.David Hale, ESPN Workers WriterSep 14, 2024, 06:14 PM ETCloseCollege volleyball reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware.If university regulation football were a cartoon, there would certainly've been actually a moment last December, after the committee brushed off an undefeated Florida Condition group coming from the playoff, when Mike Norvell would certainly possess concluded this was actually as bad as things could possibly get, all while unwittingly standing below a piano perilously being lifted up to a 20th-floor window.Of training course, after Fla State fell to Norvell's past school, Memphis, 20-12 on Saturday, it is actually entirely achievable the Seminoles would certainly favor the piano to reality.Nine months earlier, Florida State had the world's sympathy-- at least the component of the world that don't shout "S-E-C, S-E-C" at wedding celebrations, funerals and kids's parties. It was actually very easy to as if that team. It was actually a team that battled harder after losing QB Jordan Travis, that offered all it had to keep succeeding, that overlooked its chance at the playoff not as a result of its own blunders but due to the committee's whim.Editor's Picks1 RelatedNow, there is actually no compassion. There is actually simply an unusual mix of embarassment, aggravation and also dark humor, like splashing a beverage down the face of your pants.The beneficiary of the committee's selection was actually Alabama, and things could possibly've simply changed toward a bleak 2024 for the Trend, also. They lost their championship game, swayed bye-bye to the best coach in the sport's past history, then saw a departure of players in to the site, featuring 5 that left behind for Tallahassee.And yet, on the exact same day Florida Condition struck a new low point, Alabama flexed the very same muscle mass it thus often did under Scar Saban, obliterating Wisconsin 42-10 behind a five-touchdown efficiency from Jalen Milroe.In an extra merely planet, Fla State may possess gained a little bit of good aura after the outrage of its own playoff snub. In an even more fair planet, Alabama might, only as soon as, be actually inflicted a bad hand.But college football has actually confirmed, regularly, it does not respect fairness, however it does have one hell of a sense of humor.So in Madison, the Trend came to receive down.Alabama players dive around during the course of Jump Around pic.twitter.com/OytiNveT43u2014 Patrick Greenfield (@PCGreenfield) September 14, 2024 And also in Tallahassee, Florida State prepares to load it up and also load it in.For Alabama, the roster turnover merely opened space for brand-new superstars, like freshman receiver Ryan Williams, who recorded four balls for 78 backyards and also a touchdown in Sunday's gain. Williams is actually simply 17-- birthed only 7 months before Saban trained his very first video game at Alabama, not outdated sufficient to even always remember there was an opportunity one thing like an 0-3 beginning will be actually unbelievable at Florida State.For FSU, there's no crystal clear road ahead. DJ Uiagalelei has been dreadful, the ground game has mustered up little, the annoying line that was actually intended or else be actually a stamina acquired battered through a Team of 5 program, as well as the protection, which played its own greatest video game Saturday, still has lots of gaps. For the Seminoles, the only silver lining to extract from this miserable start to the time is it might possess decreased the plan's media evaluation sufficient that it can get away from the ACC for a standard leave charge and also some Kohl's cash.Nine months ago, there might be a realistic argument concerning the comparison resumu00e9s of Alabama and Florida Condition. On Saturday, in the course of business breaks of the Trend's clunk of Wisconsin, it was possible to turn in between ads for "9-1-1: Lone Star" including a large train derailment as well as an FSU video game including a a lot more scary learn wreck.To witness what's become of Fla State in the time given that the committee delivered its decision is actually tough to comprehend, an avalanche of unending woe generally set aside for "Viewed" films or slight weather issues at LAX.But it's worth considering exactly how absolutely incomprehensible it is actually for Alabama to become listed here, too-- 3-0 along with a roadway win in Big Ten country merely months after Saban's exit. Alabama has been actually the style for sustained effectiveness for a creation, which consistency was typically attributed to Saban's relentlessness. But also he reached a factor in which it was actually time for one thing brand new, and also however Alabama goes on plugging along-- one prominent gain after an additional, as dependable as the sunrise.None of the is actually proof the committee acquired its decision right, of course. That was final period-- a various team, a various time. However it is actually verification that in this particular turbulent sport, success is actually fleeting and option usually brushes past like a Florida Condition linebacker missing a take on at free throw line of scrimmage.And even at a place like