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Ball State vs. Kent State Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Ball State vs. Kent State fearless prediction and game preview.

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Ball State vs. Kent State fearless prediction and game preview.

Ball State vs. Kent State Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 23
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Dix Stadium, Kent, OH
Network: ESPN+

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Ball State (4-6) vs. Kent State (4-6) Game Preview

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What’s Going To Happen

After its stunning comeback win over Buffalo, Kent State is now in the mix for a … bowl game? If it beat Ball State this week and Eastern Michigan next week, it’s at least eligible.

Ball State has lost three straight, but if it beats Kent State and takes down a Miami University team that’s already in the MAC title game – and probably won’t care about the regular season finale – then it’s eligible.

The Cardinals are getting the offense going, but the pass rush isn’t there for a defense that’s been hit-or-miss. On the plus side, they haven’t allowed a touchdown pass in the last four games, and just one so far in MAC play. However, the run defense has been hammered, giving up over 300 yards in two of its last three games.

Kent State’s run defense has been just a little bit worse, allowing 229 rushing yards or more in each of its last four games.

This might be an inspired Golden Flashes team with its FlashFast offense at home, but the Ball State ground attack that’s hit the 230-yard mark in each of its last four games is about to rumble for close to 300 in a stay-alive road win.

Ball State vs. Kent State Prediction, Line

Ball State 37, Kent State 30
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Ball State -3.5, o/u: 67.5
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
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Wyoming vs. Colorado State Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Wyoming vs. Colorado State fearless prediction and game preview.

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Wyoming vs. Colorado State fearless prediction and game preview.

Wyoming vs. Colorado State Broadcast

Date: Friday, November 22
Game Time: 9:30 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY
Network: ESPN2

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Wyoming (6-4) vs. Colorado State (4-6) Game Preview

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What’s Going To Happen

Wyoming is already bowl eligible, but as it’s learned from recent seasons, gong 6-6 doesn’t necessarily guarantee anything. It has a trip to Air Force next week, and a bowl isn’t a lock if the team finishes up the year on a four-game losing streak.

It needs that seventh win.

Colorado State has it tougher. It has to beat the Cowboys this week and Boise State next week to get eligible.

The Rams – despite just the four wins – are playing better. The offense has perked up, the passing punch is there, and the team is starting to look like the one it was supposed to be early on.

However, the offensive line is too leaky, gives up way too many plays in the backfield, and doesn’t generating nearly enough push for the running attack.

Wyoming might not have any sort of passing game to rely on, but in the home finale, the Mountain West’s No. 1 pass rush will take over on key downs, and the offense will grind out drives as it holds on to the ball for close well over half the game.

The Cowboy defense will do just enough to keep Patrick O’Brien and the Ram passing game in check – there won’t be anything from the ground attack to take over.

Wyoming vs. Colorado State Prediction, Line

Wyoming 24, Colorado State 17
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Wyoming -6.5, o/u: 50.5
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
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10 Best Predictions Against The Spread: Week 13. It’s a B1G Week

What ten college football games appear to be the best bets and the best picks against the spread going into Week 13? Here you go. Enjoy.

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What ten college football games appear to be the best bets and the best picks against the spread going into Week 13? Here you go. Enjoy.

Week 13 Fearless Predictions, Game Previews 
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And the ten games that appear to be a wee bit favorable are …

10. Samford at Auburn

LINE: Auburn -48.5
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
ATS PICK: Samford
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For those of you new to the program, here’s the tried-and-true, blind-faith belief system that’s worked really, really well this year.

If the world wants to give a team 40 points or more, you take them, you say “thank you,” and you move on.

There are a whole slew of things that have to happen to win by more than 40 points – it’s actually hard to do.

Sometimes a team shows mercy – like Ohio State did against Rutgers last week – and sometimes a team isn’t good enough to win by a bazillion, like Northwestern not covering against UMass.

However, there are a few things to take into account when it comes to the FBS vs. FCS matchups late in the season. 1) Is it the final home game for the FBSer? If it is, the starters will likely stay in a bit longer. Alabama is coming to Auburn next week. 2) Does the team need a week off to rest everyone?

You ready to play the deep cut on this?

