Weekly Analysis 2024: post week 10 superlatives
The best game: Ohio State over Penn State.
The coach I wish I was: Oregon’s Dan Lanning.
The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Nebraska’s Matt Rhule.
The team that impressed: Georgia.
The defensive slugfest: Vanderbilt over Auburn.
The offensive shootout: Baylor over TCU.
The team that disappointed: Clemson.
The Heisman favorite: Miami’s Cam Ward.
The best conference: SEC.
The worst conference: Big 12.
The best team: Oregon.
The underrated coach: Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck.
The overrated coach: Penn State’s James Franklin.
The underrated player: Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson.
The breakout performance: Miami quarterback Cam Ward’s five touchdown passes.
The biggest upset: Texas Tech over No. 11 Iowa State.
The upset no one saw coming: Houston over No. 17 Kansas State.
The team that wants to hit the reset button: USC.
The blowout everyone predicted: Oklahoma over Maine.
The underrated team: Vanderbilt.
The overrated team: Texas A&M.
The feel-good story: Vanderbilt reaching bowl eligibility.
The horror show: Purdue and Oklahoma State winless in conference play approaching week 11.
The must-see game in week 11: Georgia at Ole Miss.
The team nobody’s talking about: SMU.
The team with an elite offense: Oregon.
The team with an elite defense: Indiana.
The team that was desperate for a win: Houston.
The surprising blowout: Iowa over Wisconsin.
The surprising close game: Tennessee over Kentucky.
The best comeback game: Houston over Kansas State.
The narrow escape: Minnesota over Illinois.
The defense that got exposed: Wisconsin.
The coach with the most to prove: Nebraska’s Matt Rhule.
The dangerous Group of Five team: Boise State.
Cool in the clutch: Ohio State’s quarterback Will Howard.
Give that coach a raise: Indiana’s Curt Cignetti.
Man, they’re good: Oregon.
Wow, they’re bad: Oklahoma State.
