There are few sure things in sports, but this might be one: Oregon and California will score a lot of points when they play Saturday.
The over/under, which is the bookmakers’ prediction of how many total points will be scored in the game, is 89 ½. That is probably the highest ever, and certainly the highest total in the database of the sports gambling information site Oddsshark, which dates to 1980.
Why the big figure? Many factors are considered when making a total, said Scott Cooley, an odds consultant for Bookmaker.eu, an online sports betting site, including pace of play, game plan and coaching tendencies.