San Diego, California sets the stage when the California Golden Bears take on the #24 rated Texas Longhorns on December 28th at the Holiday Bowl. These two teams who are evenly matched will slug it out and Qualcomm Stadium will be jumping. The Holiday Bowl has been a San Diego tradition since 1978 and this year’s game looks to be a classic. The sports book has the line at Texas -3, with the over/under at 47 ½.

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California is led by junior Quarterback Zach Maynard and led in the backfield by junior RB Isi Sofele. The Golden Bear receiving corps is in fantastic hands with sophomore WR Keenan Allen who rates 11th in the country with 89 receptions. A good alternative to double teams on Allen is Senior WR Marvin Jones.

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The Texas Longhorns enter into San Diego with an identical 7-5 overall record and a frustrating 4-5 record in the Big 12. For a coach of Mack Brown’s prominence, these are pretty poor statistics indeed. Brown is in his 14th year in Austin, obtaining an illustrious record of 140-36. Texas has also identical statistics in the points category, averaging 28.7 on offense and 23.3 on defense. The reality that the Horns come into play still rated 24th on the polls whilst losing all 4 of their matches versus rated competitors speaks volumes about the value of the Longhorns and the strength of the Big 12.

A young squad still coming to grips with the Brown process may explain the down year that the Longhorns have experienced this year. Sophomore Quarterback Case McCoy and freshman Quarterback David Ash have both taken turns this year at the helm. Freshman RB Malcolm Brown has been the workhorse in the backfield whilst sophomore WR Mike Davis and freshman WR Jason Shipley have turned in admirable performances over the year.