{"id":19693,"date":"2011-11-26T11:09:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19693"},"modified":"2011-11-26T11:09:07","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T16:09:07","slug":"college-football-picks-week-13-ucla-bruins-vs-usc-trojans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-13-ucla-bruins-vs-usc-trojans-19693\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 13: UCLA Bruins vs. USC Trojans"},"content":{"rendered":"

UCLA Bruins at USC Trojans
\nSaturday, 11\/26\/11, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 USC -15.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 USC -16
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 58.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 57.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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USC Trojans QB Matt Barkley could be playing his final game inside the Los Angeles Coliseum Saturday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UCLA will travel across town and take on its biggest rival inside the Los Angeles Coliseum Saturday, seeking its first win in the series since 2006.\u00a0 \u201cWe find ourselves at 6-5, and more importantly, with a chance to win the South Division,\u201d commented Bruins head coach Rick Neuheisel earlier in the week.\u00a0 Luckily for the program, it\u2019s already earned that spot in the Pac-12 Conference championship game to events that unfolded on Friday.\u00a0 UCLA is 8-17 ATS as an underdog the past two-plus years and the \u2018under\u2019 is 16-10 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Bruins have registered six 200-yard plus rushing games this season, including a 328-yard performance in last week\u2019s 45-6 win over the Colorado Buffaloes as 11-point home favorites.\u00a0 UCLA has defeated four of its last nine top-10 ranked opponents, while qualifying for a bowl game for the 10th time in the last 12 seasons.\u00a0 Quarterback Kevin Prince will need to complete some passes in order to pull off the upset, connecting on just 10 of 22 throws for 90 yards with two interceptions in a 28-7 loss to the Trojans two years ago.\u00a0 He was not under center in last year\u2019s meeting due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n

USC comes off a highly-emotional 38-35 win over the Oregon Ducks as 16.5-point road underdogs and will look to keep possession of the Victory Bell.\u00a0 The Trojans are not eligible to play in the postseason due to NCAA sanctions, which makes this potentially the final game for junior quarterback Matt Barkley.\u00a0 Many suspect that he will jump to the NFL due to being a potential first-round selection, throwing for 323 yards and four touchdowns versus the Ducks last week.\u00a0 USC is 5-2 ATS as a favorite this season and the \u2018under\u2019 is 4-3 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Trojans and Bruins will be meeting at night for just the eighth time in this series, with tonight\u2019s host holding a 5-2 edge in such contests.\u00a0 USC holds a 25-12-5 advantage when facing off against an unranked UCLA side, which includes a 13-6-2 mark when coming in ranked.\u00a0 Wide receiver Robert Woods is Barkley\u2019s favorite target, but he\u2019s been slowed by injuries down the stretch, but still leads the conference with 99 receptions and 13 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Trojans due to their 35-16 ATS mark in November, while the Bruins are 1-8 ATS as a road underdog.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UCLA Bruins at USC Trojans Saturday, 11\/26\/11, 10:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 USC -15.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 USC -16 Opening Total:\u00a0 58.5 Current Total:\u00a0 57.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker UCLA will travel across town and take on its biggest rival inside the Los Angeles Coliseum Saturday, seeking its first win in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3317,5907,1089,5263,2482,3384,11,472],"class_list":["post-19693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-kevin-prince","tag-los-angeles-coliseum","tag-matt-barkley","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-rick-neuheisel","tag-robert-woods","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-usc-trojans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19693","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=19693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19694,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19693\/revisions\/19694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}