UCLA Football: Early Spread Revealed For Crosstown Matchup Vs Trojans

Rivalry week is near.

With less than seven days before rivalry week, let's take a look at what the oddsmakers are thinking for your 6-4 UCLA Bruins' visit to the Coliseum, where they'll take on the 7-4 USC Trojans:

USC opens as a six-point favorite over UCLA at the Coliseum.

Via @betonline_ag

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The Trojans being favored in this game isn't surprising at all, as in spite of all of their rough losses, their offense has continued to produce at a very high level (outside of the Notre Dame game), putting up 32, 42, and 27 in their remaining 3 losses. 

UCLA, on the other hand, has had serious offensive issues over the past few games. Putting up just 10 and 7 against an awful defense in Cal, and an awful offense in Arizona State is not a good look at all.

There's a quarterback carousel in Westwood, as we've seen 3 different signal-callers receive significant playing time, and despite being 10 games into the season, none of them have really separated themselves from the others.

To that end, USC is bound to produce to a reasonable level offensively, and while the Trojans' defense has been poor, it's a race to the bottom against a measly Bruins offense. 

With USC being far, far ahead at the most important position on the field (quarterback), along with having home field advantage, some may consider this spread a little too thin for what's likely to occur.

That said, it's rivalry week, and anything can happen. Let's see if Chip Kelly can bring the Bruins out at least a tad more prepared than they've been the past two weeks. 

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