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CFB Roundup – October 17, 2024
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Good morning, and welcome back to CFB Roundup from CFB Home – the first daily newsletter that’s all college football, all the time with no bias, no slant, and no fluff.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS:
Winner | Loser |
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Western Kentucky: 31 (5-2) | Sam Houston: 14 (5-2) |
UTEP: 30 (1-6) | FIU: 21 (2-5) |
TODAY’S SCHEDULE:
Betting Information as of time of writing
Away | Home | Time (ET) | Channel | Spread | Total |
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Georgia State (2-3) | Marshall (3-3) | 7 PM | ESPN2 | MRSH -9 | 51.5 |
Boston College (4-2) | Virginia Tech (3-3) | 7:30 PM | ESPN | VT -7.5 | 48.5 |
A Strong Day from QB Caden Veltkamp Propels Western Kentucky Past Sam Houston 31-14
Western Kentucky narrowly outgained Sam Houston 411-400 in a 31-14 win as the Hilltoppers earned a decisive win (5-2, 3-0) for the CUSA standings over Sam Houston (5-2, 2-1).
Ultimately, a 3rd down efficiency of 11-for-18 (61.11%) helped keep several drives alive for Western Kentucky as it had three different first half scoring drives go at least 7 plays.
For Sam Houston, a pair of missed kicks, a turnover on downs, a fumble, and an interception on an 11-play drive meant no points scored in the 2nd half despite a 2nd half offensive performance that should have been worth at least some points.
Western Kentucky QB Caden Veltkamp finished 20-for-29 for 281 yards and 3 touchdowns passing while also adding 27 rushing yards and a touchdown on 14 total attempts.
Elijah Young led all rushers with 97 rushing yards on 23 carries. Each of K.D. Hutchinson, Elijah Young, and River Helms caught touchdowns.
For Sam Houston, QB Hunter Watson was replaced at halftime after an undisclosed injury. He finished 6-for-9 passing for 128 yards and 2 touchdowns with an additional 37 yards rushing on 7 carries. QB Jase Bauer came in and finished 12-for-22 for 106 yards and an interception while also adding 41 rushing yards on 11 attempts. Bauer also lost a fumble.
UTEP Earns First Win Of Season Over FIU 30-21
UTEP picked up its first win of the season in a fairly messy game that featured a heavy dose of rushing from the Miners.
FIU played three quarterbacks, with Keyone Jenkins starting until he threw an interception. QB Amari Jones then played next before a sack from Maurice Westmoreland ended his day and Haden Carlson finished the game for the Panthers. Jenkins finished 7-for-11 with 73 yards, a touchdown, and an interception. Jones finished 6-for-11 with 92 yards, a touchdown, and an interception. He also added 11 rushing yards. Carlson finished the game 4-for-6 for 37 yards with no touchdowns and 2 interceptions. This means FIU threw 4 interceptions in this contest, a close game that had several pivotal points that could have swung the game in the other direction.
FIU finished with 85 rushing yards on 33 rush attempts, good for only 2.6 yards per carry. In contrast, UTEP finished with 211 rushing yards on 46 rush attempts, good for 4.6 yards per carry. RB Jevon Jackson led all rushers for the Miners with 148 rushing yards and a touchdown on 26 carries. Jackson also added a receiving touchdown on his only completion, a 22-yard completion. Ezell Jolly also added 41 rushing yards on 9 carries, but did lose a fumble.
UTEP WR Kenny Odom also led all pass catchers in this game with 95 receiving yards on 4 catches, including a 62-yard catch.
USA Today Shares Coaches Salaries
USA Today recently shared the coaches salaries of head coaches around the FBS, with only 9 salaries unknown.
Here’s the Top 10 and some of the bottom at the Power 4:
Kirby Smart, Georgia: $13,282,580
Dabo Swinney, Clemson: $11,132,775
Steve Sarkisian, Texas: $10,600,000
Lincoln Riley, USC: $10,043,418
Ryan Day, Ohio State: $10,021,250
Mike Norvell, Florida State: $10,000,000
Kalen DeBoer, Alabama: $10,000,000
Brian Kelly, LSU: $9,975,000
Mark Stoops, Kentucky: $9,013,600
Lane Kiffin/Eli Drinkwitz/Josh Heupel: $9,000,000
Bottom 5 at the Power 4 that are listed (some are definitely due for pay raises in the near future):
Rhett Lashlee, SMU: $2,360,640
Brent Key, Georgia Tech: $2,900,000
Brent Brennan, Arizona: $3,100,000
Clark Lea, Vanderbilt: $3,189,744
DeShaun Foster, UCLA: $3,250,000
NCAA Closes Loophole After Oregon Tactically Uses 12th Man
The NCAA has issued a new rule interpretation after Oregon utilized a 12th man to help them beat Ohio State.
Now, the rule makes it so that if there is a too many men on the field penalty called, the offense will have the right to decide to reset the game clock to the amount of time back to the amount of time displayed at the snap. In the event the 12th man was attempting to leave the field and has no influence on the play, the penalty will be enforced with no clock adjustment.
This is technically not a rule change, as those may only be done in the offseason, however, this is considered an in-season rule interpretation and will take effect immediately. Functionally, though, this will be a change in how the rule is applied.
First Alabama v. Tennessee Injury Report: 3 Key Alabama Players Probable
Alabama and Tennessee play this weekend, as it is the third Saturday in October, and the Wednesday injury report has been released, providing insight into a few key names.
