I'm not scared of Arizona (team), I'm scared of Arizona (location). Bad things always seem to happen in AZ. Even when not involving one of the Arizona teams, say... the Cheez-INT Bowl in Phoenix.
Reading and podcasting around both before and after COVID news seems to favor AZ. For some it’s a forgone regardless of our recent improvement which is basically dismissed.
Knowing what we know now, I would say AZ is the comfortable favorite. Until we know the extent of the outbreak, I would think AZ with the spread (-10) is the reasonable bet.
You could argue even before the outbreak, U of A +12 was a fantastic bet. Bears don’t make a habit blowing teams out, especially on the road. Now, Cats likely should be favored.
True, but that's because Cal usually won on the strength of their defense, but this year Cal is winning some games via offensive output. Like the 14-point win over a much better team than Arizona in OSU last week, and that's already with Cal passing up the opportunity to add 2-3 more TDs. I don't think Cal would intentionally throttle a team, but I thought Wilcox said that if Cal were up 3 scores, it would give them the chance to let the backups play.
Really hope the game is still on as I’m on the road to AZ right now
Too early to call. We don't know yet whom Cal is missing. And Arizona is hardly a scary opponent.
I'm not scared of Arizona (team), I'm scared of Arizona (location). Bad things always seem to happen in AZ. Even when not involving one of the Arizona teams, say... the Cheez-INT Bowl in Phoenix.
Reading and podcasting around both before and after COVID news seems to favor AZ. For some it’s a forgone regardless of our recent improvement which is basically dismissed.
Knowing what we know now, I would say AZ is the comfortable favorite. Until we know the extent of the outbreak, I would think AZ with the spread (-10) is the reasonable bet.
You could argue even before the outbreak, U of A +12 was a fantastic bet. Bears don’t make a habit blowing teams out, especially on the road. Now, Cats likely should be favored.
True, but that's because Cal usually won on the strength of their defense, but this year Cal is winning some games via offensive output. Like the 14-point win over a much better team than Arizona in OSU last week, and that's already with Cal passing up the opportunity to add 2-3 more TDs. I don't think Cal would intentionally throttle a team, but I thought Wilcox said that if Cal were up 3 scores, it would give them the chance to let the backups play.