Stanford vs. Oregon Free Pick
The Week 5 Game of the Week for ABC has No. 4 Oregon needing to cover a 7-point spread when it hosts No. 9 Stanford on Saturday night. Here are some tips on what team to pick.
Oddsmakers from online sportsbook SBGGLOBAL have made Oregon 7-point favorites at home against Stanford while the over/under has been set at 66.
This game features two very strong offenses which leans you to making a pick of the over if you are interested in the point total. The defenses for both teams are strong but will likely not be as strong in this game.
Oregon will want to move the ball on the ground while Stanford has a better balance of run and pass. The key to this pick comes in the quarterback position as the Cardinal has Andrew Luck while Oregon still has a young leader in Darron Thomas. When push comes to shove, Thomas doesn’t have the same experience that Luck has and will be prone to making mistakes.
I expect Jim Harbaugh to put a lot of pressure on Thomas to force turnovers and give his team more good field position to control the game and not only cover, but win. Obviously getting points only encourages my pick more, but I like what Stanford has done and I think Oregon has been able to do what it has because it has played poor competition to this point. To summarize, I like a pick of Stanford plus the points for this game.
OUR COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 5 PICK: STANFORD +7