{"id":25405,"date":"2012-10-09T17:29:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T22:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25405"},"modified":"2012-10-09T17:29:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T22:29:49","slug":"california-golden-bears-vs-washington-state-cougars-college-football-week-7-picks-against-the-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/california-golden-bears-vs-washington-state-cougars-college-football-week-7-picks-against-the-spread-25405\/","title":{"rendered":"California Golden Bears vs. Washington State Cougars: College Football Week 7 Picks Against the Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Golden Bears at Washington State Cougars
\nSaturday, 10\/13\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Pac-12 Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 California -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 California -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 54.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The California Golden Bears are 0-5 ATS as road favorites the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cal hits the road after picking up a convincing 43-17 victory over the UCLA Bruins as 2.5-point home underdogs last week, while also going OVER the total for the first time in three games.\u00a0 The Golden Bears have a great chance to keep that momentum going, as they\u2019ve won the last seven meetings, including three straight in Pullman.\u00a0 Defensively, the team created six turnovers last week, which definitely set the table for the offense.\u00a0 California is 0-5 ATS as a road favorite the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 3-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Golden Bears could definitely have a better record than their current 2-4 mark, considering they\u2019ve been within one score in the fourth quarter in all four of their losses.\u00a0 Quarterback Zach Maynard has completed 112-of-181 passes for 1,348 yards, while throwing for nine touchdowns and five interceptions.\u00a0 Wide receiver Keenan Allen is definitely his main target, currently ranking 22nd nationally in averaging 6.83 catches per game.\u00a0 California\u2019s top three rushers have combined for 958 yards on the ground through the first half of the regular season, as the group ranks fourth in the conference.<\/p>\n

Washington State will be focused on snapping its three-game losing streak, which includes a 19-6 setback to the Oregon State Beavers as 15.5-point road underdogs last week.\u00a0 The Cougars have managed to cover their last two games, while the OVER is 3-1 in their last four contests.\u00a0 First-year head coach Mike Leach has faced California just one time in his career, coming away with a 45-31 win in the 2004 Holiday Bowl during his time with Texas Tech.\u00a0 Washington State is 2-0 ATS as a home underdog of 7.5 to 14 points since 2010.<\/p>\n

The Cougars are definitely one of the better teams in the country in terms of getting after the quarterback, as they\u2019ve tallied 19 sacks after adding three more against the Beavers.\u00a0 On the offensive side of the ball, Washington State has gotten very little out of its signal-callers, as the unit is averaging just 21 points per game.\u00a0 Connor Halliday and Jeff Tuel have gotten very little help from a rushing attack that averages just 41 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cougars due to their 11-3 ATS mark in October, while the Golden Bears are 3-9 ATS on the road.<\/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

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California Golden Bears at Washington State Cougars Saturday, 10\/13\/12, 10:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 Pac-12 Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 California -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 California -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 54.5 Current Total:\u00a0 54.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cal hits the road after picking up a convincing 43-17 victory over the UCLA Bruins as 2.5-point home underdogs last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2958,7083,5582,562,5263,3120,5896],"class_list":["post-25405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-connor-halliday","tag-jeff-tuel","tag-mike-leach","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-washington-state-cougars","tag-zach-maynard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25405","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=25405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25406,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25405\/revisions\/25406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}