California Golden Bears at UCLA Bruins Point Spread Pick. Thursday 22nd October will see the 5-1 California Golden Bears face off against the 4-2 UCLA Bruins in their seventh week NCAAF match. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California will play host to the game, which is set to kick off at 21:00 ET. The Bruins have been labelled the favourites by 5Dimes, who currently have them at a -3½ point start, with odds of +100. Total points on the board are offered at 65½.

Betting Odds
Point Spread: UCLA -3.5
Total Line: 65.5

The Golden Bears would suffer their first loss of the 2015 regular season last week, when they came face to face with the Utah Utes. The game ended in a 30-24 score, with quarterback, Jared Goff claiming that his play against Utah was probably the worst he’s ever been. He would throw a career-high five interceptions during the match, four of which came in the first half. However, California would manage to pull themselves together in the second half, holding the Utes to just two field goals. However, it still wasn’t enough to overcome Utah’s powerful opening play.

California may have lost out to Utah, but they’ll be looking to get back on track against the Bruins, more-than-likely utilising their strong defence line up. Offensively, Goff will definitely be looking to bring his completed pass rate back up, having managed 150 out of 225 attempts for 1970 yards. Running backs, Khalfani Muhammad has carried 43 for 374 yards this season so far, with a single touchdown, while Vic Enwere has carried 63 for 290 yards and recorded five touchdowns.

The Bruins may have started out strong enough this season, claiming four consecutive victories, but this run would be shattered when Arizona State beat them in week five, while Stanford ran through them last week in a match that finished 56-35. Unfortunately, UCLA’s defence have been plagued by injuries – knowledge known and exploited by Stanford. Fortunately, California do rely heavily on their passing game, rather than rushing, so UCLA should have a little more functionality in their upcoming match.

The Bruins’ quarterback, Josh Rosen has played a fairly decent game this season in general, completing 124 of his attempted 210 yards for 1569 yards and 12 touchdowns. Rushing has also been generally on point, with number 24 running back, Paul Perkins carrying 114 for 681 yards and eight touchdowns. Meanwhile, Ka’imi Fairbairn has managed to create 24 extra points for UCLA this season, achieving 9 field goals of 10 attempted, one of which was over the 50+ yard line.

California at UCLA Betting Trends

California is 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games overall.
The Golden Bears are 1-6 against the spread in their last 7 road games against UCLA.
The game total has gone under in 4 of California’s last 6 road games against UCLA.
UCLA is 10-3 straight up in their last 13 games overall.
The Bruins are 3-6 against the spread in their last 9 home games.

Injury Report

California
10/19/15 RB Daniel Lasco Hip probable Thursday vs. UCLA
09/27/15 LB Aisea Tongilava Toe out indefinitely
09/25/15 CB Jaylinn Hawkins Shoulder out indefinitely
09/11/15 WR Jack Austin Foot expected to miss 4-6 weeks

UCLA
10/19/15 OL Alex Redmond Hand probable Thursday vs. California
10/19/15 OL Conor McDermott Knee injured last game, doubtful Thursday vs. California
10/19/15 LB Deon Hollins Knee injured last game, “?” Thursday vs. California
10/19/15 RB Nate Starks Head injured last game, “?” Thursday vs. California
10/19/15 WR Tyler Scott ACL out for season
10/14/15 OT Simon Goines Undisclosed out for season
10/12/15 WR Mossi Johnson Knee out for season
10/09/15 P Adam Searl Legal problems out indefinitely
09/23/15 LB Myles Jack Knee out for season
09/22/15 DB Fabian Moreau Foot out for season
09/07/15 DL Eddie Vanderdoes Knee out for season

Consensus Pick
California: 69%
UCLA: 31%

Free College Football Pick

This is one of those games that we think that can come back to bite us, but the statistical information for the game is just too strong to not lay down on California. The Golden Bears have dropped only one game this season and that came against Pac-12 rival the unbeaten Utes. California won the yards battle but fell short on the scoreboard 30-26. The jkey thing is the yardage stats. The Bears 467 yards was a season high for Utah whose previous high was 400 allowed to Oregon with the majority of the Ducks yards coming when the game was way out of reach. They’ll face the beat up defense of the Bruins who have allowed a ridiculous 94 points in their last two games.

Take the California Golden Bears + 3.5 @ INTERTOPS – FUNDING YOUR NEW ACCOUNT COULDN’T BE EASIER!