Is this the week KU finally gets in the win column?

Kansas closes its 2015 football season with back-to-back home games at Memorial Stadium. And for the first time since the non-conference portion of the schedule, people seem to think the Jayhawks might be able to get first-year head coach David Beaty his first career victory.

In fact, out of our KUsports.com staff pickers is going out on a limb to predict a KU victory against West Virginia on Saturday.

Is this the week Kansas and Beaty finally remove that zero from the 2015 win column? Let us know in the comments section below.

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WEEK 12 MATCHUPS

Michigan State at Ohio State

Baylor at Oklahoma State

TCU at Oklahoma

Michigan at Penn State

Iowa State at Kansas State

West Virginia at Kansas

Picker Michigan St.
at Ohio St.		 Baylor
at Oklahoma St.		 TCU
at Oklahoma		 Michigan
at Penn St.		 Iowa St.
at Kansas St.		 West Virginia
at Kansas
Tom
Keegan		 Ohio St.,
28-20		 Baylor,
35-28		 Oklahoma,
48-21		 Michigan,
28-20		 Kansas St.,
31-28		 West Virginia,
38-21
Matt
Tait		 Ohio St.,
27-21		 Oklahoma St.,
38-28		 Oklahoma,
45-30		 Michigan,
31-27		 Iowa St.,
33-31		 West Virginia,
35-13
Scott
Stanford		 Michigan St.,
21-17		 Baylor,
63-35		 Oklahoma,
31-17		 Michigan,
10-6		 Iowa St.,
24-17		 West Virginia,
31-21
Andrew
Hartsock		 Ohio St.,
37-31		 Oklahoma St.,
29-23		 Oklahoma,
19-17		 Michigan,
13-11		 Kansas St.,
7-5		 West Virginia,
3-2
Gary
Bedore		 Ohio St.,
31-17		 Baylor,
27-20		 Oklahoma,
35-30		 Michigan,
21-14		 Kansas St.,
31-20		 Kansas,
23-21
Chris
Cottrell		 Ohio St.,
18-12		 Oklahoma St.,
43-42		 Oklahoma,
28-24		 Michigan,
28-27		 Kansas St.,
30-20		 West Virginia,
35-21
Benton
Smith		 Michigan St.,
23-20		 Baylor,
49-45		 Oklahoma,
30-24		 Michigan,
27-20		 Kansas St.,
34-30		 West Virginia,
41-24
Bobby
Nightengale		 Ohio St.,
37-21		 Baylor,
44-41		 Oklahoma,
47-38		 Michigan,
17-0		 Iowa St.,
30-24		 West Virginia,
31-21
Chris
Duderstadt		 Ohio St.,
31-28		 Oklahoma St.,
45-42		 Oklahoma,
42-24		 Michigan,
28-21		 Kansas St.,
28-27		 West Virginia,
35-17
Kurt
Gatson		 Ohio St.,
35-21		 Oklahoma St.,
40-38		 Oklahoma,
35-17		 Michigan,
21-18		 Kansas St.,
30-24		 West Virginia,
49-21

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Peyton Manning became the NFL’s all-time leading passer this past week. Manning was a star at Tennessee, where he first showed his pro potential. In your time watching college football, who is your favorite QB you’ve ever watched?


Last week: 6-0 | Season: 50-16

Former Kentucky QB Jared “Hefty Lefty”
Lorenzen.


Last week: 5-1 | Season: 50-16

Slingin’ Sammy Baugh.


Last week: 4-2 | Season: 49-17

I would say Nolan Cromwell. One year
KU was undefeated and ranked in the
top ten in the country. Cromwell
unfortunately got hurt and KU lost I
believe the rest of its games. He was
that important to the team. He was
that good.


Last week: 4-2 | Season: 48-18

As great as it was to watch Joe
Theismann at Notre Dame and Johnny
Manziel at Texas A&M, they are bronze
medalists. The favorite college
quarterback I ever watched was Todd
Reesing.


Last week: 4-2 | 47-19

Johnny Manziel.


Last week: 6-0 | Season: 46-20

I only saw him play baseball, but I
was amazed by the guy ahead of Peyton
Manning on the UT depth chart
Manning’s true-freshman year: Todd
Helton. Three weeks into his career as
the Vols’ starting QB, Helton hurt his
knee and yielded to Manning. Helton
went on to become a pretty fair
baseball player. If I have to go with
a real QB, I’d say Nebraska’s Tommie
Frazier.


Last week: 4-2 | Season: 46-20

John Hadl, Bobby Douglass, David
Jaynes, Nolan Cromwell.


Last week: 5-1 | Season: 44-22

Without question the answer for me is
former Colorado quarterback Kordell
Stewart. Those CU teams, with Rashaun
Salaam and Michael Westbrook, were
incredible, and watching Kordell run
the option — not to mention throw the
Hail Mary that beat Michigan — is one
of my favorite childhood sports
memories.


Last week: 4-2 | Season: 41-25

My favorite college QB has to be
Johnny Manziel from Texas A&M. I think
he’s the only college player that I
made appointment viewing for, whether
he was playing Alabama or Sam Houston
State. However, my favorite college QB
growing up was Joey Harrington at
Oregon. I still can’t believe he
didn’t pan out in the NFL.


Last week: 5-1 | Season: 39-27

I’ll go with former Clemson QB Woody
Dantzler. That guy was electric. He
could beat you with his arm or his
feet in a wide-open offense before
those kind of attacks became so
popular. Dantzler’s senior year, in
2001, he threw for 2,360 yards and
rushed for 1,004 yards. And had 27
total TDs.