Friday, May 18th, 2012
In possibly the worst conference championship game in the history of the sport, the UCLA Bruins (6-6) will go on the road to take on the #7 Oregon Ducks (10-2).
Oregon will be at home for this one and the Ducks are currently favored by 31.5 on the point spread.
The Pac-12 Championship total sits at 66 and hasn’t seen much movement, while the spread has been bet up a bit since the Ducks opened at -30.
Close to 65% of tracked college football bettors are taking Oregon to cover this large number.
UCLA is just 1-5 on the road this year and lost 13-60 to Oregon last season as 26.5-point underdogs.
Oregon has covered the point spread in 3 of the last 5 head-to-head meetings with the Bruins but has only one outright victory over that span (2007).
The 2010 meeting went over the total after 4 straight games in this series went under previously.
The Bruins fired Coach Rick Neuheisel this week, but the newly unemployed head man will stay on to lead his team one final time.
UCLA has won 3 of their last 5 while being listed as underdogs in two of those victories, but it is tough to see them giving Oregon much of a challenge after the Bruins lost 0-50 against USC last weekend.
The Bruins have gone under the total in 6 of their last 7 games.
Oregon has gone over the total in 4 of their last 5, and suffered their only defeat of the season as 16.5-point favorites against USC.
The Ducks have covered the point spread in 8 of their 12 games this season, while UCLA sits at just 4-8 against the odds.
Oregon is 6-1 on the year when at home, suffering their only other loss of the year on the road against LSU.
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