Coming out of Week 1, the biggest talk of the town in College Football betting fans is that the SEC West is going to be a lot more robust than people had thought. The fact that Mississippi State and Ole Miss fizzled at the end as the division went 2-5 in their bowl games – with the only two wins coming from Arkansas and Texas A&M – the talk was that the SEC West would be less of a challenge than people had thought.
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— Dr. Saturday (@YahooDrSaturday) September 6, 2015
Well, after Week 1, we can put that talk to rest again. Alabama was the big talk of the week, rolling over Wisconsin in a neutral site game in Arlington, Texas. The Badgers were making their debut under new head coach Paul Chryst, and things got ugly fairly quickly. The trench battle went the way of the Crimson Tide, who ran for 238 yards while bottling up the Badgers, who are usually strong on the ground, to only 40 yards of rushing. Many people had wondered how Alabama would solve their quarterback situation, and Jacob Coker played just fine, going 15 for 21 for 213 yards and a score. This is Nick Saban’s legacy in a way – turning an unknown quarterback situation into a positive. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.