The last two times Auburn played a wipeout paycheck game at home before going to Alabama, it won it brutal blowouts – by 53 over Liberty last year, and 55-0 against Alabama A&M in 2016. However …

The last few times it was the game BEFORE Senior Day – like it is this year? 42-14 over ULM in 2017, 56-34 over Idaho in 2015, 35-16 over Samford in 2011, 62-24 over UT Chattanooga in 2010, and 37-20 over UT Martin in 2008.

The gods are handing you 48.5 points AND a wacky trend/streak?

In this case, Samford actually has a fun enough offense that it can luck its way into a touchdown or two against the backups.

And from the Department of Oh Screw It, We’ve Come This Far With The Theme …

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9. Arkansas at LSU

LINE: LSU -43.5
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
ATS PICK: Arkansas
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Take everything that was just said about the FBS vs. FCS thing, and apply it to this.

The Arkansas Razorbacks will get up Saturday morning up 43.5-0.

LSU can win the SEC West with a victory, but it has bigger fish to fry next week against Texas A&M and the week after against Georgia in – most likely – the SEC Championship.

It’s not Senior Day – that’s next week – so this is just about coming up with an instant wipeout and then sitting everyone possible. Also, as dominant as LSU has been, it hasn’t won a game by more than 43 against an FBS team since the 55-3 win over Georgia Southern in the opener.

One more thing. After what happened last week to Tua Tagovailoa, but watch out for some teams to be a bit spooked about how long the superstar starting quarterback keeps playing in a blowout.

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8. Pitt at Virginia Tech

LINE: Virginia Tech -3.5
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
ATS PICK: Virginia Tech
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Stick with the hot hand. It’s the last home game of the year for a Virginia Tech team that’s in the thick of the ACC Coastal hunt. Pitt is, too, but the Hokies have rolled in their last two games, played Notre Dame well, and has won five of their last six games. Pitt is hot, too – winning six of its last seven – but the Hokies are sharper. You’re only giving away an extra half point taking the home team.

7. Nevada at Fresno State

LINE: Fresno State -14
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ATS PICK: Nevada
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This isn’t the Fresno State of the last two years. The defense isn’t nearly as nasty, it  lost three of its last four, and the only win so far by more than 14 is over UNLV. The Bulldogs just played San Diego State – and lost – while Nevada has had two weeks off since winning on the road in San Diego. The Wolf Pack were blown away by Utah State and Wyoming on the road by a total score of 67-13 in their previous two road games, but the Bulldogs just aren’t that potent.

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6. Nebraska at Maryland

LINE: Nebraska -4.5
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
ATS PICK: Nebraska
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Nebraska has last four straight and five of its last six. It can’t seem to do much of anything right, and that includes only scoring 13 in a win over a miserable Northwestern team. However, the offense started to click last week against Wisconsin, Adrian Martinez played well, and the team wasn’t that bad in a 37-21 loss.

Maryland is rested after two weeks off, and it’s the home finale, but it hasn’t come closer than six of anyone but Rutgers since losing to Temple 20-17 back in mid-September. Basically, Nebraska is bad, but Maryland is a whole lot worse.

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Washington vs. Colorado Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Washington vs. Colorado fearless prediction and game preview.

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Washington vs. Colorado fearless prediction and game preview.

Washington vs. Colorado Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 23
Game Time: 10:00 ET
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Venue: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
Network: ESPN

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Why Washington Will Win

There’s no need to mess with this, and there’s no need to get cute.

The Huskies have had two weeks off since slugging their way through a 19-7 win over Oregon State on the road, and the exact same formula should work.

Start running, keep running, and pound, pound, pound.

The offensive line wasn’t able to do anything against the Utah defensive front, and the ground attack has been a bit hit-or-miss, but this isn’t hard.

When Washington runs more than 186 yards, it wins – 6-0. 186 or under? 0-4.

Most teams on the Colorado slate don’t like to commit to the ground game and wing it around the yard – and there’s a reason. The Buff secondary gives up a whole slew of big plays and allowed over 300 yards per game through the air. It’ll be tempting for UW to start throwing, but again, take control with the ground game and all will be fine.

Oregon ran early on, ended up getting a slew of defensive stops after a few decent drives, and finished with 252 rushing yards. Air Force? 284 yards – win. UCLA? 200 yards – win.

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Why Colorado Will Win

Okay, QB Steven Montez. Time to come up with something special.

