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UCLA favored by 3.5 points
Posted by Bob Condotta
The opening lines for next week's games are out and the Bruins have been installed as 3.5-point favorites over the Huskies.
That means the oddmakers basically see it as a push --- in general, the home field advantage is worth about three points.
The Huskies are 4-4 against the spread this year, covering against LSU, USC, Notre Dame and Arizona, obviously not covering against the other four.
In other Pac-10 games next week:
--- Arizona is a 31-point favorite at home against WSU;
--- Cal is a 6.5-point favorite at home against Oregon State;
--- Oregon is a 5.5-point favorite at Stanford;
--- and USC is a 14-point favorite at Arizona State.
NEWS ON UCLA --- Speaking of the Bruins, they lost at Oregon State yesterday 26-19. You can read all kinds of stuff about that at the LA Daily News' UCLA blog. Doesn't sound as if the Bruins suffered any new injuries of note.
But while UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel was encouraged by the close call, LA Times' columnist T.J. Simers wasn't.
And one thing next week's game won't be is a matchup of Titanic rushing attacks --- UW is 98th in the nation (119.13 per game) while UCLA is 104th (102.00).
ESPN.com's Ted Miller, however, says the Bruins at least found their QB in Kevin Prince.
All for now.
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