There are plenty of reasons no one from the KUsports.com team is picking 0-7 Kansas to beat No. 14 Oklahoma (6-1 overall, 3-1 Big 12) Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Here are just a few influencing factors. OU is better than KU in the following categories:
*- Points per game: 43.3-17.9*
*- 1st downs: 187-134*
*- Rushing yards per game: 194-118*
*- Passing yards per game: 313-238*
*- Defensive interceptions: 11-5*
*- Touchdowns: 39-16*
*- Field goals: 10/11-5/9*
*- Time of possession: 30:27-28:38*
*- Sacks: 25-17*
Does Kansas have any chance of hanging around on its Halloween homecoming day? Let us know in the comments section below.
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WEEK 9 MATCHUPS
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**Oklahoma State at Texas Tech**
**Florida at Georgia**
**Notre Dame at Temple**
**Texas at Iowa State**
**USC at Cal**
**Oklahoma at Kansas**
| Picker | Oklahoma St. at Texas Tech |
Florida vs. Georgia |
Notre Dame at Temple |
Texas at Iowa St. |
USC at Cal |
Oklahoma at Kansas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Keegan |
Oklahoma St., 38-35 |
Florida, 27-24 |
Notre Dame, 31-21 |
Texas, 38-28 |
Cal, 35-31 |
Oklahoma, 66-14 |
| Matt Tait |
Oklahoma St., 41-30 |
Florida, 28-27 |
Notre Dame, 33-20 |
Texas, 31-21 |
USC, 38-33 |
Oklahoma, 48-14 |
| Scott Stanford |
Oklahoma St., 42-14 |
Florida, 42-21 |
Notre Dame, 14-13 |
Texas, 35-21 |
Cal, 45-24 |
Oklahoma, 51-17 |
| Andrew Hartsock |
Oklahoma St., 41-39 |
Florida, 5-3 |
Notre Dame, 77-62 |
Texas, 11-10 |
USC, 102-101 (OT) |
Oklahoma, 72-5 |
| Gary Bedore |
Oklahoma St., 27-20 |
Georgia, 30-20 |
Notre Dame, 17-14 |
Iowa St., 35-31 |
USC, 20-17 |
Oklahoma, 57-10 |
| Chris Cottrell |
Oklahoma St., 28-27 |
Florida, 31-30 |
Notre Dame, 44-30 |
Texas, 33-30 |
USC, 42-39 |
Oklahoma, 56-13 |
| Benton Smith |
Oklahoma St., 45-31 |
Georgia, 23-16 |
Notre Dame, 24-20 |
Texas, 28-20 |
USC, 38-31 |
Oklahoma, 55-20 |
| Bobby Nightengale |
Oklahoma St., 31-21 |
Florida, 24-13 |
Notre Dame, 35-27 |
Texas, 20-7 |
Cal, 44-41 |
Oklahoma, 45-14 |
| Chris Duderstadt |
Oklahoma St., 49-38 |
Florida, 24-14 |
Notre Dame, 28-17 |
Texas, 31-14 |
USC, 35-24 |
Oklahoma, 63-10 |
| Kurt Gatson |
Oklahoma St., 41-39 |
Florida, 24-21 |
Notre Dame, 30-17 |
Texas, 30-24 |
USC, 37-33 |
Oklahoma, 51-10 |
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
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**Seeing as how Saturday is Halloween, who would you consider the scariest athlete in college football this season? Or scariest coach/figure associated with college football, if you prefer.**
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Last week: 5-1 | Season: 37-11
> Leonard Fournette, LSU.
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Last week: 5-1 | Season: 36-12
> The NCAA Clearinghouse.
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Last week: 5-1 | 35-13
> Carl Nassib, defensive lineman, Penn
> State. Scary as in scary good.
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Last week: 4-2 | Season: 35-13
> That’s actually a tough question. I
> can’t think of anybody so I’ll say Bob
> Stoops. OU can’t afford another
> slip-up this season so it figures to
> come out angry against KU on Saturday,
> capable of putting an end to that game
> early.
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Last week: 4-2 | Season: 35-13
> LSU running back Leonard Fournette
> would be quite the scare if he was
> running in my direction.
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Last week: 4-2 | Season: 33-15
> Shawn Oakman of Baylor.
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Last week: 3-3 | Season: 33-15
> I’m torn here. There are a ton of
> nasty players who are big, strong,
> fast and ferocious, but, seeing how
> none of those dudes will ever impact
> my life, I’m going to go a different
> direction and am picking a college
> football analyst — two, actually. I’m
> not sure which guy is scarier, but
> both Lou Holtz, for his “accent” and
> outlandish comments, and Lee Corso,
> for his general ignorance and those
> giant mascot heads he wears, terrify
> me every time they’re on the
> television set.
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Last week: 3-3 | Season: 32-16
> I was going to go with Mark Mangino,
> but I guess he’s not associated with
> college football anymore. Instead I’ll
> go with a pair of Bears: Baylor
> defensive end Shawn Oakman or tight
> end (!) LaQuan McGowan. Although, I’m
> pretty sure, deep down, both are just
> big ol’ teddy bears.
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Last week: 5-1 | Season: 30-18
> Baylor defensive end Shawn Oakman is
> the scariest player, standing at a
> mean 6-foot-9, 275 pounds with his
> dyed hair and gold face mask.
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Last week: 4-2 | Season: 27-21
> I’ll go with Alabama coach Nick Saban.
> Sometimes, he has this look in his
> eyes, and I think he is evil
> incarnate.
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