The BYU Cougars face UCLA in Las Vegas with a 10-2 record, at first glance you might think that Brigham Young has an edge over a 6-6 UCLA team, but when you go a little deeper and look to make your College Football Bowl picks it’s clear those records don’t tell the real story. Obviously strength of competition needs to be factored in for your NCAA Bowl picks (UCLA’s schedule was considerably tougher) and these two did meet head-to-head once already this season.
UCLA’s ATS record is better than BYU’s as the Bruins are 8-4 to the Cougars’ 6-5 and in that meeting earlier in the season, UCLA came out on top, 27-17 covering as an 8½-point favorite in the process.
Ben Olson was the Bruins’ leading passer with only 1040 yards passing and 7 TDs although he has been hampered by a knee injury and the Desert Morning News is reporting that Osaar Raashan (259 yards passing) has been taking a majority of the snaps in practice.
BYU pivot Max Hall has put up more impressive numbers passing for 3617 yards and 24 TDs.
SportsBetting.com has the BYU Cougars favored by 5½-points in the rematch in Las Vegas. The bettors believe that BYU can exact some revenge for the earlier loss, as they are grabbing Cougar tickets at a rate of 75%.
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