3. Cal at Arizona
LINE Cal -11.5
ATS PICK Arizona
Before you think this is totally gross, I made the pick and wrote this up before the news broke that Cal has several unnamed players in the COVID protocol.
All week I sort of liked Arizona and thought it might win outright, and we’re getting 11.5
The Wildcats have been close. They had Washington in big trouble a few weeks ago and lost by five.
They followed up the heartbreaker by getting down 35-14 at halftime against USC, and fought back to make it a seven-point game late in a 41-34 loss.
No, they don’t have the lines, and the defense plays like it has nine men on the field, and there’s always one key false start, or missed receiver, or something that causes everything to meltdown.
The team keeps pushing.
Cal is playing better, but it doesn’t have the offense to run away and hide. At home, Arizona should be just good enough to keep this interesting, if not pull it off.