College Football Preview – USC Trojans vs. UCLA Bruins
The Trojans and Bruins do battle on the grid iron for what feels like the millionth time this Saturday. USC is, like always, one of the top teams in the nation. The UCLA Bruins? Not so much. For sports betting fans neither team has been all that spectacular. Even though the USC Trojans were hyped to the top of Mt. Olympus at the beginning of the season, their record against the spread hasn’t been all that great.
They are only 6 and 5 against the BetUS online wagering spread. Straight-up this team is 10 and 1.
The year started out fantastically for the UCLA Bruins. They beat what was supposed to be a very good SEC team, the Tennessee Volunteers, in the first game of the season. It turns out that the Vols aren’t very good at all and that neither are the UCLA Bruins. Coach Rick Neuheisal is rebuilding the program. No worries there. He’ll get it done but facing the Trojans is a tough task this Saturday. I don’t expect much from a UCLA team that is 4 and 7 straight-up and 6 and 5 against the BetUS Sportsbook betting spread.
Game-day: 12/06/2008
Kick-off: 4:30 pm EST.
Here are the BetUS online betting odds for this game:
USC Trojans – 33 – 110 – 6000 O 47 ½ – 110
UCLA Bruins + 33 – 110 + 2000 U 47 ½ – 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game:
The UCLA Bruins are 14 and 4 in their last 18 games against the spread versus a team with a winning record.
The Home team is 4 and 1 against the spread in the last 5 meetings between these two teams.
The USC Trojans are 0 and 4 against the spread in their last 4 games after an against the spread victory.
The Under is 21-8-1 in the USC Trojans’ last 30 games overall.
This is a rivalry game and in rivalry games, for some reason, teams that have no shot at winning suddenly play better.
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t believe the UCLA Bruins have a chance in hell of winning this game straight-up, but I have to pause before giving up 33 points and making an online college football bet on the USC Trojans.
UCLA is horrid. They are definitely in a rebuilding phase while the USC Trojans are once again one of the top five teams in the nation. UCLA should get spanked around from beginning to end in this game.
They might but they might not lose by more than 30 points. Those three extra points could make all of the difference. Even though it pains me to make this online football bet, I sort of have to. I can’t take USC at – 33.
USC vs. UCLA Prediction:
I’m going to go with the Bruins at + 33 against the spread in this game. That’s the best online wager to make.
