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
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**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
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**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?**
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Last week: 6-0 | Season: 50-16
> Former Kentucky QB Jared “Hefty Lefty”
> Lorenzen.
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Last week: 5-1 | Season: 50-16
> Slingin’ Sammy Baugh.
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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.
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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.
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Last week: 4-2 | 47-19
> Johnny Manziel.
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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.
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Last week: 4-2 | Season: 46-20
> John Hadl, Bobby Douglass, David
> Jaynes, Nolan Cromwell.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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