{"id":16745,"date":"2009-12-11T13:24:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T18:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=16745"},"modified":"2009-12-11T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T18:24:22","slug":"poinsettia-bowl-free-pick-111209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/poinsettia-bowl-free-pick-111209\/","title":{"rendered":"Poinsettia Bowl: Utes vs. Golden Bears Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

2009 POINSETTIA BOWL – UTAH UTES (9-3) vs. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS (8-4)<\/h2>\n

Event:<\/strong> Poinsettia Bowl
\nDate<\/strong>: Wednesday, Dec. 23, 8:00 pm EST
\nSite<\/strong>: San Diego, CA
\nMY Sportsbook.com LINE<\/strong>: Cal -3<\/p>\n

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Team records:<\/strong>
\nUtah: 9-3 SU, 5-7 ATS
\nCalifornia: 8-4 SU, 5-6 ATS <\/p>\n

Preview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Poinsettia Bowl pits a strong Mountain West conference candidate in Utah against the Cal Golden Bears, a middle power in the Pac-10. <\/p>\n

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After USC, a program leaps and bounds in front of other conference foes in terms of talent, the Bears have one of the more talented teams in the conference. They have, however, suffered through some injuries, notably to star running back Jahvid Best.<\/p>\n

Of the Golden Bears’ eight wins, a few of them were nice efforts versus strong in-conference foes. They have not rode momentum, though, getting rolled by Washington in the last game of the regular season, 42-10. Cal’s defense has been fairly uninspiring but they have a nice offensive nucleus with QB Kevin Riley, WR Marvin Jones and the two-headed monster at tailback of Best and Shane Vereen.
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\nConversely, Utah won the games it was supposed to on its schedule and posted valiant efforts in their losses (read: falling to BYU in OT and coming up a touchdown short versus Rose Bowl-playing Oregon). Utah plays some strong defense anchored by defensive lineman Christian Cox and Koa Misi and linebacker Stevenson Sylvester.<\/p>\n

If the Utes can stoke up a high-octane defensive effort and get their treasure chest of junior college transfers to put some points on the board offensively, it wouldn’t surprise me to see Utah pull the upset in this game.<\/p>\n

The way I see it breaking down – California has been alternately inspired and listless (losing by 27+ points to USC and Oregon) throughout 2009; Utah has consistently risen to the challenge and given teams a tough game. <\/p>\n

Look for much of the same in San Diego before Christmas.<\/p>\n

2009 Team Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total Offense:<\/strong> Utah 54th
\n California 46th<\/p>\n

Total Defense<\/strong>: Utah 20th
\n California 70th<\/p>\n

Trends:<\/strong>
\nUtah is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 7 of Utah’s last 9 games
\nThe total has gone UNDER in 4 of California’s last 5 games
\nCalifornia is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games
\nCalifornia is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games <\/p>\n

Pick: Utah -5.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Utah Utes and the California Golden Bears will both be trying to pick up a win when they battle at Qualcomm Stadium in the Poinsettia Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Golden Bears listed as 3-point favorites versus the Utes, while the game’s total is sitting at 52\u00bd…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[41,21034,164,181,20891,287,470,763,17002,20925,21036,6334,7153,21037,21038,21035],"class_list":["post-16745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-41","tag-2009-poinsettia-bowl","tag-betting-lines","tag-betting-trends","tag-bowl-game-predictions","tag-cfb-picks","tag-free-pick","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaaf-bet","tag-ncaaf-spreads","tag-poinsettia-bowl-free-pick","tag-poinsettia-bowl-odds","tag-poinsettia-bowl-preview","tag-utah-utes-vs-cal-golden-bears","tag-utah-vs-cal","tag-utes-vs-golden-bears-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16747,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16745\/revisions\/16747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}