He’s 0-3 against the Huskies and hasn’t been able to get anything consistently going. If he’s not great, forget about it.

Part of the reason why Washington lost the games this year when it didn’t run wild is because it struggled against the decent passing days by the other side.

That wasn’t the case in the loss to Cal and its run D, but Oregon’s Justin Herbert was sharp, Utah’s Tyler Huntley was terrific, and Stanford got a stunning day out of backup Davis Mills, who came close to hitting 300 yards.

Herbert, Huntley and Mills happened to come up with the three biggest passing days of the season allowed by the Washington defense.

The magic mark this year seems to be 280 yards. Get there, beat the Dawgs. Montez has thrown for that or more four times this year, but even when he’s on, he’ll need his defense to do its part – it wasn’t able to do that when the Buff passing game worked against USC.

In the final home game of the year, and with two weeks off since the win over Stanford, it all has to work now to stay alive for a bowl game.

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What’s Going To Happen

Washington’s rested lines are going to take over early on.

It’s not going to get ugly – the Buffs will bring the energy at home – but they’re just not scoring enough. They haven’t cleared more than 16 points in four of their last five games, and they’re going to struggle to get into any sort of a rhythm this week.

Washington will run for well over 200 yards and have the ball for more than 35 minutes in a workmanlike win.

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Washington vs. Colorado Prediction, Line

Washington 31, Colorado 17
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Washington -14.5, o/u: 53
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Utah vs. Arizona Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Utah vs. Arizona fearless prediction and game preview.

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Utah vs. Arizona fearless prediction and game preview.

Utah vs. Arizona Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 23
Game Time: 10:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ
Network: FS1

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Why Utah Will Win

Oregon is sixth in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, Utah is seventh.

Shhhhhhhh, but Utah is playing better.

The defense has been a brick wall, stuffing everyone from Washington State to UCLA to Arizona State over a dominant six-game winning streak since losing to USC.

The Utah got past a nasty Washington team in Seattle in a 33-28 win. Other than that, the Ute D hasn’t allowed more than seven points in any game since the end of September.

Relatively healthy and playing air-tight on both sides of the ball, the Utes are owning third downs, they’re balanced with a brutally efficient attack, and they’re leading the nation in run defense.

It’s all working.

Arizona can wing the ball around a bit, but the defense doesn’t have a prayer of slowing down a red-hot Tyler Huntley, who’s among the nation’s most efficient passers averaging close to 12 yards per throw with 13 touchdowns and one lone interception.

Arizona has the nation’s second-worst pass defense and doesn’t generate a lick of a pass rush to help the cause.

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Why Arizona Will Win

Wake up throwing, continue throwing during the pregame meal, get on the team bus throwing, get off throwing, keep throwing in the locker room, and don’t stop firing away no matter what.

There’s no prayer of running against this defensive front – Arizona State was the only team able to come up with more than 100 yards, and QB Jayden Daniels only completed 4-of-18 passes in the 21-3 loss.

However, even it’s not always effective, and even if it’s not always efficient, the Wildcats need their quarterbacks to keep pushing the Ute secondary that can be beaten.

Washington kept it close with Jacob Eason throwing 52 times for 316 yards and four scores in the 33-28 loss. USC won when Matt Fink went wacky hitting 21-of-30 passes for 351 yards and three scores. Both of those games were on the road for the Utes.

The Wildcats have been able to push for more than 350 passing yards four times this season – they have to make this a firefight in the final home game of the year. At least …

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What’s Going To Happen

The Arizona offense has to somehow keep up with what the Utah offense is about to do.

It’s been a disastrous run of five straight losses for Arizona after a 4-1 start, and it has to win this and beat Arizona State to go bowling. Utah won’t oblige.

The Ute lines will take over from the start, making up for a few big Arizona passing drives by rolling up and down the field with a balanced gameplan that won’t be slowed down.

The Utes need a win in this and a USC loss to UCLA to take the South and go off to play Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship, or they can win this and beat Colorado next week. The latter will happen.

Utah vs. Arizona Prediction, Line

Utah 41, Arizona 14
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Utah -22.5, o/u: 57
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Oregon State vs. Washington State Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Oregon State vs. Washington State fearless prediction and game preview.

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Oregon State vs. Washington State fearless prediction and game preview.

