The UCLA Bruins and Iowa Hawkeyes are facing off in a tough Big Ten Conference showdown on Friday night.
Iowa has six wins on the year and UCLA has back-to-back wins as DeShaun Foster’s program is heading in the right direction following a rough start.
Ahead of the game, a lot of people are picking Iowa, and rightfully so, even with UCLA’s recent surge as of late.
Patrick Conn of College Sports Wire picked Iowa to cover the spread and even had Iowa beating UCLA as his “Best Bet of the Week.”
“I am looking at the Iowa Hawkeyes (-6) matchup against the UCLA Bruins. While UCLA has played better in recent weeks, there has been an offensive explosion by Iowa. Not sure the Hawkeyes get to 40 points for the fourth time in five games but they handle UCLA this weekend.”
Sure, UCLA has played better, but Iowa is a tough team, even with Cade McNamara not playing.