun Devils, meanwhile, located a QB in Sam Leavitt and also are actually using higher after discontinuing Texas Condition on Thursday 31-28, beginning 3-0 for the very first time because 2019. Arizona Condition is actually the unpleasant surprise staff of 2024 up until now (unless you count negative unpleasant surprises, which Fla Condition hopes you don't), and Dillingham's turn-around of a program left in wreckage after the Herm Edwards era ended precisely as everybody mentioned it would certainly.