Saturday's PAC action has four marquee matchups, three of which have point spreads under 6. I wanted to put together some predictions for Stanford's Friday night contest as well as those four games:
Stanford @ OSU
No Hogan + conservative play calling + short week/tough road environment lead to fewer points than expected. A slow first half brings back memories of the 2012 loss vs UW in Seattle after the big USC win at home. In the end, however, OSU simply doesn't have the talent to keep up (they did, after all, lose 35-7 to UM and let SJSU hang around).
27-14, Stanford
Cal @ UW
Cal's -3.5 on the road but I'm still not buying the hype. UW can't be much worse than Texas, can they?
27-24, Washington
UCLA @ U of A
UCLA is a 3 point road favorite but can't keep up with Arizona's fast-paced attack as Rosen continues to look human after his big Week 1.
34-24, Zona
Utah @ Oregon
Oregon is favored by 12.5 and slogs through a close game before getting two touchdowns late to come from behind and win 35-24.
USC @ASU
USC (-5.5) gets back on track with an offensive explosion and easy win in the desert, 38-21.
Stanford @ OSU
No Hogan + conservative play calling + short week/tough road environment lead to fewer points than expected. A slow first half brings back memories of the 2012 loss vs UW in Seattle after the big USC win at home. In the end, however, OSU simply doesn't have the talent to keep up (they did, after all, lose 35-7 to UM and let SJSU hang around).
27-14, Stanford
Cal @ UW
Cal's -3.5 on the road but I'm still not buying the hype. UW can't be much worse than Texas, can they?
27-24, Washington
UCLA @ U of A
UCLA is a 3 point road favorite but can't keep up with Arizona's fast-paced attack as Rosen continues to look human after his big Week 1.
34-24, Zona
Utah @ Oregon
Oregon is favored by 12.5 and slogs through a close game before getting two touchdowns late to come from behind and win 35-24.
USC @ASU
USC (-5.5) gets back on track with an offensive explosion and easy win in the desert, 38-21.
