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BYU COUGARS + 8@ CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS>>>> OVER 60.5
BYU (6-5, 5-3 MAC) at California (7-4, 4-4 PAC 10) @ 8:00 PM. EST. *ESPN
GAME NOTES: Six weeks after crushing the Runnin' Rebels of UNLV at Sam Boyd Stadium, the BYU Cougars return to the scene of the crime one more time this season as they do battle with the California Golden Bears in the 14th annual Las Vegas Bowl from Sin City. The Cougars, who opened the season with three losses in four tries, didn't exactly have a banner year in the Mountain West Conference, but the squad recorded the requisite number of wins in order to be considered for a postseason bid nonetheless. Prior to falling to Utah in overtime (41-34) in the regular season finale, BYU had run off three straight victories and averaged just over 50 ppg in those triumphs. As for the Golden Bears, led by head coach Jeff Tedford, they opened the campaign on fire with five straight victories, even though a few of those dates were against teams like Sacramento State, Illinois and New Mexico State, the last of which failed to win a single game this year. A 27-3 blowout of Stanford in the final game of the season snapped a two-game slide for Cal and moved the team to 7-4 overall and 4-4 versus Pac-10 foes. BYU, which has won the only two meetings between these two schools previously, has lost three consecutive bowl appearances, the last of which was a 28-10 setback to Louisville in the 2001 Liberty Bowl. Since starting out in the Fiesta Bowl in 1974, the Cougars are just 7-15-1 in the postseason. Meanwhile the Bears, 6-8-1 in bowl engagements since starting with a 28-0 victory against Ohio State in the 1921 Rose Bowl, lost to Texas Tech (45-31) in last year's Holiday Bowl. This marks the fifth straight year in which the Las Vegas Bowl has pitted teams from the Pac-10 and the MWC, with Wyoming capturing a 24-21 win over UCLA last year. BYU has lost just once in eight all-time games in this stadium.
Although they ended the regular season on a down note, the Cougars were just hitting their stride when it came to putting points on the board. Having a predominantly Mountain West Conference crowd to back them up and being familiar with the surrounding, expect BYU to come out on top against the Golden Bears.
BYU COUGARS + 8@ CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS>>>> OVER 60.5
BYU (6-5, 5-3 MAC) at California (7-4, 4-4 PAC 10) @ 8:00 PM. EST. *ESPN
GAME NOTES: Six weeks after crushing the Runnin' Rebels of UNLV at Sam Boyd Stadium, the BYU Cougars return to the scene of the crime one more time this season as they do battle with the California Golden Bears in the 14th annual Las Vegas Bowl from Sin City. The Cougars, who opened the season with three losses in four tries, didn't exactly have a banner year in the Mountain West Conference, but the squad recorded the requisite number of wins in order to be considered for a postseason bid nonetheless. Prior to falling to Utah in overtime (41-34) in the regular season finale, BYU had run off three straight victories and averaged just over 50 ppg in those triumphs. As for the Golden Bears, led by head coach Jeff Tedford, they opened the campaign on fire with five straight victories, even though a few of those dates were against teams like Sacramento State, Illinois and New Mexico State, the last of which failed to win a single game this year. A 27-3 blowout of Stanford in the final game of the season snapped a two-game slide for Cal and moved the team to 7-4 overall and 4-4 versus Pac-10 foes. BYU, which has won the only two meetings between these two schools previously, has lost three consecutive bowl appearances, the last of which was a 28-10 setback to Louisville in the 2001 Liberty Bowl. Since starting out in the Fiesta Bowl in 1974, the Cougars are just 7-15-1 in the postseason. Meanwhile the Bears, 6-8-1 in bowl engagements since starting with a 28-0 victory against Ohio State in the 1921 Rose Bowl, lost to Texas Tech (45-31) in last year's Holiday Bowl. This marks the fifth straight year in which the Las Vegas Bowl has pitted teams from the Pac-10 and the MWC, with Wyoming capturing a 24-21 win over UCLA last year. BYU has lost just once in eight all-time games in this stadium.
Although they ended the regular season on a down note, the Cougars were just hitting their stride when it came to putting points on the board. Having a predominantly Mountain West Conference crowd to back them up and being familiar with the surrounding, expect BYU to come out on top against the Golden Bears.
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