Pac-12 Championship point spread: Picking Washington Huskies vs Oregon Ducks
One of the most highly anticipated upcoming conference championship games lies in the Pac-12, as Washington and Oregon will square off on Friday in a rematch of one of the most exhilarating college football games of the regular season.
A touchdown in the last two minutes of the game gave the Huskies the 36-33 home win over Oregon in Week 7, but for the Pac-12 Championship game, the Ducks are favored by 9.5 points over Washington following the dominance Oregon has shown to finish out the remainder of the regular season.
How to watch the Pac-12 Championship game
Time: 5 p.m. PT
Channel: ABC, FuboTV (streaming)
Location: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV
Washington remains undefeated despite a handful of close calls following their narrow win over Oregon, but does that mean the Huskies should be 9.5-point underdogs? On3’s Andy Staples and VSiN’s Patrick Meagher discussed the point spread of the Pac-12 title game and made their predictions on Friday’s marquee rematch.
“We can talk about Washington being out-gained by Washington State, and out-gained by Oregon State, and giving up 515 (yards) to USC. 19-0 in their last 19 (games),” Meagher said. “Last year they went to Eugene and beat Oregon when Oregon was ranked six 37-34. Oh by the way Washington, and I don’t know how they’re doing it Andy they’re pulling it out of their whatever, but they beat Texas in the bowl game last year DeBoer is a hell of a coach. I’m not, there is no chance I’m laying almost doubles [double digits] with Oregon in this matchup and I think Oregon’s the better team.”
Meagher is not a fan of the Ducks being favored so heavily in their conference title game and Staples agrees despite the two both believing that Oregon will be the ones hoisting the Pac-12 Championship trophy when Friday’s game is all said and done.
“I almost don’t care what’s happened in between. I picked Oregon the first time around because I thought Oregon was the better team, I still think Oregon is the better team,” Staples said. “But I’m a big styles make fights guy, and I feel like Washington can still score on Oregon just like they did last time. I think Oregon can win this game, but I have a hard time buying winning by double digits. That’s tough, so I’m with you, I think Oregon’s gonna win the Pac-12, I think Oregon is gonna make the playoff, I think Washington’s gonna cover.”
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It will be interesting to see if the two are right and the Huskies cover this Friday, as they’ll take on Oregon at 8:00 p.m. ET in Las Vegas in a matchup airing on ABC.