UCLA Bruins<\/strong><\/p>\nThe UCLA Bruins were embarrassed in last year\u2019s matchup against USC, as they lost in an awful 50-0 contest. Their return to the national spotlight has been underway all season, and they\u2019re hoping to keep it going this week with what would be their biggest win of the year. [soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n
The Bruins have averaged 44 points since their unexpected loss at Cal, and those are the kinds of numbers they\u2019re going to need this week to keep up with USC. The air attack may be in the Trojans\u2019 favor, but UCLA has the ground game going for them.<\/p>\n
Johnathan Franklin is going to be the key player for the Bruins in week 12. The one-time Heisman hopeful has only been held under 100 yards three times this season, and he will be the player who can take the pressure off of UCLA\u2019s passing attack if he plays well. USC\u2019s rushing defense has been subpar so far, and Franklin will look to take advantage.<\/p>\n
Despite losing to the Trojans in lopsided fashion in 2011, the Bruins went to the Pac-12 championship because USC was still in the midst of a postseason bowl ban. This time the Trojans are eligible, and they\u2019re hungry to get back to the game they missed last year. This game should be a high-scoring contest that is much closer than the one that took place a season ago, but USC should show that they have the more talented roster, and that they deserve a shot at a Pac-12 title game.<\/p>\n
Trends<\/strong><\/p>\nOver is 5-0 in Trojans last 5 games after allowing less than 275 total yards in their previous game.
\nOver is 4-1 in Trojans last 5 games after allowing less than 100 yards rushing in their previous game.
\nOver is 4-0 in Bruins last 4 games following a S.U. win.
\nOver is 4-0 in Bruins last 4 games after scoring more than 40 points in their previous game.
\nOver is 4-1 in Bruins last 5 vs. a team with a winning record.<\/p>\n
O\/U Pick: Over 65.5
\nScore Prediction: USC 41 \u2013 UCLA 34<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trojans vs Bruins NCAA Football Spread\/Handicapping The USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins have a rich, storied rivalry, and while the series has been completely dominated by the Trojans in recent years, the Bruins are hoping to change that trend November 17. USC has fallen from grace this season, as they\u2019ve dropped 16 spots from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":45960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57516","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\/57516","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=57516"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57536,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57516\/revisions\/57536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}