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UCLA vs Cal game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 13 game on Friday, November 25

UCLA vs Cal prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 13, Friday, November 25


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UCLA vs Cal How To Watch

Date: Friday, November 25
Game Time: 4:30 ET
Venue: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA
How To Watch: FOX
Record: UCLA (8-3), Cal (4-7)
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Why UCLA Will Win

Can the Bruins pick it back up after the painful 48-45 loss to USC? If so, there won’t be a problem against a Cal defense that’s not stopping anyone’s passing game and doesn’t have any sort of a ground game to worry about.

The 113 yards in the win over Stanford marked the first time since late September that Cal got past 100 yards on the ground, and it’s going to take something special to get there this week.

Again, if UCLA is into this, the balanced offense that should be able to move however it wants, there’s no pass rush whatsoever coming from Cal, and …

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Why Cal Will Win

Yeah, 48-45 USC.

It’s not dogging UCLA in any way to suggest that it might have a hard time being too jacked for this. It went from being this close to beating its rival to make this a game to get into the Pac-12 Championship to now pushing for a better bowl game.

This is Cal’s bowl game. It’s been a wildly frustrating year, but the win over Stanford is something – it’s always something to win that game – and closing out to be 5-7 would be a nice finishing kick.

To do that, the passing game has to go off. UCLA has allowed over 220 yards to everyone but Bowling Green and Stanford, Cal’s Jack Plummer has been strong at connecting on the midrange throws, and the O should have an energy burst early on.

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What’s Going To Happen

It’ll take a little while for UCLA to get going, but it’ll happen.

Cal will take the first quarter lead, but the Bruin lines will kick in, the running game will work, and Dorian Thompson-Robinson will lead the way to three straight second half scoring drives to pull away.

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UCLA vs Cal Prediction, Line

UCLA 37, Cal 24
Line: UCLA -10.5, o/u: 60.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
UCLA vs Cal Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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UCLA vs Cal prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch: Thursday, January 27


UCLA vs Cal How To Watch

Date: Thursday, January 27
Game Time: 9:00 ET
Venue: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA
How To Watch: Pac-12 Network
Record: UCLA (14-2), Cal (9-10)
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Why Cal Will Win

It’s been a rough run on a five-game losing streak, but the defense hasn’t been all that bad.

There isn’t the offensive firepower to keep up if UCLA gets rolling early, but the Bears aren’t going to give away a whole lot of easy points with turnovers and mistakes, and it’s aggressive enough to keep this from getting out of hand if this becomes about threes.

UCLA might be winning, but it hasn’t been consistent from the field. When it’s not connecting from the outside it struggles a bit, and again, Cal is good at defending the three.

However …

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Why UCLA Will Win

Cal doesn’t score.

It doesn’t take a whole lot of threes, it doesn’t have the ability to play with any tempo against the better teams, and for all the good things the team does defensively, it doesn’t generate enough easy points.

UCLA is the most careful team with the ball in the Pac-12.

Yeah, it needs the three to make things easy, but it doesn’t have to take a whole lot of chances here. Just don’t give Cal transition points, take the time and be deliberate for the right shot, and wait for that one spurt.

A 9-0 run should be enough to put this away.

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What’s Going To Happen

After a brilliant performance to pull away from Arizona in a big, defining win, can UCLA keep the momentum going and maintain the same fire for a struggling Cal?

Probably not, but it shouldn’t matter.

Again, Cal really is decent overall on defense – it only lost 60-52 in the first meeting a few weeks ago – but it got bombed by Arizona and it’s going to have a problem in the second half once the Bruin playmakers kick it all in.

All of the UCLA stars will get their chances.

UCLA vs Cal Prediction, Lines

UCLA 67, Cal 55
Line: COMING, o/u: COMING
ATS Confidence out of 5: COMING

Must See Rating: 2.5

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UCLA vs Cal Prediction, Game Preview

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UCLA vs Cal prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 27


UCLA vs Cal How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 27
Game Time: 10:30 ET
Venue: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
How To Watch: FS1
Record: UCLA (7-4), Cal (4-6)
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Why UCLA Will Win

The Bruin offense has the ground game going again.

It was great earlier in the year, great at times in the middle of the year, and spotty for a while in losses to Oregon and Utah.

It’s this simple – UCLA wins when the rushing attack is rolling.

It’s 7-0 when running for 200 yards, 0-4 when it doesn’t, and there’s a strong passing game to add to the mix, too.

The team is coming off of its two best days of the year – 501 yards against Colorado and 609 against USC – and now it’s going against a defense that strong against the run, but game up over 200 yards three times – all losses.

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Why Cal Will Win

The Bears really are solid defensively.

This isn’t the powerhouse Justin Wilcox D of recent years, but it’s doing a decent job up front – Cal is No. 1 in the Pac-12 in run defense – there’s good pressure from several spots, and overall it should b able to keep the game close.

The D hasn’t allowed more than 25 points in any of the last six games.

The offense might not be all that explosive, but it’s very, very careful. It doesn’t turn the ball over and keeps control of games – UCLA won’t be in charge of the time of possession.

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What’s Going To Happen

It’s been a strange run for Cal. It needs to keep fighting with two more wins to score bowl eligibility – it plays USC next week after being rescheduled – but it could still get an extra game at 5-7 thanks to its Academic Progress Rate.

UCLA, though, will finish up the regular season with a good balance to the attack, a nice day from the running game, and Cal – 0-4 on the road – won’t have quite enough offense to press through.

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UCLA vs Cal Prediction, Lines

UCLA 30, Cal 24
Line: UCLA -6.5, o/u: 58
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3.5

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