College Football Awards, Week 2 (2025) September 8, 2025

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COACHES
Wish I were him:  Brent Venables, Oklahoma

Glad I’m not him: Sharrone Moore, Michigan

Lucky guy: Jonathan Smith, Michigan State

Poor guy: Bill O’Brien, Boston College

Desperately seeking a wake-up call: Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State

Desperately seeking a P.R. man: Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State

Desperately seeking sunglasses and a fake beard: Billy Napier, Florida

Desperately seeking … anything:  Chris Klieman, Kansas State

TEAMS
Thought you’d kick butt, you did: Ohio State (defeated Grambling 70-0)

Thought you’d kick butt, you didn’t: LSU (defeated La. Tech 23-7)
Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you did: Oklahoma State (lost to No. 6 Oregon 69-3)

Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you didn’t:  Troy (lost to No. 8 Clemson 27-16)

Thought you wouldn’t kick butt, you did:  Rutgers (defeated Miami (OH) 45-17)  

Dang, they’re good: Oregon
Dang, they’re bad:  Marshall

Can’t Stand Prosperity:  Florida

Did the season start?  Arizona State
Can the season end?  Kansas State

Can the season never end? Oklahoma

GAMES
Play this again:  No. 18 Oklahoma 24, No. 15 Michigan 13

Play this again, too: Michigan State 42, Boston College 40, 2OT

Never play this again: No. 14 Florida State 77, East Texas A&M 3

What?  Missouri State 21, Marshall 20

Huh?  No. 18 Oklahoma 24, No. 15 Michigan 13

Are you kidding me??  Mississippi State 24, No. 12 Arizona State 20

Oh – my – God:  South Florida 18, No. 13 Florida 16

NEXT WEEK

rankings are current AP (week 3)
Ticket to die for:  No. 6 Georgia @ No. 15 Tennessee

Best non-Power Four vs. Power Four  matchup: Duke @ Tulane

Best non-Power Four matchup: Air Force @ Utah State

Upset alert: No. 18 South Florida @ No. 5 Miami (FL)

Must win: No. 16 Texas A&M @ No. 8 Notre Dame

Offensive explosion: Kansas @ Missouri

Defensive struggle: Florida @ No. 3 LSU

Great game no one is talking about: USC @ Purdue

Intriguing coaching matchup:  Luke Fickell of Wisconsin vs Kalen DeBoer of Alabama

Who’s bringing the body bags?  Villanova @ No. 2 Penn State

Why are they playing? UTEP @ No. 7 Texas

Plenty of good seats remaining: Murray State @ Georgia State

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?  UMass @ Iowa

Week 2 Thoughts:

Still too many “why are they playing?” matchups for today (why does Georgia need to play Austin Peay, or Penn State playing FIU, or Texas playing SJSU, or even Purdue playing Southern Illinois, to simply name a few games).  There are also fewer marquee matchups compared to the previous week.  Again, is this a holdover from earlier scheduling practices, which encouraged an undefeated season and thus a fear of loss of games?  Because the fans are hungry for top-ten matchups.  Last week delivered rather well, and we would hope to see more in future seasons.

That said, the Michigan @ Oklahoma game did not disappoint, neither did Arizona State @ Mississippi State, or BC @ Michigan State.  If you managed to stay up late enough, the UCLA @ UNLV game was competitive to the end as well.

On to next week, where more good matchups await.

Random Thoughts:

A home game against a cupcake like San Jose State should have been a tune-up game for Texas.  So why did Arch Manning complete his passes at only a 63 percent rate?  Plus, a team like the Longhorns to allow even one sack by a team like the Spartans should be considered anathema.  More work remains for the Burnt Orange crew.

The only reason the game for the Cy-Hawk trophy ended as closely as it did was because of avoidable mistakes committed by the victors.  Sooner or later, a team that make fewer mistakes shall come along to play Iowa, and when they do, expect a humiliating defeat for the Hawkeyes and a possible end to the Kirk Ferentz era.

Keep an eye out for Illinois.  They are currently ranked No. 9, and defeated a well-coached Duke team, 45-19.  Both Ohio State and Indiana are on their intermediate horizon, meaning two more great games await us fans.

First South Florida annihilated Boise State at home.  Now they upset Florida in the Swamp.  Could they make a credible run for the playoffs at this rate?

Nice win for Michigan State, but those black-and-white unis where dreck.  What’s wrong with wearing grean, which, last I checked, was one of MSU’s colors?