The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 2 of the college football season.
Week 2 games
Rice at Kansas
Miami (Fla.) at Kansas State
Georgia at Missouri
Iowa State at Iowa
Florida at Texas A&M
Nebraska at UCLA
Off-the-wall question: What are three positive character traits that you don’t have?
Kansas 41, Rice 28
Kansas State 28, Miami 27
Georgia 20, Missouri 17
Iowa 24, Iowa State 21
Texas A&M 28, Florida 27
UCLA 31, Nebraska 24
Question: Disciplined, patient, trusting.
Kansas 21, Rice 17
Miami 35, Kansas State 28
Georgia 42, Missouri 28
Iowa 45, Iowa State 28
Florida 42, Texas A&M 35
Nebraska 21, UCLA 3
Question: Only three? Wittiness, charm, patience, to name just a few.
Kansas 35, Rice 26
Kansas State 27, Miami 24
Georgia 30, Missouri 17
Iowa State 19, Iowa 14
Texas A&M 24, Florida 21
Nebraska 33, UCLA 27
Question: Tact to convincingly feign interest in baseball; patience to pace myself when watching a new series on Netflix; self awareness to stop singing along to the stereo at signal lights
Kansas 24, Rice 17
Kansas State 24, Miami 21
Georgia 30, Missouri 21
Iowa 35, Iowa State 21
Texas A&M 24, Florida 23
Nebraska 31, UCLA 21
Question: Adaptability, loquaciousness, flexibility.
Kansas 40, Rice 27
Kansas State 33, Miami 24
Georgia 28, Missouri 24
Iowa State 27, Iowa 23
Florida 34, Texas A&M 19
Nebraska 35, UCLA 23
Question: Patience, Efficiency and Punctuality …
Kansas 28, Rice 24
Kansas State 37, Miami 36
Missouri 28, Georgia 17
Iowa 21, Iowa State 17
Florida 37, Texas A&M 31
Nebraska 26, UCLA 10
Question: Ability to cook, ability to fix plumbing, ability to catch fish.
Kansas 34, Rice 31
Miami 28, Kansas State 24
Georgia 30, Missouri 26
Iowa 23, Iowa State 20
Florida 30, Texas A&M 24
Nebraska 34, UCLA 27
Question: 1. The ability to thoroughly answer questions. 2. …
Kansas 34, Rice 21
Miami 24, Kansas State 21
Georgia 35, Missouri 20
Iowa 20, Iowa State 17
Florida 38, Texas A&M 28
Nebraska 21, UCLA 10
Question: Being organized, being brave (especially around mice) and being decisive.
The following are the Journal-World staffers’ picks for Week 2 of the college football season.
Week 2 games
Northern Illinois at Kansas
Missouri at Arizona State
BYU at Texas
Iowa at Iowa State
TCU at Air Force
Notre Dame at Michigan
Off-the-wall question: What was your favorite book as a child?
Matt Tait (5-1)
Kansas 38, Northern Illinois 33
Arizona State 27, Missouri 19
Texas 31, BYU 20
Iowa 30, Iowa State 21
TCU 33, Air Force 28
Notre Dame 24, Michigan 20
Question:Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak … Hands down.
Jesse Newell (4-2)
Northern Illinois 38, Kansas 24
Missouri 31, Arizona State 24
Texas 21, BYU 10
Iowa 24, Iowa State 20
TCU 35, Air Force 17
Notre Dame 27, Michigan 17
Question:The Monster at the end of this Book.
Eric Sorrentino (3-3)
Northern Illinois 27, Kansas 24
Arizona State 24, Missouri 21
Texas 30, BYU 20
Iowa 28, Iowa State 17
TCU 31, Air Force 21
Notre Dame 24, Michigan 21
Question:Goodnight Moon.
Tom Keegan (3-3)
Northern Illinois 28, Kansas 24
Missouri 28, Arizona State 24
Texas 24, BYU 20
Iowa 34, Iowa State 14
TCU 34, Air Force 24
Michigan 28, Notre Dame 27
Question:Great Expectations, Charles Dickens. I read it the summer between eighth grade and high school and fell in love with Estella.
Gary Bedore (3-3)
Northern Illinois 48, Kansas 42
Missouri 27, Arizona State 26
Texas 24, BYU 20
Iowa 41, Iowa State 20
Air Force 28, TCU 24
Notre Dame 22, Michigan 17
Question:Green Eggs and Ham.
The following are the Journal-World/6Sports staffers’ picks for Week 2 of the college football season.
Week 2 games
Georgia Tech at Kansas
Florida State at Oklahoma
Michigan at Notre Dame
Georgia at South Carolina
Hawaii at Army
BYU at Air Force
Off-the-wall question: What is your best karaoke song?
Kevin Romary
Georgia Tech 38-13
Oklahoma 28-17
Notre Dame 24-20
South Carolina 30-21
Hawaii 35-28
Air Force 21-17
Question: Humpty Dance, by Digital Underground
Gary Bedore
Georgia Tech 42-9
Oklahoma 35-14
Notre Dame 22-20
South Carolina 29-21
Army 21-17
BYU 37-15
Question: White Rabbit, by Jefferson Airplane (truthfully, none)
Jesse Newell
Georgia Tech 27-20
Oklahoma 27-24
Notre Dame 34-10
Georgia 35-31
Army 24-17
BYU 28-7
Question: End of the Road, by Boyz II Men
Eric Sorrentino
Georgia Tech 27-8
Oklahoma 35-24
Notre Dame 24-14
South Carolina 28-27
Hawaii 38-35
BYU 20-17
Question: What’s My Age Again? by Blink 182
Matt Tait
Georgia Tech 36-17
Oklahoma 31-21
Michigan 27-26
South Carolina 23-20
Army 27-19
BYU 24-16
Question: Get on Board, by Babakuul
Tom Keegan
Georgia Tech 28-10
Oklahoma 35-24
Notre Dame 21-17
South Carolina 31-24
Army 24-21
Air Force 24-21
Question: Lay Lady Lay, by Bob Dylan
Andrew Baker
Georgia Tech 35-14
Oklahoma 31-28
Notre Dame 28-24
South Carolina 42-35
Hawaii 28-24
BYU 35-21
Question: Like a Prayer, by Madonna
Week 1 standings
Kevin Romary 5-1
Eric Sorrentino 5-1
Matt Tait 5-1
Tom Keegan 5-1
Gary Bedore 4-2
Andrew Baker 4-2
Jesse Newell 3-3
