It’s RIVALRY WEEK! Welcome to the BEAT $c* version of Pregame Guesses. Coming off perhaps their most complete game of the season, a 44-37 victory over Arizona State, the UCLA Bruin football team (5-5, 3-4 PAC 12) heads across town to the Mausoleum to face the Evil Empire, i.e., the Southern Cal Trojans (9-2, 7-1 PAC 12).
If you believe the national media (and the odds makers in Las Vegas), the Bruins do not appear to have a chance against the Trojans. With good reason, everybody is picking Southern Cal to win this game and the spread (Southern Cal minus 16) reflects the disparity between the teams.