The Cal Golden Bears (6-6) meet the Texas Tech Red Raiders (6-6) in Saturday night’s Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. Start time at Independence Stadium is scheduled for 9:15 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Cal vs. Texas Tech odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
California lost 4 straight games from Oct. 7-Nov. 4, but the Golden Bears rallied to go 3-0 straight up and 3-0 against the spread over their last 3 games. Cal averaged 34 points per game over those last 3 contests.
Texas Tech had a 3-game win streak snapped in its last game, when Texas dropped half-a-hundred on the Red Raiders (14-point-underdog TTU lost to the Longhorns 57-7).
Cal and TTU are meeting for just the 2nd time on the gridiron. The Raiders dealt the Bears a 45-31 loss in the 2004 Holiday Bowl.