Weekly Analysis 2024: post week 13 superlatives
The best game: Penn State over Minnesota.
The coach I wish I was: Ohio State’s Ryan Day.
The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell.
The team that impressed: Notre Dame.
The defensive slugfest: Baylor over Houston.
The offensive shootout: Oregon State over Washington State.
The team that disappointed: Indiana.
The Heisman favorite: Colorado’s Travis Hunter.
The best conference: Big Ten.
The worst conference: ACC.
The best team: Oregon.
The underrated coach: Baylor’s Dave Aranda.
The overrated coach: Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer.
The underrated player: USC quarterback Jayden Maiava.
The breakout performance: Kansas running back Devin Neal 207 rush yards and four touchdowns.
The biggest upset: Oklahoma over No. 7 Alabama.
The upset no one saw coming: Florida over No. 9 Ole Miss.
The team that wants to hit the reset button: Utah.
The blowout everyone predicted: Tennessee over UTEP.
The underrated team: Kansas.
The overrated team: BYU.
The feel-good story: Nebraska becoming bowl eligible for first time since 2016.
The horror show: Purdue and Oklahoma State winless in league play.
The must-see game in week 14: Texas at Texas A&M.
The team nobody’s talking about: Duke.
The team with an elite offense: Texas.
The team with an elite defense: Ohio State.
The team that was desperate for a win: Nebraska.
The surprising blowout: Ohio State over Indiana.
The surprising close game: Penn State over Minnesota.
The best comeback game: Illinois over Rutgers.
The narrow escape: USC over UCLA.
The defense that got exposed: Indiana.
The coach with the most to prove: Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell.
The dangerous Group of Five team: Boise State.
Cool in the clutch: Penn State’s quarterback Drew Allar.
Give that coach a raise: Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham.
Man, they’re good: Texas.
Wow, they’re bad: UCF.
