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Stanford -9 / 47
UCLA was in a very strange situation last week in their regular season finale against Stanford. They had already clinched the PAC-12 South division so the only question was, "who would they play"? If they beat Stanford they would have to travel to Eugene to play the Mighty Ducks of Oregon U. If they lost they would have to travel to Palo Alto to play Stanford again. So what would you rather do, travel 1000 mi to play in the rain against the #3 offense/#27 defense, or travel 300 mi to play the #79 offense/#12 defense? (Div-1A rankings out of 124 schools).
In 9 PAC-12 games Stanford has averaged 29 pts on offense and 17 pts given up on defense. Oregon has averaged 50 pts and given up 21.
I'm not saying they purposely went out to lose the game.....I'm just saying 'didn't it have to be swimming around in their minds what the outcome of that game could mean'?
I already took Stanford and Kent St on a 2-team 7 pt teaser so I've got Stan -1.5/Kent +14, but the line in now at -9 and I wouldn't be surprised to see UCLA play a much better game and cover that number rather easily. Prior to that 18 pt loss to Stanford last week the Bruins were on a 5 game winning streak including a 10 pt over USC where they put up 38 pts. So if you are wanting to back Stanford in this game and at that number I wouldn't necessarily go by the outcome of that game last week. I guess that's what I'm trying to say.
Stanford -9 / 47
UCLA was in a very strange situation last week in their regular season finale against Stanford. They had already clinched the PAC-12 South division so the only question was, "who would they play"? If they beat Stanford they would have to travel to Eugene to play the Mighty Ducks of Oregon U. If they lost they would have to travel to Palo Alto to play Stanford again. So what would you rather do, travel 1000 mi to play in the rain against the #3 offense/#27 defense, or travel 300 mi to play the #79 offense/#12 defense? (Div-1A rankings out of 124 schools).
In 9 PAC-12 games Stanford has averaged 29 pts on offense and 17 pts given up on defense. Oregon has averaged 50 pts and given up 21.
I'm not saying they purposely went out to lose the game.....I'm just saying 'didn't it have to be swimming around in their minds what the outcome of that game could mean'?
I already took Stanford and Kent St on a 2-team 7 pt teaser so I've got Stan -1.5/Kent +14, but the line in now at -9 and I wouldn't be surprised to see UCLA play a much better game and cover that number rather easily. Prior to that 18 pt loss to Stanford last week the Bruins were on a 5 game winning streak including a 10 pt over USC where they put up 38 pts. So if you are wanting to back Stanford in this game and at that number I wouldn't necessarily go by the outcome of that game last week. I guess that's what I'm trying to say.
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