Head Coach Justin Wilcox and the California Golden Bears are projected to win by a touchdown when they take on Coach Larry Fedora and the North Carolina Tar Heels at California Memorial Stadium. FOX owns the TV rights and the game’s scheduled to kick off at 4:00 p.m. ET.
North Carolina Tar Heels vs. California Golden Bears Betting Preview
In this Saturday matchup, California has been labeled as the favorite and the team’s currently giving up 7 points. If they want to take the moneyline, gamblers would currently need to wager $300 in order to win $100 back on the Golden Bears (-300). The Tar Heels are getting +220 moneyline odds. Vegas has determined the over/under (O/U) to be 61 points. On the surface it looks like this game ought to present some live betting scenarios.
The early action has leaned in favor of both the Golden Bears and the over. The line initially opened at -5 and the over/under was originally only 58.5.
The Tar Heels finished just 3-9 straight-up (SU) in 2017 while the Golden Bears fared a couple games better with a 5-7 SU record last year. Against conference opponents, the Tar Heels finished 1-7 SU and the Golden Bears were 2-7 SU versus Pac-12 teams. The Tar Heels were 2-2 SU against teams out of conference while the Golden Bears were 3-0 SU against such schools.
The Tar Heels averaged 218 passing yards per game and 108 rushing yards per game versus their eight ACC opponents last year. The team managed to put up 19.3 points per game against those opponents while giving up 34.3 per contest. When playing out-of-conference programs, those figures all improved, as they averaged 39.5 points-for and 25.3 points-against, along with 239 pass yards per game and 218 rush yards per game.
Against out-of-conference foes, the Golden Bears passed for 266 yards per game and ran for 167 per game on their way to 31.7 points per outing. When facing just Pac-12 opponents, the offensive unit registered 26.4 points per game by averaging 256 passing yards and 112 rushing yards. The Golden Bears defense allowed 22.0 PPG to non-conference foes and 30.6 to teams in conference in 2017.
When these two squads faced one another a year ago, California earned the win 35-30.
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Notes
Team Betting Notes
Both of these teams recorded 17 rushing touchdowns last season.
The Tar Heels put up 4.1 yards per carry last season while allowing 4.8 YPC to opponents.
The Golden Bears registered 3.6 yards per carry last season and gave up 4.1 YPC to opponents.
The Tar Heels threw for 21 passing touchdowns last season.
The Golden Bears produced 19 passing touchdowns last season.
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