NorthBet College Football Betting Lines Preview: UCLA Travels To Texas

Posted by Jackson Anthony on 10/5/2010 5:41:16 PM

The Texas Longhorns are off to a strong start in their 2010-11 college football betting season as they attempt to run the table and appear in their second consecutive BCS National Championship game.

UCLA Bruins (1-2) at (#7) Texas Longhorns (3-0)
3:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 25, 2010
Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
Broadcast: ABC

UCLA, meanwhile, has had an inconsistent start to their season. The Bruins dropped their season opener 31-22 at Kansas State on September 4th and were blanked the following week at home against then – No. 25 Stanford, 35-0.

TThe Bruins grabbed their first victory of the season last week against then – No. 23 Houston. Led by three touchdowns and 158 yards on the ground from running back Johnathan Franklin, UCLA was impressive in their 31-13 win.

NorthBet College Football Betting Lines
UCLA Bruins +15.5
Texas Longhorns -15.5

Unfortunately for Franklin and the Bruins, the Longhorns defensive unit rank second in the nation, allowing just 206 total yards per game. Texas sophomore quarterback Garrett Gilbert, has proved adequate as a game manager, throwing for three touchdowns in three games.

Gilbert however, was careless in the Longhorns last college football betting lines matchup at Texas Tech. Although Texas came away with an ugly 24-14 victory, the young quarterback threw three picks in the game.p>

For Fortunately, Gilbert was able to keep his poise and throw a fourth quarter touchdown pass to Barrett Matthews, putting the Longhorns up ten and out of reach from Texas Tech’s potent passing attack.

NorthBet College Football Betting Tip:
The Bruins have lost 15 straight road games versus ranked teams, dating back to 2001.

The Longhorns are tough at home and their crowd will provide the fuel to ignite a defensive unit that should push Texas into a top 5 national ranking after this week.

NorthBet College Football Betting Pick: Texas (-15.5)

Northbet is reviewed by multiple independent sportsbook review sites. Here is one of our recent Northbet Reviews.