Oregon State vs. Washington State Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 23
Game Time: 9:00 ET
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Venue: Pac-12 Network
Network: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA

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Why Oregon State Will Win

On a terrific run of three wins in the last four games, the Beavers are a win away from going bowling – seemingly unthinkable two months ago.

How is this all happening?

The defense is cranking up one of the Pac-12’s best pass rushes – it leads the league in tackles for loss – and the offense has found something in each of the recent wins that worked.

It was the D that took over in the win over Cal a month ago that started this run, and it was the passing game that rocked Arizona in a stunning blowout in Tucson a week later.

When Jake Luton and the air show works, this becomes a balanced, effective team that can do a little of everything right.

The key is the ability to work the passing attack down the field and spring big things to the targets on the move. If that works, everything else falls into place. It’s what OSU is 3-1 – only losing in a fun battle with Stanford – when it averaged eight yards or more per pass.

The Washington State secondary allowed 8.6 yards per throw, including getting bombed on by Stanford for over 500 yards and ten yards per pass in last week’s game. However …

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Why Washington State Will Win

Wazzu is used to getting into battles with lots and lots and lots of passing.

Yeah, Davis Mills of Stanford threw for 504 yards and three touchdowns last week.

And Anthony Gordon threw for 520 yards and five touchdowns in a 49-22 Cougar win.

For all the good things the Oregon State defense does to get into the backfield and hit the quarterback, it’s not helping out the pass D enough. There are way too many big plays allowed, there aren’t enough big plays from the secondary, and the defense is a rumor most of the time on third downs.

Washington State tends to lose when it stops itself. It lost in a wild firefight with Arizona State, but other than that, the other four losses came in the only four games when it lost the turnover battle.

Those losses were the only times all season when the Cougars turned it over two times or more – 12 of the 16 turnovers on the season were in those games – and Oregon State doesn’t do much to force mistakes.

The Beavers are brilliant at not screwing up – they lead the nation in fewest turnovers with a mere four – but they’ve only picked off five passes on the season.

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What’s Going To Happen

The winner of this game goes bowling, and the loser will have a rough time getting to six wins with Wazzu playing Washington next week and Oregon State finishing up with Oregon.

Washington State is a different team at home.

There was the meltdown over the final 19 minutes against UCLA. That’s the only blemish in a 4-1 season in Pullman. In the final home game of the season, the Cougars go out with a win in a terrific game with more than 700 yards or passing and a whole lot of big plays from both sides.

Like it was last week against Stanford, Wazzu’s passing game will be a wee bit better.

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Oregon State vs. Washington State Prediction, Line

Washington State 37, Oregon State 30
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Washington State -11.5, o/u: 76.5
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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Must See Rating: 3.5

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Oregon vs. Arizona State Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Oregon vs. Arizona State fearless prediction and game preview.

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Oregon vs. Arizona State fearless prediction and game preview.

Oregon vs. Arizona State Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 23
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
Network: ABC

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Why Oregon Will Win

The team has found its groove at just the right time, and everything is clicking.

There was a fight against Washington, followed up by a survive-and-advance win over Washington State, but with blowout wins over USC and Arizona, the Ducks started to look the part again.

Arizona State has been miserable at just the wrong time, and everything is going down the tubes.

The defense has gone bye-bye in the four-game losing streak, the offense hasn’t been able to keep up any sort of pace lately, and a once-promising season is possibly two more losses away from an epic collapse.

What’s the biggest problem?

Mistakes.

The Sun Devils were air-tight when it came to turnovers over the first half of the season – giving away just five over the first six games – and then the giveaways started flowing with eight in the losing run.

Oregon is second in the nation in turnover margin.

It’s going to take a perfect effort for ASU to pull of the win, and it’s not up for it.

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Why Arizona State Will Win

Jayden Daniels has to do something special.

It’s possible to throw on the Duck defense. Washington’s Jacob Eason, Washington State’s Anthony Gordon, and USC’s Kedon Slovis were all able to throw three touchdown passes against this group. They all lost – Slovis also gave up three bad picks – but that’s how ASU has to do this.

Throw, keep throwing, and hope Daniels can offset a suddenly shaky defense.

He’s been a bit banged up, but he came up with great games on the road against UCLA and Oregon State. The Sun Devils lost, but the offense worked. Daniels has to be great, the defense has to step up its pass rush, and …

It’s going to take something quirky.

