Free Week 9 Prediction: Bears vs. Utes Odds
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College Football Handicapping: Week 9
(4-3) Cal Golden Bears vs. Utah Utes (6-1)
Date: Saturday, October 26th 2019
Time: 10:00 pm EST
Venue: Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah
NCAA Football Spread: Utah -21.5
NCAA Betting Total: 37.5
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Cal is in a funk but it is easy to see why as their offense is pretty nonexistent these days. The defense can only do so much.
Utah is playing great ball since losing on the road to USC. They just beat up Arizona State at home and that team was feeling good.
Crazy high line for such a lot total. You can see the oddsmakers are not expecting much from the Bears on offense. That is hard to dispute based on recent events.
Cal Golden Bears
The Bears might be a program on the rise overall but they are struggling right now. They just can’t get any regular offense and there is no savior coming.
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With the state of the position, it is hard to remember that Aaron Rodgers was a quarterback at Cal way back when. Now they are just looking for healthy options and even when they are healthy they are limited.
Cal lost to Oregon State last week, at home, and that is just a no-no in the PAC 12. They only gave up 21 points and have not given up more than 24 in a game this season.
They need that defense to help set up some really easy scores or get some of their own if they want to keep this one close. That is just such a hard thing to do against a team like Utah.
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Cal is in real danger of missing a bowl game even though they started the season 4-0. Their quarterbacks are not coming back soon and even if they did it would hardly save them.
Utah Utes
Since losing at USC the Utes have been on a tear. Not only have they won three straight but they have given up a combined 23 points over those games. The USC game is the only one where they have given up more than 17 points this season.
The defensive numbers are even better when compared to the field. Utah is second against the run, fourth in yards allowed and 6th in points allowed.
QB Ty Huntley left last week’s game with a calf injury but is probably to play here. If the defense continues to be dominant they can probably win without him. Utah does not have to do much on offense when the D yields just 11ppg.
They are balanced on that side of the ball though and can be explosive. They just never seem to have to force the issue much which is a good thing.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Under is 10-1 in CAL last 11 road games.
- Under is 13-3 in CAL last 16 conference games.
- Under is 26-8-1 in CAL last 35 games in October.
- UTAH are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 conference games.
- UTAH are 2-6 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
Free Week 9 NCAA Football Pick
If Huntley can’t go that is a setback and maybe one that means we should not play the Utes and all those points. Still, I am not sure you can play Cal here.
4* Free NCAA Betting Pick: Over 37.5
This total is so low it is basically saying the Utes will pitch a shutout. Even though they only gave up 3 points last week I can see even double or triple that here. It is not a stretch.
I can also see Huntley being good and the Utes getting close to this total on their own thanks to some set up by the defense. This total is just too low to ignore.
Week 9 Free Score Prediction: Utah 35 – Cal 9
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