For Alabama, DB Domani Jackson and WRs Kendrick Law and Kobe Prentice are all probable. Edge Yhonzae Pierre is questionable and LB Cayden Jones is out.
For Tennessee, OL Lance Heard is probable, while RB Cameron Seldon is questionable. LBs Edwin Spillman and Keenan Pili, as well as DB Jourdan Thomas, are all out.
Both Law and Prentice were out against South Carolina but both would be big names for the Crimson Tide to get back ahead of its matchup with the Volunteers.
Texas WR Isaiah Bond Questionable Against #5 Georgia
This weekend, #1 Texas hosts #5 Georgia and the Wednesday injury report has been released for both the Longhorns and the Bulldogs, with Texas WR Isaiah Bond one of the biggest names included.
Bond is questionable for the Longhorns, with the only other names on the injury report all being listed as out: OL Trevor Goosby, RBs Velton Gardner, Christian Clark, and CJ Baxter, and DB Derek Williams Jr.
For the Bulldogs, both OL Jared Wilson and DL Jordan Hall are listed as probable, OL Tate Ratledge is listed as questionable, and then there are three more listed as out: RB Roderick Robinson II, LB Smael Mondon Jr., and RB Branson Robinson.
Travis Hunter on Heisman Chances vs. Ashton Jeanty: I Know I Can Win It
An extremely humble Travis Hunter endorses Ashton Jeanty for Heisman, citing how much more Jeanty is able to get the ball.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB)
10:56 PM • Oct 16, 2024
Both Travis Hunter and Ashton Jeanty are putting up video game-like numbers that the game has not seen in years, but on a recent podcast episode, Travis Hunter shared that he believes he should be the guy to win it.
Hunter said on Outta Pocket with RGIII: “I know I can win it, but I don’t know who’s there. I mean y’all see Ashton Jeanty, it’s not like we haven’t seen a running back that’s good. We haven’t seen a player that plays both ways and I’m gonna keep saying that. … He has, I think, 95 carries for 1,000 yards. If I had 95 catches, how much yards you think I’d have? If I had 95 targets on defense what you think I’d have? If I had 95 catches on offense, what do you think I’d have? So I try to tell you, he’s got double the touches I’ve got on the offensive side of the ball and I still have defensive stats that’s still crazy and we’re only in Week 6. So I’m not gonna argue about it.”
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey Pushes Back on Big Ten-SEC Scheduling Agreement
Greg Sankey went on The Paul Finebaum Show yesterday and downplayed the idea of a scheduling agreement between the SEC and Big Ten after leadership of both conferences reportedly met in Nashville last week.
Commissioner Sankey did recap some of the topics that were supposedly on the agenda, but said that with scheduling, the leadership of both conferences came no where near the level of an agreement. Sankey did say that both conferences ran the data and there were multiple out-of-conference games scheduled each of the next several seasons between the two conferences.
Sankey said, “we had a conversation. Here’s how the conversation went. ‘Hey, we do this naturally, do you want to just leave it in your campus’ hands?’ ‘We can do something coordinated with the conference offices, but you have to work with us.’ ‘Is there something else out there, that’s like a third category?’ And people said, you know what, maybe you guys keep talking, see what you can do. That’s not an agreement.”
Sankey finally pointed out The Alliance that was struck between the Pac-12 and the Big Ten and how that never came to fruition, so he feels like he has to be careful in what is shared and how.
Arizona State QB Jeff Sims Named Starting QB vs. Cincinnati After Injury to Sam Leavitt
Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham shared that QB Jeff Sims will start in Sam Leavitt’s place after Leavitt suffered an injury last Friday night against Utah.
Leavitt came out briefly against Utah after suffering a rib injury, but he went back in: “I got hit in the ribs, started to spasm, and couldn’t really breathe. But I was just fired up, so I was just really sad. I wasn’t really too worried about the pain, I was just sad I couldn’t put on for the team. So once I got the strength to get up, I told our team y’all please better go put this in one in. So I went to the tent, did whatever I had to do, got back out there, and just did what I can to get a win with the team.”
However, Leavitt’s injury is now bad enough that he will not be playing this weekend against Cincinnati, and backup Jeff Sims will play in his place. Sims will be making his 26th career start after starting for at least parts of a few seasons at both Georgia Tech and Nebraska where he’s picked up over 6,000 career yards and over 40 total touchdowns.
Oklahoma LB Danny Stutsman Shares OU Had Players-Only Meeting After 34-3 Loss to Texas
Oklahoma LB Danny Stustman recently shared that the players held a players-only meeting after the 34-3 shellacking at the hands of bitter rival Texas.
“Yeah, I mean, right after something like that happens. Very easy to kind of start blaming each other. There’s a thousand excuses you can make. But there’s only so many opportunities you’re going to have. And I think right after that, we had a players meeting. All the guys got together. That’s something really positive that you like to see. Really air it all out. Got it all out there. That’s what we did yesterday. So, now, it’s a new week. New mindset. New opponent. We flushed it. We learned from it. And just got back together as a team.”
Other Commitments/Decommitments
3-Star (87) ATH Montavin Quisenberry flips from West Virginia to Kentucky
3-Star (85) WR Nikko Boncore commits to Utah State
3-Star (85) WR Mikey Scott decommits from Arizona State
Minnesota S Craig McDonald entered transfer portal
UTSA RB Rocko Griffin entered transfer portal
UCF LB Kam Moore entered transfer portal
UNT S David Spruiells entered transfer portal