Alabama, a plan that has stood up certainly against the winds of improvement for 16 years now, it is actually consistently better to cherish the advantages while you possess all of them. Since if there is actually everything our team've gained from seeing Florida Condition these past 9 months it's this: It can consistently receive worse.Jump to: LSU endures|Feel switches|Arizona's trendiest crew The very first 56 moments of Sunday's video game versus South Carolina was actually much from positive for LSU.A set of special teams gaffes, 2 turn overs and some large operates by Gamecocks QB LaNorris Sellers possessed the Tigers playing catchup typically. South Carolina leapt out to a 24-10 lead, viewed LSU take ahead of time temporarily in the fourth one-fourth, at that point saw Spacecraft Sanders blow up for a 66-yard score.play1:20 Leaping block refuses LSU punt, puts together South Carolina TDMaurice Brown II shuts out the LSU punting, which sets up a Raheim Sanders goal to pad the Gamecocks' lead.With lower than four mins to participate in, LSU trailed through four, and Brian Kelly had actually looked at all 6 stages of grief: Stress, indignation, hostility, anger, inquiring to speak with the manager as well as, finally, deliberating the completion his players.But Garrett Nussmeier used to the rescue along with his 29-yard finalization to Kyren Lacy to trigger a 55-yard goal travel to put LSU up 36-33. South Carolina possessed one final fracture at the win, attempting a 49-yard basket as opportunity ended, however it missed, providing Kelly an opportunity to commemorate a hard-earned win just before coming back to his workplace to enjoy film and also howl in to a pillow.Week 3 ambiance shiftsTrending down: Finishing all your throwsThe excellent news for Michigan QB Davis Warren is every pass he included Michigan's 28-18 win over Arkansas State on Saturday was actually caught.The problem is, 3 of them were found by Arkansas Condition players.So, listed below's where our experts are with the speaking up for champs: After many years turning through a slide carousel of quarterbacks who won their placement through finding a gold ticket under a Detroit-style pizza, the Wolverines were alleviated to two periods of J.J. McCarthy and also thought perhaps points had changed forever. As an alternative, Warren is averaging 6.1 yards-per-pass with 2 goals as well as 6 selections through 3 games.Now, USC performs deck following week, and also Michigan is actually left looking for an answer between Warren or even Alex Orji or to really hope there's one more QB tucked away in Jim Harbaugh's abandoned storage locker responsible for those packages designated "indicators for each rival, 2020-2023." Trending up: UNLV's scenario for Pac-12 expansionMatthew Sluka led an 18-play, 75-yard goal push that ate 9:31 off the appear the fourth one-fourth Friday evening, and UNLV distressed Kansas 23-20. It was the Rebels' 2nd gain a Power 4 rival already this time after ditching Houston in the opener. How remarkable is actually that? Getting In Sunday, Northern Illinois' trouble of Notre Dame was actually the only other Group of 5 sway an electrical power conference foe.Like along with just about anything in Vegas, it's a little bit of capability and a considerable amount of luck.play0:40 UNLV somehow thinks of wild fumble vs. KansasMatthew Sluka stumbles the round, yet in some way UNLV keeps possession after the sphere flairs several Kansas players' hands.Still, it's safe to mention Barry Odom possesses the Rebels peaking at the correct time, along with UNLV's purchases pitch to the growing Pac-12 now appearing rather sturdy: A major market, a good crew, and also accessibility to myriad all-night smorgasbords. At that point all Odom needs to have to perform is take that Pac-12 payout in chips, wager everything on black on a singular roulette spin, double down two or even three even more times, as well as upsurge-- UNLV is playing with SEC money.Land of the climbing Sun DevilsA year back, Arizona was actually the darling of the university regulation football planet after a skylarking 10-3 season, while Arizona State was actually a laughing stock required to begin a carolers of having a hard time quarterbacks possibly consisting of a couple individuals they discovered standing by outside a Tempe In-N-Out Burger.What a variation a year makes.Arizona swayed farewell to move instructor Jedd Fisch, who left behind for Washington, and opened this season with 2 ineffectual gain New Mexico as well as Northern Arizona just before being up to Kansas State 31-7 on Friday. It was Arizona's worst annoying functionality given that being actually locked out at Colorado in 2021. The Sunshine Devils, on the other hand, found a QB in Sam Leavitt as well as are riding higher after desisting Texas State on Thursday 31-28, beginning 3-0 for the first time because 2019. Arizona Condition is actually the unpleasant surprise crew of 2024 so far (unless you consider poor unpleasant surprises, which Florida Condition hopes you don't), and also Dillingham's turnaround of a program left behind in mess after the Herm Edwards era ended specifically as every person claimed it would.