Stanford Cardinal<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Stanford Cardinal destroyed the Colorado Buffaloes this past weekend, and a 48-0 victory gives them momentum heading into a battle with the Beavers. Unfortunately for Stanford, Oregon State is no Colorado, so this week\u2019s contest will be much more of a challenge. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n
Where this game is going to come down to is whether or not Stanford can stop the pass. They are just 106th in the nation in pass defense, which is a major problem considering the Beavers toss for 306.1 yards per game (21st in the country). The Cardinal have been able to win games by stopping the run this season, but if there is no run to stop, as the Beavers\u2019 attack is primarily through the air, what will happen to Stanford\u2019s elite defense?<\/p>\n
This game begins a stretch of competition where the Cardinal are set to close out the year with all ranked opponents. Starting the final stretch out the right way is crucial, and that\u2019s what they\u2019ll look to do against the Beavers this week.<\/p>\n
In all likelihood, this is going to be a great game between two teams who thrive off of defense and two teams who have exceeded expectations. Stanford has the home-field advantage in this one, which may be just the nudge they need to make them the favorites.<\/p>\n
Trends <\/strong><\/p>\nBeavers are 6-0-1 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
\nBeavers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games on grass.
\nUnder is 9-2 in the last 11 head-to-head meetings.
\nUnder is 4-1 in the last 5 head-to-head meetings in Stanford.
\nUnder is 4-1 in Beavers last 5 games following a ATS win.
\nUnder is 4-0 in Cardinal last 4 games following a ATS win. <\/p>\n
O\/U Pick: Under 45
\nScore Prediction: Stanford 21 \u2013 Oregon St. 20<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beavers vs. Cardinal NCAA Football Spread\/Handicapping The No. 11 Oregon State Beavers are set to travel south to take on the No. 14 Stanford Cardinal in what could be one of the more tightly contested football games this weekend. Both teams are coming off victories, and both teams are looking to finish the year in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":24903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57155","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57155"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57214,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57155\/revisions\/57214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}