College Football Week 7 Awards October 20, 2015

Just when we all had left Michigan State for dead, the most consequential blocked punt in recent memory happened. The Wolverine’s punter never had a chance, but bully for the Spartan returner! Photo by Dale G. Young, AP

(Note:  All rankings are current AP [week 7] unless otherwise noted.)

COACHES Wish I were him: Les Miles, LSU

Glad I’m not him: Jim Mora, UCLA

Lucky guy: Mark Dantonio, Michigan State

Poor guy: Jim Harbaugh, Michigan

Desperately seeking a wake-up call: Mark Richt, Georgia

Desperately seeking a P.R. man: Tom Herman, Houston

Desperately seeking sunglasses and a fake beard: Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss

Desperately seeking … anything:  George O’Leary, UCF

TEAMS Thought you’d kick butt, you did: Western Kentucky (defeated North Texas 55-28)

Thought you’d kick butt, you didn’t: TCU (defeated Iowa State 45-21)

Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you did: Eastern Michigan (lost to No. 22 Toledo 63-20)

Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you didn’t:  Iowa State (lost to No. 3 TCU 45-21)

Thought you wouldn’t kick butt, you did:  Bowling Green (defeated Akron 59-10)

Dang, they’re good: Alabama

Dang, they’re bad:  Vanderbilt

Can’t Stand Prosperity:  Ole Miss

Did the season start? Auburn

Can the season end?  UCF

Can the season never end?  Memphis

GAMES Play this again:  No. 7 Michigan State 27, No. 12 Michigan 23

Play this again, too:  No. 6 LSU 35, No. 8 Florida 28

Never play this again: No. 19 Oklahoma 55, Kansas State 0

What? Nebraska 48, Minnesota 25

Huh?  Rutgers 55, Indiana 52, OT

Are you kidding me?  No. 10 Alabama 41, No. 9 Texas A&M 23

Oh – my – God:  Memphis 37, No. 13 Ole Miss 24

NEXT WEEK

(rankings are current AP (post-week 6, pre-week 7)

Ticket to die for:  Tennessee @ No. 8 Alabama

Also:  No. 15 Texas A&M @ No. 23 Ole Miss

Best non-Power Five vs. Power Five matchup: Western Kentucky @ No. 5 LSU

Best non-Power Five matchup: No. 22 Temple @ East Carolina

Upset alert: No. 23 Duke @ Virginia Tech

Must win: Kansas State @ Texas

Offensive explosion: No. 20 Cal @ UCLA

Defensive struggle: Missouri @ Vanderbilt

Great game no one is talking about:  Boston College @ Louisville

Intriguing coaching matchup:  Kliff Kingsbury of Texas Tech vs. Bob Stoops of Oklahoma

Who’s bringing the body bags? Kansas @ No. 14 Oklahoma State

Why are they playing? Wagner @ BYU

Plenty of good seats remaining: Troy @ New Mexico State

They shoot horses, don’t they?  Troy @ Mississippi State

Week 7 Take-aways:

Here are some quick, bottom-line thoughts.  Ohio State wore the weirdest, most out-of-the-ordinary uniforms in the history of their storied program when they took down Penn State. Check it out.  USC put up a great fight at Notre Dame, but sadly came up short.  LSU and Florida slugged it out for a great game Saturday evening in Death Valley.  Ironically, the go-ahead touchdown was scored by LSU’s kicker, a positive that he shall no doubt take to his grave, and deservedly so.  Meanwhile, Michigan State’s last-second win over Michigan – in the Big House, no less – will be one for the ages as well.  Auburn has their “Kick-Six,” so it will be interesting to see what sort of moniker will soon be attached to the Spartans’ blocking of Michigan’s punt attempt, then running it back for the go-ahead score as time expired.  Classic.