**SEASON RECORD: 55-54-4** **[LAST WEEK][1]: 4-8**No need to yap here at the top. Last week was bad. Gotta get to redeemin’ myself. No better time than the present…(…oh, and Happy belated Birthday to one of my most loyal readers. You know who you are. Sorry I forgot last week…)**WEEK 11** **_Big 12 Tilts_** **Kansas (-26) vs. Iowa State** Logic tells me that you don’t pick against a team that is 9-0 against the spread this season. You just don’t. As Ryan Wood pointed out, it’s like Crash Davis said – “You don’t mess with a winning streak.” That said, I can’t. Though this could easily be a game where KU wins by 24. In the end, however, unless there’s a darn good reason to take ISU…which, well, there isn’t…I’ve gotta stick with the Jayhawks. **My pick: Kansas -26****Missouri (-7.5) at Kansas State** Missouri is the Big 12’s only team to have scored 30 or more points in every game this season. Add that in with the fact that K-State has surrendered 104 in the past two weeks? Well, lets just say the Big 12 North title will _still_ be on the line on Nov. 24 in Arrowhead. **My pick: Missouri -7.5****Oklahoma State (-15) at Baylor** A little birdie told me that the media at Baylor’s weekly football press conference the other day was asked politely not to address coach Guy Moriss regarding his job status until after this weekend’s Senior Day tilt. The media obliged, and Moriss stood at the podium to answer questions as Baylor’s head coach…probably for the last time. On the other hand, Oklahoma State desperately needs this one, and the Cowboys’ offense is pretty explosive, as 63 percent of the nation saw a week ago. This one should…and will…be a laugher. **My pick: Oklahoma State -15****Oklahoma (-9) at Texas Tech** Mike Leach is fun and all, but does anyone else see his whole ‘I’ll say whatever I want whenever I want’ schtick becoming a little outdated? Last week, his [ref-bashing earned][2] a $10,000 fine. Though it was probably a good mental strategy, because it probably kept the media away from nit-picking away at his team’s porous run defense (second-worst in the Big 12). Texas’ Jamaal Charles went nuts through it. Now expect OU’s DeMarco Murray and Allen Patrick to do the same. **My pick: Oklahoma -9****_Around the Nation_** **Oregon (-12) at Arizona (Thursday)** I’ll say this first – Oregon will win this game. But Arizona has been one of the tougher hosts in the Pac-10. The Wildcats are 3-2 in Tucson, and the two defeats have come by a total margin of three points. They’re also fresh off a seven-point win over UCLA, and earlier this year played USC within a touchdown at the Coliseum. **My pick: Arizona +12****Hawaii (-9) at Nevada (Friday)** Throw away an opening day 52-10 statistical anomaly of a loss at Nebraska, and the 5-4 Wolfpack have yet to lose a game by more than eight points. More importantly, in the four games since redshirt freshman Colin Kaepernick took over as the starting QB, Nevada’s only loss was a 69-67 four-overtime setback in Boise. Given that Colt Brennan, expected to play but probably not 100 percent, is probably still a bit woozy from his [encounter with Marcus Riley][3]. **My pick: Nevada +9****West Virginia (-6.5) at Cincinnati** This is Cincinnati’s final home game in a season which has brought a magical 8-2 run, but I’m convinced West Virginia takes this one big. The Mountaineers made an uncharacteristic bevy of errors and still beat Louisville a week ago. Cincy’s run defense is good, but WV proved a week ago that even when Steve Slaton is slowed down, it can _still_ run over you with Pat White and freshman phenom Noel Devine. White’s passing is pretty underrated, too, as Cincy has struggled against the throw, ranking 97th in the NCAA. **My pick: West Virginia -6.5****Notre Dame (-6) vs. Duke** Jimmy Clausen can’t possibly be a complete flop by the end of his freshman season. This seems like a good spot for some redemption. **My pick: Notre Dame -6****Georgia (-8) vs. Kentucky** Kentucky is quickly becoming this season’s ‘Hey, remember when…’ team, while Georgia freshman back Knowshon Moreno has eight touchdown runs in the past three weeks. He’ll devour a fourth straight run defense this Saturday. **My pick: Georgia -8****Ohio State (-4) at Michigan** I’ll be in the stands at The Big House for this one and, well, as a Michigan fan, it’d be pointless for me to make the trip if I didn’t truly believe the Wolverines could win it. Plus, Chad Henne and Mike Hart are a combined 0-6 in Ohio State games and bowl games. This seems like a better time than ever to rectify that. **My pick: Michigan +4****Virginia Tech (-17) vs. Miami** If Miami couldn’t muster up enough offense to score a single point in its final game ever in the Orange Bowl, there’s no way it’ll be any more efficient in Blacksburg. **My pick: Virginia Tech -17****Clemson (-7.5) vs. Boston College** Boston College is a close second to the aforementioned Kentucky Wildcats in that category. Oddly enough, their quarterbacks (BC’s Matt Ryan and UK’s Andre Woodson) are considered two of the top gunslinger prospects in this April’s NFL Draft. Strange, I know. **My pick: Clemson -7.5** [1]: http://www2.kusports.com/blogs/greene_room/2007/nov/07/picks_18/ [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCX8ow4gTkw [3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2RqGAh5NQ
