1. Hawaii at UCLA point total
TOTAL: 68.5
ATS PICK: UNDER
When you think of Hawaii, you think of the old run-and-shoot, the high-powered passing games, and fun, fun, FUN!
That’s not really Hawaii under head coach Todd Graham.
Winning is fun – going 5-4 in 2020 with a bowl victory – but the Rainbow Warriors are more about grinding things out now and trying to win with a more aggressive defense.
They got into firefights with Boise State and New Mexico, but those were the only two times Hawaii games went over 68.5.
Again – as pointed out in Part 1 of the Hawaii at UCLA stuff – UCLA has yet to win a non-conference game under Chip Kelly, but you don’t care about that here. You just care about whether or not the Bruins can score.
0-6 so far under Kelly against non-Pac-12 teams, UCLA only scored 14 points in four of those six games and never scored more than 21.
The Bruins will score more than 21 in this, but the game is far more likely to be a bit of a defensive battle instead of a back-and-forth show. At least one side – likely Hawaii – should struggle a bit to crank up the points.
UCLA is more likely to allow fewer than 20 points in this than over.
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