NCAA Football Betting – Notre Dame vs Louisville

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Notre Dame Wants Some Redemption as it Hosts Louisville

By Charles Jay

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish looked like they were going to be a contender for the four-team college football playoff just a few weeks ago, but at this moment, they’re not even in the national rankings. So they are trying to salvage some pride, and get to the best bowl game they can possibly find, as they line up against the Louisville Cardinals in NCAA football betting action that begins at 3:30 PM on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN.

Notre Dame actually surprised some people at BetAnySports by getting off to a 6-0 start, and even when they were defeated they gained an awful lot of credibility, because they took the #1 Florida State Seminoles right down to the wire, and in the opinion of many, got ripped off on a controversial pass interference call on what would’ve been the go-ahead touchdown in the closing moments. After that 31-27 defeat, they seemed to take it down a few notches. They had a much harder time than expected against Navy, and then were absolutely buried by Arizona State, going down to a 34-3 deficit, before climbing back into the game and then letting it slip away on mistakes, as they gave up 55 points in the process. Last week against Northwestern, as they were a big favorite in the college football odds, they were defeated 43-40 in overtime. So they have literally fallen right out of the Top 25. The Irish come into this game with a record of 7-3, and art 5-5 against the football pointspread. Louisville IS nationally -ranked, checking in at #24 in the Playoff Rankings, and they are also 7-3 straight-up (6-4 against the spread).

In the NCAA football betting lines from BetAnySports – Notre Dame vs Louisville – Notre Dame is slightly favored at home:

Notre Dame Fighting Irish -3
Louisville Cardinals +3

Over 53 points -110
Under 53 points -110

Will Gardner seemed to take control of the quarterback job at Louisville with over 400 yards in the spring game. Of course, college football bettors know that Louisville was looking for a replacement for Teddy Bridgewater, who went in the first round of the NFL draft to Minnesota. Gardner has gotten banged up this season, and now is out for the rest of the campaign with a knee injury. In his place steps freshman Reggie Bonnafon, a true freshman who has taken his lumps but appears to be growing into the job. Thus far he has thrown for 662 yards and four touchdowns, and has been intercepted only once. He is also very capable of pulling the ball down and running with it.

BetAnySports customers know that the best weapon he has at his disposal is Davante Parker, who returned from an injury halfway through the season and has caught 25 passes for 490 yards. In the game against Florida State, in which Louisville got off to a 21-0 lead before collapsing in the second half, he had 214 yards receiving. Bobby Petrino’s team has gotten out of an offensive mini-funk lately, scoring 99 points over the last three games. Of course, the pain from that defeat to Florida State may be even greater than the bruises Notre Dame shows from losing to the same opponent.

Louisville is still fifth in the nation in total defense, so that presents a challenge for Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson, who has not exactly been error-free this season (twelve interceptions, 21 sacks). Louisville, in its first season in the Atlanta Coast Conference, is deep and athletic on the defensive side, and brings the nation’s leading ball hawk to the table in Gerod Holliman, who has already pulled down 13 interceptions. This team also is not fazed by hostile environments, as they have covered eight straight games as a road underdog against the NCAA football betting odds.

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