{"id":18282,"date":"2011-10-04T13:36:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T18:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18282"},"modified":"2011-10-04T16:13:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T21:13:38","slug":"college-football-thursday-night-preview-california-golden-bears-at-oregon-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-thursday-night-preview-california-golden-bears-at-oregon-ducks-18282\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Thursday Night Preview: California Golden Bears at Oregon Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Golden Bears at No. 9 Oregon Ducks
\nThursday, 10\/6\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oregon -24.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oregon -24
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 59
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 62.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Oregon Ducks RB LaMichael James is starting to run wild again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

California resumes its 2011 season after a bye week and takes on the Oregon Ducks in a prime-time Thursday night battle inside Autzen Stadium.\u00a0 The Golden Bears are coming off a 31-23 road loss to the Washington Huskies as one-point road underdogs despite winning the statistical battle by 48 yards.\u00a0 Many around the program are drawing confidence from last year\u2019s 15-13 setback against the Ducks, as the defense allowed just 15 points and 317 yards to one of the more powerful offensive units in the league.\u00a0 The Golden Bears hold a 39-32-2 lead in the all-time series, but have dropped the last two.\u00a0 Cal is 4-9 ATS on the road and the \u2018under\u2019 holds a slight 7-6 advantage in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Golden Bears know it must win the battle up front defensively, as the Ducks lead the Pac-12 Conference in gaining 299.5 rushing yards, while their defense ranks second in the conference in limiting opponents to just 78.2.\u00a0 California has played 30 nationally ranked teams during the Jeff Tedford era, posting a 13-17 mark in those contests.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is led by a talented wide receiver duo, as both Keenan Allen and Marvin Jones rank in the top six in receptions and receiving yards in the conference.<\/p>\n

Oregon enters this game on a three-game win streak after dropping a 40-27 season-opening contest to the LSU Tigers as three-point neutral-site favorites.\u00a0 The Ducks actually out-gained the nation\u2019s No. 1 team at this time by 62 yards.\u00a0 Running back LaMichael James is starting to get going again, as he gained just 54 yards in the opener, but is now leading all players nationally with 153.3 yards per contest.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m just really happy with the way the line blocked, without those guys I wouldn\u2019t be anything,\u201d stated James this week.\u00a0 Oregon is 2-0 ATS as a favorite of 21.5 to 31 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Ducks have won eight of nine against the Bears inside Thursday night\u2019s venue since 1989, while eight of the last 11 series meetings have been decided by 10 points or less.\u00a0 Oregon is really on a roll as a program, winning its last 13 conference games, while averaging 49.5 points per game during its current 18-game home winning streak.\u00a0 Quarterback Darron Thomas has been a nice compliment to James, throwing for a touchdown pass in 17 consecutive games.\u00a0 The offense line has done a tremendous job\u00a0 in leading the nation in fewest sacks allowed.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Golden Bears due to their 20-6-1 ATS mark as an underdog of 10.5 or more points, while the Ducks are 1-5 ATS on Thursdays.<\/p>\n

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California Golden Bears at No. 9 Oregon Ducks Thursday, 10\/6\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oregon -24.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oregon -24 Opening Total:\u00a0 59 Current Total:\u00a0 62.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker California resumes its 2011 season after a bye week and takes on the Oregon Ducks in a prime-time Thursday night […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3242,2958,2267,3713,457,5263],"class_list":["post-18282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-autzen-stadium","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-darron-thomas","tag-lamichael-james","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-pac-12-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18288,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18282\/revisions\/18288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}