KUsports.com staff’s Week 3 college football picks
The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 3 of the college football season.
Week 3 games
TCU at Kansas
Florida at Tennessee
Arizona State at Missouri
Notre Dame at Michigan State
Northern Illinois at Army
Navy at Penn State
Off-the-Wall Question: What’s something not many people know about you?
Sports editor Tom Keegan (9-3 overall, 3-3 last week)
TCU 41, Kansas 14
Tennessee 24, Florida 21
Missouri 35, Arizona State 28
Michigan State 24, Notre Dame 21
Northern Illinois 28, Army 24
Navy 28, Penn State 27
Question: I weighed 135 pounds when I graduated high school.
Sports copy editor Nick Gerik (9-3 overall, 3-3 last week)
TCU 44, Kansas 14
Tennessee 21, Florida 20
Missouri 36, Arizona State 28
Michigan State 27, Notre Dame 19
Northern Illinois 23, Army 17
Navy 20, Penn State 14
Question: If I hadn’t studied journalism in college, I would have pursued some sort of graphic design degree in a heartbeat.
KU football beat writer Matt Tait (8-4 overall, 4-2 last week)
TCU 41, Kansas 21
Tennessee 27, Florida 23
Missouri 35, Arizona State 20
Michigan State 26, Notre Dame 21
Northern Illinois 30, Army 19
Penn State 33, Navy 23
Question: I love to play guitar and have written and recorded about a dozen songs.
Associate sports editor Drew Hartsock (8-4 overall, 2-4 last week)
TCU 70, Kansas 14
Florida 38, Tennessee 35
Missouri 45, Arizona State 42
Michigan State 28, Notre Dame 3
Northern Illinois 42, Army 38
Penn State 55, Navy 48
Question: I know which came first, the chicken or the egg.
Sports copy editor Chris Cottrell (7-5 overall, 2-4 last week)
TCU 49, Kansas 10
Tennessee 27, Florida 24
Missouri 30, Arizona State 24
Michigan State 33, Notre Dame 27
Northern Illinois 22, Army 21
Penn State 28, Navy 21
Question: I hold the record, in all probability, for most golf holes played without a hole-in-one.
High school beat reporter Benton Smith (7-5 overall, 3-3 last week)
TCU 42, Kansas 20
Florida 27, Tennessee 23
Missouri 33, Arizona State 28
Michigan State 24, Notre Dame 16
Northern Illinois 27, Army 20
Penn State 19, Navy 17
Question: I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 pairs of sneakers in my closet — mostly Nikes and Jordans; adidas a distant third.
KUsports.com online editor Jesse Newell (7-5 overall, 3-3 last week)
TCU 49, Kansas 24
Tennessee 27, Florida 21
Missouri 49, Arizona State 28
Notre Dame 24, Michigan State 21
Northern Illinois 35, Army 20
Penn State 28, Navy 14
Question: In middle school, I was in Emporia State’s performance of “Camelot.” As Sir Tom or Warwick, I wore green tights, and at the end of the play, I ran through the audience to the back of the theater as King Arthur yelled, “Run, boy! Run!”
KU men’s basketball beat writer Gary Bedore (6-6 overall, 2-4 last week)
TCU 48, Kansas 6
Tenn. 27, Florida 21
Missouri 47, Arizona State 22
Michigan State 35, Notre Dame 21
Northern Illinois 24, Army 21
Penn State 28, Navy 22
Question: My great uncle, Fred Bedore, played minor league baseball and was a .300 hitter at that level, but never made the big leagues. In those days the big league team had to buy the contract of the AAA player and a deal couldn’t get worked out.