USC at California

A sandwich game for California, off a loss at home to No. 23 UCLA with a trip to No. 4 Arizona on deck. And they didn't shine the last game, losing by 20 at home to UCLA in a showdown. That puts Cal at 3-5 SU the last eight games, 2-6 ATS. The Golden Bears are 4-10-1 ATS following a double-digit loss at home, and 5-11-1 ATS in their last 17 home games against a team with a losing road record. California is no defensive dynamo, eigth in the Pac 12 in points allowed, seventh at defending the three, and weak from the free throw line (68%). USC is in town as a big dog, but not playing that badly, beating Cal the last meeting (77-69) with its huge frontcout of 7-foot 2 senior center Omar Oraby and 7-foot senior D.J. Haley. They held Stanford to 40% shooting the last game, and have lost five of the last seven games by 8, 1, 10, 8, and 9 points (two in OT). And the Trojans are 9-3-1 ATS in the last 13 meetings. Play USC.