Maybe Marshall Faulk is back running for S D St......yeah I don't get that line either.
Somewhat of a revenge game for SD State given their 35-7 loss at Cal last year, but the line in that game was Cal -13 so we are looking at a 21 point adjustment. Possible look ahead spot for Cal with a game against Texas on deck, but Cal has had two weeks to prepare and re-acclimate after the trip down under. I have these teams rated about the same so +8 does appear to offer value even factoring in SD State's home field.
At the end of the day they lost a tough game in Texas in 105 degree heat, unlv played Friday and has extra time to prep against a Ucla offense that looked suspect. It was only 17-0 going into the half and ended up being 37-3 last year in Tony Sanchez first year. I'm just thinking this is a bad spot for Ucla as Tony Sanchez of unlv is in his 2nd year and here in vegas you can tell he's changed the culture to that team. Talent is staying in vegas. I'm not saying unlv will win outright I just don't trust anyone on that UCLA offense atm. Unlv had a layup win last week at home. Not only that unlv played well on the road against Michigan, unr, Fresno, Colorado state, and wyoming. All those games were 3 scores or less or an outright win. Devonte Boyd is a legit first conference wideout, and Stanton is playing qb, yes Stanton from Nebraska who was a high rated qb coming out of highschool, and he just had a jc year of 3000 yards passing, 37 tds. I wonder if Ucla players even come to play on its home opener which they normally dont, 34-16 vs Virginia, 42-35 Memphis the last 2 years.
I think Tony Sanchez has the potential to be a Chris Peterson when he was at Boise. Look at the talent he brought to bishop Gorman and how so many of those players play d-1 football. The dude can recruit and he can coach up talent that's a rare breed. This bishop Gorman team that should win a highschool national championship again this year was crafted by him.
The UCLA line -27 looks about right to me, maybe a tick higher if you want to split hairs. I like to fade teams coming off OT loss, but am somewhat reluctant to back dogs of this magnitude. Maybe Thundercat is onto something being ahead of the curve with Sanchez at UNLV, but it is somewhat of a leap of faith at this point imo.
I've lived out here 10+ years in vegas, I'm 24 so I literally had to watch how Gorman grow to become a powerhouse in highschool. Sanchez can coach em. I'm not saying they are gonna win 8 to 9 games but they will be much improved. It's only year 2 for him. But the offense looked great last week with a qb in Stanton who understands this his chance to show scouts what he has. Boyd and him will be at the end of the year in the top 25 qb- wrote combos in college football. Boyd had 3 TD catches this past week. Did uclas dbs look all that good against a&m?
There was talk of giving Mora a chance up in Seattle with the dogs but there was plenty of opposition to him too.
Those in the know didn't want anything to do with Mora. That was during Ty Willingham's perfect 0-12 season.
They wound up settling for Sarkisian.... Haha
I think Mora has more on the ball than Sark does but I've noticed that he hits a ceiling and goes no farther.
I just don't see him beating Stanford or even the Ducks in a normal year in a conference championship game.
If USC wasn't UCLA's bitter rival, they'd might not even win a South division title except once in a coon's age.
Those in the know didn't want anything to do with Mora. That was during Ty Willingham's perfect 0-12 season.
They wound up settling for Sarkisian.... Haha
I think Mora has more on the ball than Sark does but I've noticed that he hits a ceiling and goes no farther.
I just don't see him beating Stanford or even the Ducks in a normal year in a conference championship game.
If USC wasn't UCLA's bitter rival, they'd might not even win a South division title except once in a coon's age.
I think there's a legit shot San Diego state beats cal and does it rather convincingly. Watching the Hawaii game, cal got obliterated by a completely below average run game. Donnel pumphrey is a top shelf back behind a road paving line. I've never been high on Davis Webb and the two styles of these teams tell me ball control and the run game will prove to be the difference maker. I'm waiting to see if the line moves off 8.5 at all because id love to see 10 but I think it might actually swing down to 7.
i like Oregon 23.5 over Virginia who just lot to Richmond by double digits and now has to go across country and play a reinvented Oregon defense. The ducks looked spotty at best week 1 but prukop looked great with his mobility and had a lot of moxxy back there. The defense is average with glimpses of tenacity, but more than anything they just need to play with their hair on fire because schematically they are plain Jane. With time and games, that defense will slowly start to improve, but there's no better time to do it than now before the Nebraska game on the road where they are going to be tested for sure. Ducks should hang 50+ on Virginia who looks far inferior across the board.
washington should boat race Idaho and cover 36 no problem . End of story. They look really damn good. Scares me.
i like Oregon 23.5 over Virginia who just lot to Richmond by double digits and now has to go across country and play a reinvented Oregon defense. The ducks looked spotty at best week 1 but prukop looked great with his mobility and had a lot of moxxy back there. The defense is average with glimpses of tenacity, but more than anything they just need to play with their hair on fire because schematically they are plain Jane. With time and games, that defense will slowly start to improve, but there's no better time to do it than now before the Nebraska game on the road where they are going to be tested for sure. Ducks should hang 50+ on Virginia who looks far inferior across the board.
washington should boat race Idaho and cover 36 no problem . End of story. They look really damn good. Scares me.
