Friday, May 25th, 2012
The UCLA Bruins will hit the highway to face the Kansas St Wildcats in a college football game on Saturday afternoon.
They kick off this contest from Kansas St at 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television provided by ABC TV.
The LVSC college football odds makers have set the betting line in this game and it was the road club UCLA Bruins opening as 1 point favorite with the over under lined at 45.
The early money in this game has come on the home team as we have a new favorite as the Kansas St Wildcats are now 2 ½ point favorites. The total saw no movement as the total is hung at 45.
Money line bettors can play the favored Kansas St Wildcats at -125 with the road underdog UCLA Bruins returning +105 to pull off the upset win without the points.
UCLA returns 7 players on offense and 5 to their defense.
The club finished 2009 with a 7-6 record and made a bowl game and it was a winning one with the 30-21 victory against Temple. UCLA backed into a bowl berth last season as they needed an Army loss to Navy to get the invite.
Sophomore Kevin Prince returns as the starter. In his freshman season Prince completed 56.2% of his passes for 2050 yards with 8 touchdowns and 8 picks.
Running back sophomore Jonathan Franklin is backed after 126 rushing attempts for 605 yards and 5 touchdowns in 2009.
UCLA’s top two receivers are back in junior Nelson Rosario and junior Taylor Embree. They combined in 2009 with 87 catches with 4 touchdowns.
The Bruins averaged only 22 points and 338 offensive yards a season ago. The defense was good allowing their opponents 21 points and 334 yards a game.
Kansas St returns only 5 players on offense and 7 to their defensive corps.
The team finished 2009 with a 6-6 record and failed to qualify for a bowl bid. Two of their wins in 2009 came outside division 1 against UMass and Tennessee Tech. It was the third straight season the team failed to go bowling.
Senior quarterback Carson Coffman will line up under center for the Wildcats. The signal caller completed 60.7% of his passes in 2009 with 860 yards two touchdowns and four picks.
The club returns leading rusher senior Daniel Thomas this season. Thomas had 247 carries last year with 1290 yards and 11 touchdowns with a 5.1 yards per carry average.
There is tons of turnover to their pass catchers as the team returns only 1 of their top five in 2010. The club lines up senior Aubrey Quarles, sophomore Chris Harper and sophomore Brodrick Smith when they go three wide. Harper and Smith are transfers and Quarles returns after an injury last season.
The team averaged just 23 points and 349 yards per game last season. The defense allowed 23 points and 340 yards.
In their meeting last season it was UCLA with the 23-9 home victory as an 11 point favorite.
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