Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ty Simpson may have been "lapped" in the Heisman race on Saturday night, despite his team's 20-9 victory over the LSU Tigers at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Specifically, by Indiana Hoosiers QB Fernando Mendoza.
As Saturday Down South's David Wasson noted, the team's overall success is more important than Simpson's mundane performance against the Bayou Bengals not moving his Heisman agenda forward.
"The Crimson Tide earned a 17th-straight home victory mainly by tightening their defense like a boa constrictor the closer the Tigers got to the goal line – forcing LSU to settle for a trio of Damian Ramos field goals and keeping the Tigers out of the end zone for the first time since the 2012 national championship game.