The UCLA Bruins have lost back-to-back games to Arizona State and Stanford, and they are hosting the 5-1 California Golden Bears on Thursday night. Cal suffered it's first loss of the season at Utah two weeks ago, and it's going to be hard to avoid another defeat here in Los Angeles.

Here are my keys to the game:

1. Previous History - The Golden Bears are 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 trips to the Rose Bowl. UCLA won it's last home game versus Cal by a score of 37-10. The home team has won and covered in each of the last five meetings between these two teams.

2. Jared Goff - California's quarterback threw a career high five interceptions in the loss to Utah, and he's going to have to be a lot better to keep his team in this game. "It's going to have to be something I'm going to have to get better at and learn from," Goff said, describing the performance as "the worst game of his life."

3. X-Factor - Bruins running back Paul Perkins will be expected to carry the offense this week, and he ran for 161 yards and two TDs last year's win at Berkley.

Selection: This is a play on the UCLA Bruins (8*)