Loser: Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer’s honeymoon
172-13. That was the mixed rating of Alabama’s 4 wins towards Vanderbilt within the Nick Saban period. The Tide outgained the Commodores 2,095-629.
It solely took one offseason with out Saban for Vanderbilt to shut the hole.
Vanderbilt not solely beat Alabama; it went toe-to-toe with the faculty soccer heavyweight, taking each punch Bama threw at it and delivering ones that landed twice as exhausting.
The Commodores outgained the Tide 418-394, together with 166 speeding yards to Bama’s 84, whereas profitable the time of possession battle, 42:08-17:52.
It was dangerous sufficient for DeBoer that Vanderbilt was aggressive towards Alabama; the final time the Tide trailed in a sport towards the Commodores previous to Saturday was in 2006.
However shedding to the Commodores evaporates any goodwill DeBoer had accrued throughout Alabama’s 4-0 begin.
Winner: Boise State operating again Ashton Jeanty
At this price, Jeanty could have run away with the Heisman by November. In No. 21 Boise State’s 62-30 romp over Utah State (1-4, 0-1 in MWC), Jeanty gained 186 yards and scored three touchdowns on 13 carries.
His numbers by means of 5 video games are staggering. He has 95 carries, 1,031 yards (10.9 yards per try) and 16 touchdowns. Whereas it is nonetheless early, Jeanty is at the moment outpacing Barry Sanders’ historic 1988 season.
In Sanders’ first 5 video games that season, he had 130 carries for 1,002 yards. He averaged a ridiculous 271 speeding yards per sport over his last six common season video games to set the single-season speeding document (2,628 yards).
That looks as if an unimaginable document to interrupt. Nevertheless, Jeanty’s already proven that when he touches the ball, something is feasible.
Loser: Missouri
The (paper) Tigers had been blown out at Texas A&M (5-1, 3-0 in SEC), 41-10. The Aggies jumped out to a 24-0 halftime lead and added a 75-yard landing run from operating again Le’Veon Moss on the primary play of the third quarter to seal the blowout.
Alabama’s loss to Vandy ensured No. 9 Missouri (4-1, 1-1 in SEC) did not undergo the week’s worst loss. However for a crew with playoff aspirations, a 31-point loss provides Missouri little margin for error the remainder of the season.
Winner: Indiana
Congratulations are to ensure that the Hoosiers, who turned the primary bowl-eligible crew of the season with a 42-24 win over Northwestern (2-3, 0-2 in Huge Ten).
Indiana (6-0, 3-0 in Huge Ten) has been among the best tales of the season’s first half, and ESPN’s Football Power Index suggests it may get even higher.
The Hoosiers have a 38.1 % likelihood to succeed in the CFP in head coach Curt Cignetti’s first season main this system. With the offense averaging 47.5 factors per sport and quarterback Kurtis Rourke enjoying the place in addition to anybody within the nation, Indiana is a drive to be reckoned with.
Loser: Temple
The Owls invented an excruciating technique to lose towards UConn (4-2). Going through a fourth-and-goal from the Huskies’ one-yard line with three seconds left, Temple tried a quarterback sneak for the go-ahead rating.
Fairly easy, proper? Not for a 1-5 crew.
Temple quarterback Tyler Douglas fumbled, and UConn defensive again Jordan Wright recovered the soccer and returned it 96 yards for a meaningless landing. Effectively, meaningless for everybody in addition to those that wager on the game’s over-under (48.5).
