Weekly Analysis 2024: post week one superlatives
The best game: USC over LSU.
The coach I wish I was: Georgia’s Kirby Smart.
The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Florida State’s Mike Norvell.
The team that impressed: Notre Dame.
The defensive slugfest: North Carolina over Minnesota.
The offensive shootout: Boise State over Georgia Southern.
The team that disappointed: Texas A&M.
The Heisman favorite: Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders.
The best conference: Big Ten.
The worst conference: ACC.
The best team: Georgia.
The underrated coach: Boston College Bill O’Brien.
The overrated coach: Clemson’s Dabo Swinney.
The underrated player: Utah’s Cam Rising.
The breakout performance: Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan’s 304 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
The biggest upset: Vanderbilt over Virginia Tech.
The upset no one saw coming: UNLV over Houston.
The team that wants to hit the reset button: West Virginia.
The blowout everyone predicted: Texas over Colorado State.
The underrated team: Oklahoma State.
The overrated team: LSU.
The feel-good story: Nebraska winning opener for first time since 2019.
The horror show: Florida’s blowout loss to Miami at the Swamp.
The must-see game in week 2: Michigan vs. Texas.
The team nobody’s talking about: Georgia Tech.
The team with an elite offense: Tennessee.
The team with an elite defense: Iowa.
The team that was desperate for a win: Nebraska.
The surprising blowout: Penn State over West Virginia.
The surprising close game: Oregon over Idaho.
The best comeback game: NC State over Western Carolina.
The narrow escape: South Carolina over Old Dominion.
The defense that got exposed: LSU.
The coach with the most to prove: Florida’s Billy Napier.
The dangerous Group of Five team: UNLV.
Cool in the clutch: USC’s quarterback Miller Moss.
Give that coach a raise: Kansas State’s Chris Klieman.
Man, they’re good: Alabama.
Wow, they’re bad: Florida State.
