How things have changed over the last two weeks for USC. The Trojans came into the season with the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and a stacked offense, cruising to a 6-0 mark. They made a trip to Notre Dame that ended in a shocking 48-20 defeat. They followed that up with a 34-32 loss to Utah at home. They now head to California, and it's hard to imagine this team is bringing their "A" game with them. It would take a lot to happen now for USC to get near making the playoffs, after just two weeks ago dreaming big and living large. USC has seen the offense go from averaging well over 50 PPG to averaging 26. Cal has a good enough defense to make USC work, and I'm sure with USC on the other side, Cal is going to be a tougher out than expected. The last 16 years have shown how these games have played and usually physically lower than anticipated scoring games. The last 16 meetings have seen the UNDER play out at 12-4. Make the play UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 64% of the public bets were on USC Trojans on the -10 ATS. And, 58% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that USC would win by a score of 40.8 to 31.2 with USC winning on the moneyline, California winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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USC at California
4:00 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 60% of the public bets were on USC Trojans on the -21 ATS. And, 66% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that USC would win by a score of 39.4 to 19.6 with USC winning on the moneyline, California winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 64% of the public bets were on USC Trojans on the +4.5 ATS. And, 57% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that California would win by a score of 30.1 to 27.0 with California winning on the moneyline, USC winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 69% of the public bets were on USC Trojans on the -2 ATS. And, 55% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that USC would win by a score of 27.8 to 24.9 with USC winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 65% of the public bets were on USC Trojans on the -4 ATS. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that USC would win by a score of 26.4 to 21.3 with USC winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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USC at California
11:00 PM Eastern
These teams have gone UNDER the last five times they have met following California's 15-14 win in 2018 that went UNDER by 16.5 points. The Golden Bears had stayed UNDER nine of 10 games before barely going OVER last week against Washington State. Cal had scored an average of only 10.2 points its previous four games before beating the Cougars 33-20. Cal's defense is #56 in the country allowing 379.2 total yards and only 20.7 points. However, in terms of offense the Bears are #120 while scoring just 19.1 points per game. Going back further, the UNDER is 13-3 the last 16 meetings, including six of the last seven at California. The UNDER is 19-7 in the Golden Bears' last 26 games overall and 14-3 UNDER in their last 17 conference games. Also, Cal is 8-1 UNDER its last nine against teams with winning records. USC has numerous injuries on defense, but the Trojans still held Arizona State to 2.2 yards per carry and forced three turnovers. Play the UNDER.
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