Cal Golden Bears vs ASU Sun Devils NCAA Football Odds
After starting off the 2011 campaign with a record of 5-1, the Arizona State Sun Devils have lost four of its last five, and are in jeopardy of losing out on their chance to play in the inaugural Pacific-12 Conference Championship Game should they lose to a tough Cal team that has nothing to lose.
Golden Bears v Sun Devils
When: 10:15 PM ET, Friday, November 25, 2011
Where: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
TV: N/A
LINE: -6 (Arizona State), O/U 54
ASU’s latest loss to rival Arizona has all but completely slammed the door, and the G-Bears would love to be the ones to seal it. But do they have the goods to get it done?
Cal came away looking overwhelmed its last time out against the No. 6 Stanford Cardinal who scored just 1:18 into the game. And then proceeded to take over once Andrew Luck and his offense got settled in, pulling away but ending up with just a 31-28 victory in the 114th edition of the “Big Game” on Saturday.
Trailing by seven early, the Golden Bears scored 13 unanswered points to take a 13-7 lead four-plus minutes into the second quarter.
Later in the game, the G-Bears, down again, chipped away at a 15-point deficit, trimming it to seven points in the fourth quarter, when QB Zach Maynard threw a 2-yard scoring pass to Spencer Hagan and then hit Marvin Jones on a two-point conversion pass. Maynard finished the day with two TDs and 280 yards.
C.J. Anderson scored on a 1-yard run with 14 seconds left for the Golden Bears before the ensuing onside kick was recovered by Stanford’s Coby Fleener, preserving Stanford’s win.
It was a heroic effort, but the Bears defense allowed Stanford to covert nearly 60 percent of its red zone trips while amassing 405 yards. You can’t win games with those types of numbers. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
Meanwhile, the Sun Devils dropped their third in a row, hitting rock bottom with a 31-27 loss to the Wildcats at home last weekend. ASU started poorly and ended just as bad, allowing four TDs altogether in the first and fourth quarters.
The Devils trailed 14-0 just 10 minutes into the game, but junior RB Cameron Marshall raced in for two of the next three scores to put the Devils ahead 21-14.
However after Arizona struck before halftime, Arizona State could only get six points on their final two scoring drives of the game. QB Brock Osweiler completed a fourth-and-10 on their final drive but two incompletions into the end zone ended the game.
Oswiler was 36-of-65 for 487 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown pass to Gerrell Robinson, who caught 11 passes for 199 yards
California leads the all time series 16-14, and thumped the Devils 50-17 last year.
Matt’s Prediction: Cal 24, Arizona State 21
Arizona State must win in order to keep its Pac-12 South Division hopes alive, but its not going to be easy against a California team that is No. 1 in the Pac-12 in total defense.
The Bears allow just 187 yards per game through the air, so shutting down ASU’s best weapon in Osweiler shouldn’t be a problem.
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