College football odds, picks and prediction for UCLA Bruins vs Stanford Cardinal. Week 8 betting free pick and game analysis.
Stanford might've been blown out by Oregon and USC but this has otherwise been a competitive football team. If the Cardinal can keep the scoring to a minimum against UCLA — which we suspect they can — they should be able to stay within the 17-point spread.Chip Kelly and the UCLA Bruins head to the Bay Area to face Troy Taylor’s Stanford Cardinal in Pac-12 play during Week 8.
Stanford has rotated two quarterbacks this season in Ashton Daniels and Justin Lamson. The latter started the game against Colorado but it was Daniels who received the bulk of the playing time and quite frankly excelled, throwing for 396 yards and four scores. Wideout Elic Ayomanor had a breakout game against the Buffs, exploding for 13 catches, 294 yards, and three TDs — all of which came in the second half.
The Cardinal have the least-experienced offensive line in the country and therefore, it’s no surprise that it's struggled in both run blocking and pass blocking, ranking 116th in front seven havoc. That’s a huge red flag against this disruptive UCLA defense that ranks eighth in front-seven havoc, fourth in stuff rate, and third in power success rate.
I’ve been very critical of Colorado at points this season and therefore, this isn’t me overreacting to Stanford’s upset a week ago — rather, it’s more about taking the points with the home team in a matchup between two teams that aren’t exactly operating at the highest level, yet the spread is indicating a blowout.
Stanford has been blown out by USC and Oregon but has played other teams close, losing by a single score three times and winning twice. The Cardinal have shown an ability to keep things tight when not playing elite opposition and should only improve as the year goes on in a rebuilding year for Taylor.UCLA opened at -14.5 but has since moved to -17 across the board at the time of this writing. The total opened at 57.5 and has since moved down to 53.5 at most locations.
The metrics are going to like UCLA in this contest, and that’s likely why we’ve seen line movement in the direction of the Bruins.
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