{"id":25643,"date":"2012-10-24T10:10:38","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T15:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25643"},"modified":"2012-10-24T10:10:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T15:10:38","slug":"college-football-week-9-predictions-california-golden-bears-vs-utah-utes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-9-predictions-california-golden-bears-vs-utah-utes-25643\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 9 Predictions: California Golden Bears vs. Utah Utes"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Golden Bears at Utah Utes
\nSaturday, 10\/27\/12, 9:45 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The California Golden Bears are 0-2 ATS as road underdogs of three or fewer points since 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

California looks to rebound from last Saturday\u2019s loss to the Stanford Cardinal, as the program looks to win its third game in four weeks.\u00a0 The Golden Bears have allowed 18.3 points per game over the last three contests after giving up 30.2 in their last five.\u00a0 Quarterback Zach Maynard has completed 145-of-235 passes for 1,751 yards this season, while throwing 10 touchdowns and eight interceptions.\u00a0 California is 0-2 ATS as a road underdog of three or fewer points over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Golden Bears have a talented trio of running backs, as the group has combined for 1,210 yards on the ground through the first eight games of the regular season.\u00a0 California ranks fifth in the Pac-12 in that particular category, as the program has had nine 1,000-yard rushers in the last 10 campaigns.\u00a0 Winning the turnover battle is paramount in this contest, as the Golden Bears are 46-9 when committing fewer miscues than opponents during the Jeff Tedford era.<\/p>\n

Utah has fallen on hard times in its second season in the Pac-12, as it looks to snap a four-game losing streak, which includes a 21-7 setback to the Oregon State Beavers as 10-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Utes will be playing their fifth-annual blackout game on Saturday, which has led them to a 3-1 record in that situation.\u00a0 Head coach Kyle Whittingham is 1-1 in this series, with the victory coming in the 2009 Poinsettia Bowl, while suffering a 34-10 loss as two-points road underdogs last year.\u00a0 Utah is 2-0 ATS as a home favorite of seven or fewer points.<\/p>\n

The Utes have a tall mountain to climb in hopes of playing in a bowl game, as they\u2019ll need to win four of their final five contests.\u00a0 Utah leads the nation with 13 forced fumbles, while its defense sits 22nd in stopping the run, allowing 113.86 yards per game.\u00a0 Getting off to a quicker start is key in hopes of ending its losing streak, as the program has been outscored by a 62-28 margin in the opening frame this year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Utes due to their 6-1 ATS mark following a straight-up loss, while the Golden Bears are 4-9 ATS on the road.<\/p>\n

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California Golden Bears at Utah Utes Saturday, 10\/27\/12, 9:45 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 45.5 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker California looks to rebound from last Saturday\u2019s loss to the Stanford Cardinal, as the program looks to win its third game in […]<\/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":[2958,3383,3661,5263,405,5896],"class_list":["post-25643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-jeff-tedford","tag-kyle-whittingham","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-utah-utes","tag-zach-maynard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25643","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=25643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25644,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25643\/revisions\/25644"}],"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=25643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}