Weekly Analysis 2022: post week 8 superlatives

The best game: Oklahoma State over Texas.

The coach I wish I was: TCU’s Sonny Dykes.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Miami’s Mario Cristobal.

The team that impressed: Oregon.

The defensive slugfest: Stanford over Arizona State.

The offensive shootout: Oregon over UCLA.

The team that disappointed: Kansas State.

The Heisman favorite: Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker.

The best conference: SEC.

The worst conference: Big 12.

The best team: Georgia.

The underrated coach: Wake Forest Dave Clawson.

The overrated coach: Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher.

The underrated player: TCU’s Max Duggan.

The breakout performance: Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud four touchdown passes in second half.

The biggest upset: LSU over Ole Miss.

The upset no one saw coming: Duke over Miami.

The team that wants to hit the reset button: Iowa.

The blowout everyone predicted: Alabama over Mississippi State.

The underrated team: South Carolina.

The overrated team: Texas.

The feel-good story: Clemson’s 38-home game winning streak (ACC record).

The horror show: Iowa’s offense.

The must-see game in week 9: Kentucky at Tennessee.

The team nobody’s talking about: Cincinnati.

The team with an elite offense: Ohio State.

The team with an elite defense: Michigan.

The team that was desperate for a win: Missouri.

The surprising blowout: Liberty over BYU.

The surprising close game: Clemson over Syracuse.

The best comeback game: TCU over Kansas State.

The narrow escape: Rutgers over Indiana.

The defense that got exposed: Ole Miss.

The coach with the most to prove: Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Tulane.

Cool in the clutch: Oklahoma State’s Spencer Sanders.

Give that coach a raise: Oregon’s Dan Lanning.

Man, they’re good: Ohio State.

Wow, they’re bad: Colorado.