Re: 2007 Pac 10 football thread
Oregon has a tendency to start the season good then let down as soon as they gain respect. That may be this week, or they may wait until after they beat Cal to fall apart. If it's the latter they cover easily :P
Arizona has way too weak of an offense to keep up with Cal, and Cal should dominate.
I still think Oregon State is terrible, but I'm not sure about ASU yet. They look pretty good but have played absolutely noone. This spread is basically asking if they are legit, but the one upside OSU has is a great front seven and the ability to put a lot of pressure on quarterbacks, and historically Carpenter hasn't handled pressure well.
UCLA was ripe for an upset, though I didn't think they would let it happen against UTAH. Olson has been awful so far this year though, and the defense hasn't been anything to write home about either. They certainly aren't actually 44-6 bad, but I'm not convinced they'll be the better team on the field. On the other hand, Syracuse is quickly proving that what Washington did to them doesn't mean anything, and Locker finally showed against Ohio State that he is, in fact, a Freshman. I'm not sure what will happen, though I think I'd take UDub against the spread, but I am very interested to watch it and learn a lot more about both teams.
USC -24.5 is probably about the right spread for the WSU game, I'm not really sure what else there is to say.
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