KUsports.com staff’s Week 8 college football picks

KUsports.com staff picks.

The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 8 of the college football season.

Week 8 games

Kansas at Oklahoma

Kansas State at West Virginia

Baylor at Texas

Texas Tech at TCU

South Carolina at Florida

LSU at Texas A&M

Off-the-wall question: What is the worst movie you’ve seen?

Associate sports editor Drew Hartsock (25-11 overall, 4-2 in Week 7)

Oklahoma 65, Kansas 14

Kansas State 31, West Virginia 28

Texas 35, Baylor 3

TCU 44, Texas Tech 38

Florida 28, South Carolina 21

LSU 31, Texas A&M 3

Question: “Night of the Creeps.” I highly recommend it.

High school beat reporter Benton Smith (24-12 overall, 3-3 in Week 7)

Oklahoma 41, Kansas 14

West Virginia 35, Kansas State 34

Texas 45, Baylor 31

Texas Tech 27, TCU 23

South Carolina 27, Florida 23

LSU 30, Texas A&M 17

Question: “Johnny Mnemonic.” My dad, brother and I went to see it because we were bored and all three of us fell asleep.

KU football beat writer Matt Tait (24-12 overall, 3-3 in Week 7)

Oklahoma 38, Kansas 21

Kansas State 45, West Virginia 40

Texas 34, Baylor 28

Texas Tech 39, TCU 31

South Carolina 24, Florida 20

LSU 31, Texas A&M 21

Question: Much like many years ago, when I finally nailed down a favorite Beatles song because I got tired of not being able to settle on one every time someone asked me, I recently made sure to pinpoint the worst movie I’d ever seen. It wasn’t hard. Thanks to some down time last July at the Westin in Dallas for Big 12 media days, I now can say with certainty that “Psychosis,” starring Charisma Carpenter and directed by Reg Traviss, is the answer to this question. And it’s not close.

Sports copy editor Chris Cottrell (24-12 overall, 4-2 in Week 7)

Oklahoma 42, Kansas 10

Kansas State 24, West Virginia 21

Texas 30, Baylor 21

Texas Tech 23, TCU 22

Florida 27, South Carolina 21

LSU 31, Texas A&M 17

Question: “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” (It’s so bad, it’s good).

KU men’s basketball beat writer Gary Bedore (23-13 overall, 4-2 in Week 7)

Oklahoma 49, Kansas 17

West Virginia 31, Kansas State 20

Texas 24, Baylor 17

TCU 24, Texas Tech 20

Florida 30, South Carolina 22

LSU 44, Texas A&M 38

Question: Tie: “2001 A Space Odyssey” (unbelievably boring) and Adam Sandler’s “Grown Ups” (just awful).

KUsports.com online editor Jesse Newell (22-14 overall, 3-3 in Week 7)

Oklahoma 49, Kansas 7

Kansas State 42, West Virginia 28

Texas 49, Baylor 35

Texas Tech 45, TCU 28

Florida 24, South Carolina 14

Texas A&M 28, LSU 24

Question: “Dawn of the Dead.” I still remember saying, “That’s the worst movie I’ve ever seen” within minutes of watching it.

Sports copy editor Nick Gerik (22-14 overall, 2-4 in Week 7)

Oklahoma 35, Kansas 17

Kansas State 33, West Virginia 30

Texas 45, Baylor 30

Texas Tech 28, TCU 14

South Carolina 23, Florida 20

Texas A&M 25, LSU 23

Question: I thought the Steve Martin remake of “The Pink Panther” was just painful.

Sports editor Tom Keegan (21-15 overall, 3-3 in Week 7)

Oklahoma 42, Kansas 14

West Virginia 42, Kansas State 28

Texas 41, Baylor 38

TCU 31, Texas Tech 28

South Carolina 31, Florida 30

LSU 28, Texas A&M 14

Question: “French Lieutenant’s Woman.” Fell asleep, snored, got elbowed in the ribs.