Weekly Analysis 2023: post week 10 superlatives
The best game: Texas over Kansas State.
The coach I wish I was: Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy.
The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Purdue’s Ryan Walters.
The team that impressed: Georgia.
The defensive slugfest: Iowa over Northwestern.
The offensive shootout: Washington over USC.
The team that disappointed: Nebraska.
The Heisman favorite: Washington’s Michael Penix Jr.
The best conference: Pac-12.
The worst conference: Big 12.
The best team: Michigan.
The underrated coach: Arizona’s Jedd Fisch.
The overrated coach: Oklahoma’s Brent Venables.
The underrated player: Alabama’s Jalen Milroe.
The breakout performance: Washington’s Dillon Johnson’s 256 rushing yards and four touchdowns.
The biggest upset: Clemson over Notre Dame.
The upset no one saw coming: Indiana over Wisconsin.
The team that wants to hit the reset button: TCU.
The blowout everyone predicted: North Carolina over Campbell.
The underrated team: Oklahoma State.
The overrated team: USC.
The feel-good story: Mike Gundy winning the last scheduled Bedlam series.
The horror show: USC’s defense surrendering 52 points and 572 yards.
The must-see game in week 11: Michigan vs. Penn State.
The team nobody’s talking about: Kansas.
The team with an elite offense: Alabama.
The team with an elite defense: Iowa.
The team that was desperate for a win: Michigan State.
The surprising blowout: Penn State over Maryland.
The surprising close game: Oregon State over Colorado.
The best comeback game: Houston over Baylor.
The narrow escape: Stanford over Washington State.
The defense that got exposed: UCLA.
The coach with the most to prove: Baylor’s Dave Aranda.
The dangerous Group of Five team: James Madison.
Cool in the clutch: Texas’ Maalik Murphy.
Give that coach a raise: Duke’s Mike Elko.
Man, they’re good: Georgia.
Wow, they’re bad: Arizona State.
