Temple - UCLA

EagleBank Bowl December 29, 4:30pm Washington, DC

Temple (9-3) ___________ MAC _________ 102.29 ____ YPG = 327.0 (89%) ____________PPG = 30.8 (117%) → +38% dYPG = 333.7 (100%) dPPG = 21.2 (102%) ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 Villanova -445.10 L, 24-27 3 Penn St 256.10 L, 6-31 4 Buffalo -99.82 W, 37-13 5 Eastern Michigan -520.92 W, 24-12 6 Ball St -385.62 W, 24-19 7 Army -162.43 W, 27-13 8 Toledo -151.64 W, 40-24 9 Navy 127.84 W, 27-24 10 Miami (OH) -332.47 W, 34-32 11 Akron -247.05 W, 56-17 12 Kent St -138.94 W, 47-13 13 Ohio 116.67 L, 17-35

UCLA (6-6) _____________ Pac10 ___________ 37.15 ____ +1% ← YPG = 339.3 (90%)__________ PPG = 21.3 (79%) -10% ← dYPG = 338.3 (90%)__________ -24% ← dPPG = 21.3 (78%)__________ ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 San Diego St -155.82 W, 33-14 2 Tennessee 115.05 W, 19-15 3 Kansas St -32.33 W, 23-9 5 Stanford 199.79 L, 16-24 6 Oregon 385.85 L, 10-24 7 California 176.17 L, 26-45 8 Arizona 236.36 L, 13-27 9 Oregon St 189.28 L, 19-26 10 Washington 19.13 W, 24-23 11 Washington St -302.11 W, 43-7 12 Arizona St -109.63 W, 23-13 13 USC 227.93 L, 7-28

The Owls have the better record by far, only dropping 3 to the Bruins' 6. But their SoS was atrocious - they only played three decent teams and lost to two of them (along with a stunning loss to I-AA Villanova). The Bruins played a pretty hefty schedule, but lost to all the best teams they played. The wins over Kansas State and Tennessee were big non-conf victories, which should give them an edge in facing unfamiliarity.

Both gain around 330 yards per game, but the Owls put up nearly 50% more points. They're gonna need to keep that up to have a shot against a underrated Bruin D.

The Line: Temple +4.5

The Call: UCLA by 6

The Result: UCLA 30-21

Yeah, the Owls put up some points in the first half, but that second half they just deflated. Props to the Bruins for sticking in there and not losing their composure in the cold - should be a good offseason for both of these teams.