KUsports.com staff’s Week 8 college football 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.