Weekly Analysis 2023: post week three superlatives
The best game: Colorado over Colorado State.
The coach I wish I was: Coach Prime.
The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Indiana’s Tom Allen.
The team that impressed: LSU.
The defensive slugfest: West Virginia over Pittsburgh.
The offensive shootout: North Texas over Louisiana Tech.
The team that disappointed: Kansas State.
The Heisman favorite: Notre Dame’s Sam Hartman.
The best conference: Pac-12.
The worst conference: Big 12.
The best team: Michigan.
The underrated coach: Oregon State’s Jonathan Smith.
The overrated coach: Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy.
The underrated player: Washington State’s Cam Ward.
The breakout performance: LSU’s Jayden Daniels 425 yards of total offense.
The biggest upset: Florida over Tennessee.
The upset no one saw coming: South Alabama over Oklahoma State.
The team that wants to hit the reset button: Illinois.
The blowout everyone predicted: Oregon over Hawaii.
The underrated team: Syracuse.
The overrated team: Alabama.
The feel-good story: Matt Rhule’s first win at Nebraska.
The horror show: Vanderbilt losing to UNLV.
The must-see game in week four: Ohio State at Notre Dame.
The team nobody’s talking about: UCF.
The team with an elite offense: Ole Miss.
The team with an elite defense: Texas.
The team that was desperate for a win: Nebraska.
The surprising blowout: Washington over Michigan State.
The surprising close game: Alabama over South Florida.
The best comeback game: Wake Forest over Old Dominion.
The narrow escape: Missouri over Kansas State.
The defense that got exposed: Minnesota.
The coach with the most to prove: Iowa State’s Matt Campbell.
The dangerous Group of Five team: Fresno State.
Cool in the clutch: Louisville’s Jack Plummer.
Give that coach a raise: Kansas’ Lance Leipold.
Man, they’re good: Washington.
Wow, they’re bad: Virginia Tech.
