Weekly Analysis 2024: post week seven superlatives

The best game: Oregon over Ohio State.

The coach I wish I was: Texas’ Steve Sarkisian.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: UCLA’s Deshaun Foster.

The team that impressed: Iowa State.

The defensive slugfest: Pittsburgh over California.

The offensive shootout: Illinois over Purdue.

The team that disappointed: Ohio State.

The Heisman favorite: Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty.

The best conference: SEC.

The worst conference: ACC.

The best team: Texas.

The underrated coach: Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea.

The overrated coach: Oklahoma’s Brent Venables.

The underrated player: Iowa’s running back Kaleb Johnson.

The breakout performance: Kansas State’s Avery Johnson three total touchdowns.

The biggest upset: Arizona State over No. 16 Utah.

The upset no one saw coming: LSU over Ole Miss.

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

The blowout everyone predicted: Missouri over Massachusetts.

The underrated team: BYU.

The overrated team: Alabama.

The feel-good story: Pittsburgh’s 6-0 start.

The horror show: USC losing three of its’ last four games.

The must-see game in week 8: Georgia at Texas.

The team nobody’s talking about: Pittsburgh.

The team with an elite offense: Texas.

The team with an elite defense: Tennessee.

The team that was desperate for a win: Iowa.

The surprising blowout: Iowa over Washington.

The surprising close game: Louisville over Virginia.

The best comeback game: Penn State over USC.

The narrow escape: Alabama over South Carolina.

The defense that got exposed: Ohio State.

The coach with the most to prove: Oklahoma’s Brent Venables.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Army.

Cool in the clutch: Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel.

Give that coach a raise: BYU’s Kalani Sitake.

Man, they’re good: Georgia.

Wow, they’re bad: UCLA.