Weekly Analysis 2024: post week 14 superlatives
The best game: Georgia over Georgia Tech.
The coach I wish I was: Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman.
The coach I wouldn’t want to be: Purdue’s Ryan Walters.
The team that impressed: Tennessee.
The defensive slugfest: Iowa over Nebraska.
The offensive shootout: NC State over North Carolina.
The team that disappointed: Ohio State.
The Heisman favorite: Colorado’s Travis Hunter.
The best conference: Big Ten.
The worst conference: Big 12.
The best team: Oregon.
The underrated coach: Duke’s Manny Diaz.
The overrated coach: Ohio State’s Ryan Day.
The underrated player: South Carolina’s quarterback LaNorris Sanders.
The breakout performance: Colorado Travis Hunter’s three touchdown catches, and an interception.
The biggest upset: Michigan over No. 2 Ohio State.
The upset no one saw coming: Syracuse over No. 6 Miami.
The team that wants to hit the reset button: Stanford.
The blowout everyone predicted: Indiana over Purdue.
The underrated team: Florida
The overrated team: Texas A&M.
The feel-good story: Iowa State’s first-ever 10-win campaign.
The horror show: Purdue and Oklahoma State finishing winless in conference play.
The must-see game in week 15: Oregon vs. Penn State for the Big Ten Championship.
The team nobody’s talking about: Syracuse.
The team with an elite offense: Oregon.
The team with an elite defense: SMU.
The team that was desperate for a win: NC State.
The surprising blowout: Arizona State over Arizona.
The surprising close game: Ole Miss over Mississippi State.
The best comeback game: Iowa over Nebraska.
The narrow escape: South Carolina over Clemson.
The defense that got exposed: Georgia.
The coach with the most to prove: Nebraska’s Matt Rhule.
The dangerous Group of Five team: UNLV.
Cool in the clutch: Syracuse’s quarterback Kyle McCord.
Give that coach a raise: Baylor’s Dave Aranda.
Man, they’re good: Penn State.
Wow, they’re bad: Northwestern.
