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The Envelope, Please: Week Four Awards

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Every week, I’ll scan the nation and hand out awards. Without further ado … the envelope, please.

GAMES

Play this again: No. 21 Michigan 30, Nebraska 27

Never play this again: No. 20 Vanderbilt 70, Georgia State 21

What? Maryland 27, Wisconsin 10

Huh? No. 17 Texas Tech 34, No. 16 Utah 10

Are you kidding me? Tulsa 19, Oklahoma State 12

Oh. My. God: No. 19 Indiana 63, No. 9 Illinois 10

Told you so: No. 11 Oklahoma 24, No. 22 Auburn 17

COACHES

Wish I was him: Curt Cignetti, Indiana

Glad I’m not him: Luke Fickell, Wisconsin

Lucky guy: Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State

Poor guy: Billy Napier, Florida

Desperately seeking a P.R. man: Eli Drinkwitz, Missouri

Desperately seeking sunglasses and a fake beard: Dabo Swinney, Clemson

Desperately seeking … anything: Bill Belichick, North Carolina

TEAMS

Thought you’d kick butt, you did: Notre Dame

Thought you’d kick butt, you didn’t: Utah

Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you did: Washington State

Thought you’d get your butt kicked, you didn’t: Syracuse

Dang, they’re good: USC

Dang, they’re bad: Stanford

Did the season start? Arkansas

Can the season never end? Oklahoma

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