How much do you believe in the Oregon second-half-of-the-season road clunker theory? For some in the investment community, this is a thing.

Oregon was rolling right along last year without much cause for alarm after a loss against a great Washington State team on the road, and then  … Arizona 44, Oregon 16.

The Ducks lost their final three regular season games last year outside of the the state of Oregon, and lost their final four road games – including to Arizona State – in 2017.

This isn’t really anything that really matters, though, right? Ask those who dove in deep in 2013 when a powerhouse Duck team was hammered by Arizona 42-16 in Tucson.

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What’s Going To Happen

The problem is that the Sun Devils just don’t have the offensive line to handle what the Ducks do up front.

The Oregon D line is too active, the run defense too strong, and the offense really just doesn’t make the big mistakes a struggling team like ASU needs.

Justin Herbert and the Oregon O will need at least a half to put this away, and it’s going to be a bit of a struggle, but the team will survive a 300-yard day from Daniels to keep the College Football Playoff dream alive.

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Oregon vs. Arizona State Prediction, Line

Oregon 37, Arizona State 24
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Oregon -14, o/u: 52.5
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Must See Rating: 3.5

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Cal vs. Stanford Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Cal vs. Stanford fearless prediction and game preview.

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Cal vs. Stanford fearless prediction and game preview.

Cal vs. Stanford Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 23
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Live Stream: fuboTV (click to watch for free)
Venue: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
Network: Pac-12 Network

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Why Cal Will Win

Stanford isn’t going to be able to run.

It’s simple. The Cardinal can throw – more on this in a moment – but it wins games when the ground attack works even a little bit.

They’ve won four games this year, and three of them were their best rushing performances so far, coming up with 132 yards or more in those three. Essentially, running well is a must to get this done.

It is possible to run a wee bit on this Bear defensive front, but it has allowed 107 yards or fewer in three of its last four games, and Arizona State were the only teams that committed hard to the ground attack and made it work.

Offensively, Cal has to simply keep things moving.

It’s not going to hit a slew of home runs, but it should be able to roll on third downs against a defense that can’t seem to come up with a key stop.

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Why Stanford Will Win

Okay, Davis Mills. Do that again.

Star QB KJ Costello hasn’t been right all season long, but Mills was able to step in and beat Washington and Oregon State, and he stepped up against Washington State last week and threw for 504 yards and three scores …

And lost. Badly.

The Cardinal should’ve been able to run at will on the Cougar defense – it ran ten times or six yards – and instead it got into a firefight with Wazzu throwing for 520 yards and five scores, and …

Cal isn’t going to throw for 520 yards and five scores with Devon Modster at quarterback.

Chase Garbers has been banged up, and he tried to give it a go, but he was out against USC. Modster was able to beat Washington State with a sharp 230-yard, three-score passing day, but he struggled against everyone else, including in the loss to the Trojans with two picks.

Stanford isn’t going to be able to run, but the Cal secondary has been getting hit really, really hard.

Washington State bombed away for 407 yards and two scores, and USC’s Kedon Slovis hit 83% of his passes for 406 yards and four touchdowns.

Mills has to bomb away and hope the Cardinal are on the right side this week.

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What’s Going To Happen

Both teams are sinking.

Cal has lost five of its last six games and needs just one more win to go bowling, and it’s not going to happen this week – it’ll have to try getting it done at UCLA.

Mills will outplay Modster.

The Bear pass defense isn’t playing well enough, Stanford’s passing game will be just enough to force Modster to push the offense a bit, and it’ll be an interesting win that puts it in position to get bowl eligible if it can get by Notre Dame next week.

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Cal vs. Stanford Prediction, Line

Stanford 26, Cal 17
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UCLA vs. USC Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

UCLA vs. USC fearless prediction and game preview.

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UCLA vs. USC fearless prediction and game preview.

UCLA vs. USC Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 23
Game Time: 3:30 ET
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Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Network: ABC

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UCLA (4-6) vs. USC (7-4) Game Preview

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Why UCLA Will Win

Can Joshua Kelley recreate the magic?

The Bruin back took the team over in last year’s 34-27 win over USC with 40 carries for 289 yards and two touchdowns. Held in check last week in the 49-3 blowout loss to Utah – he ran for just 78 yards – this has to be his game to take over against a good Trojan run D.

