Washington St vs Arizona NCAA Football Odds
The Washington State Cougars and the Arizona Wildcats are set to square off Saturday night in a battle that will feature two offenses with very different looks.
The Washington State Cougars and the Arizona Wildcats are set to square off Saturday night in a battle that will feature two offenses with very different looks.
The UCLA Bruins may have lost two of their last three contests, but fans in Los Angeles can find solace in the fact that those two losses came to top-tier competition (No. 13 Stanford and No. 3 Oregon) and that last week’s showing against the Colorado Buffaloes proves they’re still one of the most dangerous teams in the Pac-12.
The Arizona Wildcats and the UNLV Rebels are coming off of vastly different Week 1 experiences. Arizona took down the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 35-0, while UNLV fell to the Minnesota Golden Gophers 51-23.
Second-year head coach Rich Rodriguez is coming off a season that saw him go 8-5 with the Arizona Wildcats. That campaign was the first time he had put together a winning record in a season debut, as well as the first time his team went to a bowl game in a debut.
The Buckeyes escaped their third round game against Iowa State with a victory. In my opinion they were outplayed but a win is a win.
Despite Belmont being a perennial Cinderella pick, the Arizona Wildcats had little trouble dispatching them in their opening round game.
Arizona escaped their matchup against Colorado in their PAC 12 opener due to a controversial call so there may be more juice to this one than normally expected.
The Cardinal are hanging in there in the PAC 12. They have a 5-4 conference record, winning, and losing, mostly when they should. Their best win to date was a home romp against an Oregon team that was ranked 10 at the time, mostly due to the strength of their win against a then undefeated Arizona.
It looked like the sky was falling early this season in Westwood. The team was losing, players were transferring out, eligibility issues – but things have calmed.
Some of the early bowl games wind up being the best and I think this is a good candidate. Both teams can put points on the board and are not that far from home so there should be a good atmosphere for this Bowl Season kickoff.
With the PAC 12 Conference down overall on the hardwood many are expecting the Arizona Wildcats to rise again in the desert.
Rich Rodriguez is getting another chance to prove he can take a team to the top. After great success at West Virginia, Rodriguez was run out of Michigan after disappointing seasons. Mike Stoops never panned out for the Wildcats. Arizona had an embarrassing 4-8 campaign in 2011.
With Arizona (23-9) and Colorado (22-11) both advancing to the final of the Pac 12 conference tourney each, likely, punched their ticket to the Big Dance.
Both Arizona (21-10) and UCLA (19-13) are in need of a win in this quarterfinals match up in the Pac 12 tourney, especially UCLA, as they are really on the Big Dance bubble.
Arizona, fresh off of firing their head coach are set to take the field against the UCLA Bruins on Thursday night, and the Wildcats are the favorites in this one.
Arizona began the 2010-11 season with a bang, speeding out to a 7-1 overall record, going 4-1 in conference play before losing its last five games straight, including a 30-29 overtime heartbreaker to Arizona State in Week 12.