Weekly Analysis 2023: post week one superlatives
The best game: Colorado over TCU.
The coach I wish I was: Colorado’s Coach Prime.
The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Boston College’s Jeff Hafley.
The team that impressed: Oklahoma.
The defensive slugfest: Minnesota over Nebraska.
The offensive shootout: Louisville over Georgia Tech.
The team that disappointed: Florida.
The Heisman favorite: USC’s Caleb Williams.
The best conference: Pac-12.
The worst conference: Big 12.
The best team: Georgia.
The underrated coach: Duke’s Mike Elko.
The overrated coach: LSU’s Brian Kelly.
The underrated player: Oregon State’s DJ Uiagalelei.
The breakout performance: Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders school record, 510 passing yards.
The biggest upset: Duke over No. 9 Clemson.
The upset no one saw coming: Texas State over Baylor.
The team that wants to hit the reset button: South Carolina.
The blowout everyone predicted: Alabama over Middle Tennessee.
The underrated team: Kentucky.
The overrated team: TCU.
The feel-good story: Rutgers snapping a five-game losing streak.
The horror show: Northwestern’s 12th-straight loss.
The must-see game in week two: Texas at Alabama.
The team nobody’s talking about: Oregon State.
The team with an elite offense: Oregon.
The team with an elite defense: Kansas State.
The team that was desperate for a win: Colorado.
The surprising blowout: Florida State over LSU.
The surprising close game: Iowa over Utah State.
The best comeback game: Illinois over Toledo.
The narrow escape: Minnesota over Nebraska.
The defense that got exposed: LSU.
The coach with the most to prove: Indiana’s Tom Allen.
The dangerous Group of Five team: Tulane.
Cool in the clutch: North Carolina’s Drake Maye.
Give that coach a raise: Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea.
Man, they’re good: Notre Dame.
Wow, they’re bad: West Virginia.
