Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The UCLA Bruins who are a perfect 3-0 on the season will travel to the Bay area to face the Stanford Cardinal in a Pac 10 conference college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time in Stanford is at 3:30PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by ABC. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the home team Stanford Cardinal opened as 6 ½ point favorites. The early betting money from the public has come in on the road team, as the Stanford Cardinal is currently a 5-point favorite. College football totals bettors will find the current over under lined at 45 ½. College football money line gamblers can play the favored Stanford Cardinal at –215 with the underdog UCLA Bruins returning +185 to win without the aid of getting points.
UCLA starting quarterback Kevin Prince is out of action while recovering from a broken jaw the freshman received at Tennessee. Backup quarterback Kevin Craft will be back under center in a relief role. In the Bruins home victory last time out against Kansas St, Craft was 13 of 24 for 186 yards a touchdown and an interception in the 23-9 result. Craft had a poor year as the Bruins starter in 2008 throwing 7 touchdowns and 20 interceptions on the season. In UCLA’s 23-20 home victory last year against the Cardinal Craft hit on 23 of 39 for 285 yards with two touchdowns and an interception against the slow Cardinal secondary. Bruins freshman running back Johnathan Franklin has ran the ball effectively on the season rushing for 242 yards on 52 carries with two touchdowns and 4.7 yards per rush average. Defensively the Bruins are good against the run allowing the opposition just 74 yards a game and 12.7 points. Stanford has a respectable 3-1 record on the season and is a perfect 2-0 in conference this season. Freshman quarterback Andrew Luck is a strong-armed quarterback who is six foot four inches tall and two hundred and thirty five pounds. Luck is hitting on 60% of his passes this season with four touchdowns and two interceptions. The Cardinal is the top rushing team in the Pac 10 averaging 233 yards per game on the ground and an impressive 5.8 yards per rushing attempt. Running back Toby Gerhart will be on the Bruins radar on Saturday as the senior has rushed for 516 yards on 91 attempts for five touchdowns and 5.7 yards per carry average. This game will be a good battle between the Cardinal offensive line versus the Bruins defensive line. The Stanford Cardinal success in this game will depend on their ability to run the ball on the UCLA Bruins.
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CFB Trend: The Under is 6-1 in their past 7 meetings
The Wagerline consensus has 52.6% of the CFB bettors on UCLA +5
The Wagerline consensus has 71.0% of the CFB bettors playing over 57 1/2
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