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.

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runningbeakers84 8 months, 1 week ago

I pray that all of the TCU vs KU predictions are wrong, but sadly, they may be close. Rock Chalk!

peter56321 8 months, 1 week ago

I'm trying to figure out if Gary thinks we score two field goals or miss the PAT. Both seem equally plausible.

Pbbut 8 months, 1 week ago

I have additional respect for Jesse. The fact that you did it is admirable. The fact that you admit it is an act of courage. Middle school can be defining years ........

texashawk10 8 months, 1 week ago

Come on Matt, you kept saying this was a game you thought KU would steal this one from TCU and you pick KU to lose by 20. Did last weeks game force you to rethink that one?

Matt Tait 8 months, 1 week ago

Fair question and the answer is yes. I said that all summer based largely on the fact that I believed KU would be riding a sweet wave of confidence heading into this week and the stadium would be full and rocking. As I type this, I don't think either of those things is true so that's why I'm picking TCU.

I do think KU will be competitive and look better than they have the past couple of weeks, but I think the recipe for the upset went out the window when Rice's field goal went through the uprights. Guess we'll see.

qringer 8 months, 1 week ago

Not even one of you thinks KU will win? Thank you for your vote of confidence.

jayhawkintx1973 8 months, 1 week ago

70 - 14? LOL. This isn't Turner Gill.

It will be a game where both teams score in the 30s.

Kansas 38 - TCU 35

70-14? You should probably quit any journalism job if you believe that.

inteldesign 8 months, 1 week ago

Sorry, No wonder you guys were 3-3 last week. I'm still taking KU. I mean we have the 11th-and-a-half man.

HotToddy69 8 months, 1 week ago

Matt, where can I listen to some of these tracks? Itunes?

Matt Tait 8 months, 1 week ago

Appreciate you asking... Nowhere as of yet. Haven't really thought about the iTunes thing, but I guess I could check into it. My dad was in a band (and still is) my entire life so he and some of his buddies helped me record them.

There's a few that are pretty decent, some that are pretty sappy and several others that will never see the light of day... Should've said "about a dozen songs — that I'd tell you about."

Because of my job and my love of sports, I often get painted into the "jock" category pretty quickly. But music is another passion of mine and I'm so thankful that I inherited the feel for it from my old man.

If any of the tracks ever land anywhere, I'll send ya a note.

kuwells 8 months, 1 week ago

Jesse: I didn't really need to know that.

texashawk10 8 months, 1 week ago

TCU 45 Kansas 10

TCU is one of the two best defenses KU will face this season and with KU's offense being one dimensional, that adds to the offense not looking very good unless Crist suddenly turns it on this week which I don't believe will happen. KU's defense, while improved, is still a bottom of the Big 12 defense. The only chance KU has at winning this game is for KU to be +2 or better in the turnover department and the offense has to capitalize on those turnovers with TD's and not FG's. If that doesn't happen, then TCU cruises to an easy win in their Big 12 debut.

Florida 14 Tennessee 27

Tennessee is going to be a contender in the SEC east this year while Florida's offense will continue to struggle to score enough points to hang with the better SEC offenses.

Arizona St. 35 Missouri 27

Admittedly biased pick, but ASU has looked very good so far this year and I do honestly think they can steal this one in Columbia from the kitties.

Notre Dame 27 Michigan St. 30

This should be another classic match up between these two teams and I like the home team late.

Northern Illinois 24 Army 28

Army's triple option is more than NIU can handle and the Black Knights squeak one out,

Navy 17 Penn St. 28

Penn St. should finally get on the board this year as long it doesn't come down to FG's.

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