Weekly Analysis 2023: post week two superlatives
The best game: Oregon over Texas Tech.
The coach I wish I was: Texas’ Steve Sarkisian.
The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher.
The team that impressed: Notre Dame.
The defensive slugfest: Iowa over Iowa State.
The offensive shootout: North Carolina over Appalachian State.
The team that disappointed: Wisconsin.
The Heisman favorite: USC’s Caleb Williams.
The best conference: Pac-12.
The worst conference: Big 12.
The best team: Georgia.
The underrated coach: Kansas State’s Chris Klieman.
The overrated coach: Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell.
The underrated player: Kansas State’s Will Howard.
The breakout performance: Texas’ Quinn Ewers 349 passing yards and three touchdowns.
The biggest upset: Washington State over Wisconsin.
The upset no one saw coming: Miami over Texas A&M.
The team that wants to hit the reset button: Nebraska.
The blowout everyone predicted: Florida State over Southern Miss.
The underrated team: Arkansas.
The overrated team: Alabama.
The feel-good story: Northwestern snapping a 12-game losing streak.
The horror show: Nebraska’s offense.
The must-see game in week three: Washington at Michigan State.
The team nobody’s talking about: Miami.
The team with an elite offense: USC.
The team with an elite defense: Iowa.
The team that was desperate for a win: Hawaii.
The surprising blowout: USC over Stanford.
The surprising close game: Oklahoma over SMU.
The best comeback game: Missouri over Middle Tennessee.
The narrow escape: Mississippi State over Arizona.
The defense that got exposed: Alabama.
The coach with the most to prove: Virginia’s Tony Elliott.
The dangerous Group of Five team: Western Kentucky.
Cool in the clutch: Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders.
Give that coach a raise: Utah’s Kyle Whittingham.
Man, they’re good: Florida State.
Wow, they’re bad: Baylor.
