5. UCLA at Arizona
LINE UCLA -16
ATS PICK UCLA
Arizona just doesn’t score enough.
The defense might give up a ton of points, but it’s actually been better over the first four games of the Jedd Fisch era.
Overall, though, the lines aren’t there yet, the team can’t seem to create its own breaks, and turnovers have been a massive issue with eight in the last two games – losses to Northern Arizona and Oregon.
UCLA is coming off a home loss to Arizona State with a tough second half and a Sun Devil two-point conversion throwing everything off. Even so, the running game that hit the 200-yard mark against everyone but Fresno State should be able to power away.
Again, though, it’s just about the scoring punch, and Arizona doesn’t have it.
It has yet to get to 20 points, and UCLA might have that in the first half. After the collapse against Fresno State and the struggles last week, it’s going to be a full four quarter day for Chip Kelly’s team.
Again with the lines. It took years, but Kelly has them now. Fisch is working on it.