Weekly Analysis 2024: post week eight superlatives

The best game: Tennessee over Alabama.

The coach I wish I was: Oregon’s Dan Lanning.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Purdue’s Ryan Walters.

The team that impressed: Indiana.

The defensive slugfest: Duke over Florida State.

The offensive shootout: Miami over Louisville.

The team that disappointed: Nebraska.

The Heisman favorite: Oklahoma’s Dillon Gabriel.

The best conference: Big Ten.

The worst conference: Big 12.

The best team: Georgia.

The underrated coach: Texas A&M’s Mike Elko.

The overrated coach: USC’s Lincoln Riley.

The underrated player: Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer.

The breakout performance: Miami’s Cam Ward 319 passing yards, and four touchdown tosses.

The biggest upset: Maryland over USC.

The upset no one saw coming: Baylor over Texas Tech.

The team that wants to hit the reset button: Utah.

The blowout everyone predicted: Oregon over Purdue.

The underrated team: Illinois.

The overrated team: Michigan.

The feel-good story: UCLA’s first Big Ten win of the season.

The horror show: Nebraska’s 49-point loss at Indiana.

The must-see game in week 9: Notre Dame vs. Navy.

The team nobody’s talking about: Clemson.

The team with an elite offense: Miami.

The team with an elite defense: Georgia.

The team that was desperate for a win: Kansas.

The surprising blowout: South Carolina over Oklahoma.

The surprising close game: Missouri over Auburn.

The best comeback game: Iowa State over UCF.

The narrow escape: Tennessee over Alabama.

The defense that got exposed: Texas.

The coach with the most to prove: Michigan’s Sherrone Moore.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Navy.

Cool in the clutch: Missouri’s Brady Cook.

Give that coach a raise: Colorado’s Coach Prime.

Man, they’re good: LSU.

Wow, they’re bad: Houston.