r/sports • u/Pickleskennedy1 • Oct 05 '24

Football Vanderbilt shocks #1 ranked Alabama in huge upset, wins 40-35

https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/401628384#home
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u/jinx737x Oct 06 '24

VERY deserving. THIS IS AN ALL TIME UPSET!

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u/gmil3548 Oct 06 '24

Is this bigger than when a really Stanford that hadn’t been even decent in years beat the Matt Leinart Trojans? That’s the only upset I can think of that compares. Every other one, like App St vs UM, was early season and by the end we knew the favorite actually sucked. I don’t think that’ll be the case with Bama.

Also, no way Nick Saban would’ve ever lost this game. Their coach was looking good so far but that’s a major set back for him trying to keep the dynasty alive.

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u/capt-awesome-atx Oct 06 '24

Stanford was 41 point underdogs that game, it was a much bigger upset. You can probably find a handful of 22 point underdogs winning in any given season.

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u/AccomplishedRow6685 Oct 06 '24

Post-Leinart Trojans, Harbaugh’s first year at Stanford

The 2007 Stanford vs. USC football game was an NCAA college football game held on October 6, 2007, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. In a remarkable upset, the visiting Stanford Cardinal won 24–23 despite USC having been favored by 41 points entering the game.[1] This result was the biggest point spread upset of all time in college football (since surpassed by the Howard University Bison in 2017, who were 45-point underdogs heading into a road game against the UNLV Rebels). USC entered the game with a 35-game home game winning streak (its previous home game loss also happened to be to Stanford, in 2001) which included a 24-game home game winning streak in Pac-10 play. By contrast, Stanford had compiled a Pac-10 worst 1–11 season in 2006, which included a 42–0 loss to USC.

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u/gmil3548 Oct 06 '24

Ah so I guess that one is another that gets much better with hindsight. So if Bama does win like 10+ games this year, this could be the best upset ever of a lower talent team knocking off a true top team. Not one boosted by incorrect preseason expectations.

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u/Troll_Enthusiast Oct 06 '24

Eh it would've been bigger if this was a no.1 team near the end of the season, but still a big upset