EAST PREPS

From http://GamblersTelevision.com College Football Emerald Bowl Miami Hurricanes versus California Golden Bears (-7 1/2) Saturday December 27th (8PM ET) (ESPN) Miami makes the long trip to San Francisco to take on the California Golden Bears and it will be somewhat of a home game for Cal. Miami is a young team and will have their hands full trying to contain Cal star running back Jahvid Best. The sophomore running back rushed for 512 yards combined over his past 2 games and gained 112 rushing yards against the good Oregon St defense. Best struggled through some injuries but when he was 100% he exploded and may be a Heisman candidate at least by his senior season. In his 2 seasons at Cal Best averages 7.8 yards per attempt. Miami dropped their final two games of the season giving up 38 to NC State and 41 to Georgia Tech. Miami beat up on the really weak offensive teams on their schedule and were soundly beaten by good offensive teams. Cal was impressive covering a 9 ½ point spread in their big game against Stanford exploding in the second half back on November 22nd. Since they are in front of the home folks here the Golden Bears will be motivated in this spot. Take Cal 7 ½. Selection: Cal 7 1/2