KUsports.com staff’s Week 11 college football picks
The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 11 of the college football season.
Week 11 games
Baylor at Kansas
Texas A&M at Kansas State
Texas at Missouri
Nebraska at Penn State
Michigan at Illinois
Oregon at Stanford
Off-the-wall question: What is your favorite movie speech/monologue?
Matt Tait (39-15 overall, 3-3 in Week 10)
Baylor 59, Kansas 20
Kansas State 30, Texas A&M 28
Texas 38, Missouri 30
Nebraska 31, Penn State 19
Illinois 33, Michigan 24
Stanford 39, Oregon 35
Question: I’ve always loved the president’s speech from the movie “Independence Day.” Maybe it’s because I saw the flick on the 4th of July that year and that got me particularly pumped up.
Tom Keegan (33-21 overall, 3-3 in Week 10)
Baylor 44, Kansas 31
Kansas State 24, Texas A&M 21
Texas 35, Missouri 31
Nebraska 35, Penn State 24
Michigan 28, Illiniois 27
Stanford 38, Oregon 35
Question:Alec Baldwin’s evil rant in Glengarry Glen Ross. (Warning: Video link has explicit language).
Eric Sorrentino (31-23 overall, 3-3 in Week 10)
Baylor 42, Kansas 20
Kansas State 35, Texas A&M 28
Texas 30, Missouri 27
Penn State 20, Nebraska 17
Michigan 24, Illinois 14
Stanford 49, Oregon 35
Question: In honor of the Marine Corps birthday from Thursday and Veterans Day today, I’m going with Jack Nicholson’s epic speech in A Few Good Men. “You want me on that wall. You need me on that wall.” (Warning: Video clip on left has explicit language at the end.)
Gary Bedore (30-24 overall, 2-4 in Week 10)
Baylor 51, Kansas 20
Texas A&M 31, Kansas State 24
Missouri 35, Texas 29
Penn State 22, Nebraska 21
Michigan 35, Illinois 22
Stanford 41, Oregon 30
Question:Chevy Chase in Car in the original Vacation telling the family they are going to Wally World and not turning around and driving back to Chicago. (Warning: Video link has explicit language.)
Jesse Newell (29-25 overall, 3-3 in Week 10)
Baylor 56, Kansas 21
Texas A&M 35, Kansas State 28
Missouri 31, Texas 27
Penn State 24, Nebraska 21
Michigan 30, Illinois 20
Stanford 45, Oregon 42
Question: Terence Mann’s “People will come” speech in Field of Dreams.