It is possible, though, to pound away on this group. It’s going to take the best performance of the year by a leaky UCLA offensive front, but before last week, the team hit the 200-yard rushing mark in five straight games with 12 scores.

Kelley had a whole lot to do with that.

The Bruin secondary will have a bit of a rough day, but the defensive front hasn’t been all that bad, and it has to bring enough pressure right away. There’s been a big improvement this year when it comes to defensive plays behind the line, but …

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Why USC Will Win

The increased pressure from the Bruin D isn’t leading to takeaways and mistakes.

USC has had its problems at times with giveaways, going 1-4 when turning it over three times or more, but UCLA has only come up with four turnovers – and no more than one in any game – in the last six outings. Worse yet, six of the team’s 12 takeaways came in the wild win over Washington State.

UCLA has failed to come up with multiple takeaways eight times in ten games. It’ll need to do something big to slow down the USC passing attack.

Kedon Slovis has been as hot as any quarterback in the country over the last two games, connecting on 58-of-74 passes (78%) for 838 yards and eight touchdowns with one pick. In his last four games he’s thrown 15 touchdown passes, with the one blip coming in the three-pick game in the loss to Oregon.

The UCLA secondary that’s the third-worst in college football in pass efficiency D doesn’t come up with interceptions – just one in the last six games – and it’s fresh off of getting roasted by Utah’s Tyler Huntley for close to 18 yards per throw.

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What’s Going To Happen

UCLA is playing for its bowl life. It needs to win this week and take out Cal next week to get to six wins and go bowling.

Can it defy all logic and reason like it did last year and put together something special in its biggest game of the season?

Not this time.

The USC defense won’t be able to totally shut down Kelley, but it’ll do just enough to force the Bruin passing game to take over as the game goes on. It’s not going to work.

USC will press too much early on, but it’ll settle down, the passing game will kick in, and the receivers will be the stars of the second half as Slovis comes up with yet another four touchdown performance.

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UCLA vs. USC Prediction, Line

USC 37, UCLA 27
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5
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Kansas State vs. Texas Tech Fearless Prediction, Game Preview

Kansas State vs. Texas Tech fearless prediction and game preview.

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Kansas State vs. Texas Tech fearless prediction and game preview.

Kansas State vs. Texas Tech Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 23
Game Time: 7:00 ET
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Venue: Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, TX
Network: FS1

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Why Kansas State Will Win

This has to be when the running game kicks back in.

It was rocking and rolling over a two-game stretch against Oklahoma and Kansas, and then offense started to move it more through the air against Texas – the ground attack didn’t work – and the mistakes against West Virginia were too much to overcome.

Texas Tech’s run defense hasn’t been miserable, but the Wildcats have to go back to what works. And if not, they can start throwing at will against the Big 12’s worst pass defense.

Texas Tech allows 310 yards per game through the air – giving up over 320 yards in each of its last five games and over 400 in two of its last three – but again, everything works better for the Wildcats if they can get going on the ground right away.

On the other side, the K-State defense gives up passing yards, but it comes through time and again on third downs – offenses only convert on 27% of their chances. Again, though …

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Why Texas Tech Will Win

The Kansas State pass defense is a wee bit of an issue.

There isn’t a pass rush, and there isn’t a ton of pressure in the backfield – the Wildcats are dead last in the Big 12 in tackles for loss – and Texas Tech’s offense doesn’t need the extra time.

This might not be the high-flying fun show of past Texas Tech versions, but Jett Duffey has thrown for close to 700 yards over the last two weeks with over ten yards per pass.

Against the Wildcats, it’s all about completion percentage.

More completed passes, more long drives, more chances to take K-State out of its game that relies on time of possession. The team is 1-4 when allowing teams to hit 62% or more of their passes – Oklahoma was the only outlier – and it’s 5-0 when holding teams under the mark.

Duffey completes 67% of his throws overall, and has only been under it once in the last five games.

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What’s Going To Happen

The Red Raiders have to get past Kansas State this week and Texas next week to get bowl eligible. In the final home game of the year they’ll get the job done with the midrange passing attack overcoming a Kansas State offense that won’t be able to control the game like it’ll need to.

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Kansas State vs. Texas Tech Prediction, Line

Texas Tech 34, Kansas State 31
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Texas Tech -2.5, o/u: 55.5
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
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Must See Rating: 3

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