October 29, 2024
College Football 2024: post week nine superlatives

The best game: Kansas State over Kansas.

The coach I wish I was: Indiana’s Curt Cignetti.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Florida State’s Mike Norvell.

The team that impressed: Oregon.

The defensive slugfest: Houston over Utah.

The offensive shootout: Baylor over Oklahoma State.

The team that disappointed: LSU.

The Heisman favorite: Miami’s Cam Ward.

The best conference: SEC.

The worst conference: Big 12.

The best team: Oregon.

The underrated coach: BYU’s Kalani Sitake.

The overrated coach: Wisconsin’s Luke Fickell.

The underrated player: Kansas State’s DJ Giddens.

The breakout performance: Iowa backup quarterback Brendan Sullivan’s 120 total yards and a touchdown.

The biggest upset: Texas A&M over LSU.

The upset no one saw coming: Baylor over Oklahoma State.

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

The blowout everyone predicted: Iowa over Northwestern.

The underrated team: Minnesota.

The overrated team: Missouri.

The feel-good story: Coach Prime and Colorado reaching bowl eligibility.

The horror show: Oklahoma State winless in Big 12 play.

The must-see game in week 10: Ohio State at Penn State.

The team nobody’s talking about: Pittsburgh.

The team with an elite offense: Oregon.

The team with an elite defense: Penn State.

The team that was desperate for a win: West Virginia.

The surprising blowout: Alabama over Missouri.

The surprising close game: Ohio State over Nebraska.

The best comeback game: TCU over Texas Tech.

The narrow escape: Texas over Vanderbilt.

The defense that got exposed: Ohio State.

The coach with the most to prove: Virginia’s Tony Elliott.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Army.

Cool in the clutch: Kansas State’s Avery Johnson.

Give that coach a raise: Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea.

Man, they’re good: Notre Dame.

Wow, they’re bad: Northwestern.

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