{"id":25511,"date":"2012-10-16T19:27:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T00:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25511"},"modified":"2012-10-16T19:27:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T00:27:31","slug":"college-football-week-8-predictions-byu-cougars-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-8-predictions-byu-cougars-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish-25511\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 8 Predictions: BYU Cougars vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

BYU Cougars at No. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
\nSaturday, 10\/20\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -13.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -13.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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BYU Cougars QB Riley Nelson has failed to deliver in 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BYU is 2-4 all-time in this particular series, including a 1-3 mark when playing inside Notre Dame Stadium, as the squad looks to bounce back from a disappointing 42-24 setback to the Oregon State Beavers as six-point home favorites.\u00a0 Cougars quarterback Riley Nelson has failed to put things together this year, throwing three interceptions last week, but head coach Bronco Mendenhall really has no other options with true freshman signal-caller Taysom Hill out for the year.\u00a0 BYU is 3-0 ATS off an upset loss as a favorite the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 3-0 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cougars have won four games against top-five opponents in school history, with the last victory coming over the Oklahoma Sooners in 2009.\u00a0 BYU had its 12-game streak of holding opponents under 300 yards snapped against the Beavers, while Nelson completed 28 of 51 passes for 305 yards.\u00a0 Heading into this particular week, the defense still ranks fifth nationally for the third consecutive week, allowing just 260.9 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame earned a 20-13 overtime win over the Stanford Cardinal as 7.5-point home favorites last week, while going UNDER the total for the fifth consecutive game.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish have limited each of their past five opponents to under 300 total yards, which is the first time that\u2019s happened since the 1989 season.\u00a0 Three of the team\u2019s six wins have been over opponents ranked in the AP Top 25 poll.\u00a0 Notre Dame is 4-7 ATS as a home favorite over the last two-plus years, with the UNDER going 11-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Fighting Irish defense has allowed zero touchdowns over the last four games, which is the school\u2019s longest streak since 1980.\u00a0 Notre Dame will be searching to improve its record to 7-0 for the first time since 2002, while improving upon its 233-49-4 all-time record at home in October.\u00a0 Part of the team\u2019s success this year can be attributed to its fast start, considering it has blanked five of its six opponents in the first quarter this season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cougars due to their 7-1 ATS mark on the road versus winning home teams, while the Fighting Irish are 3-6 ATS off a home win.<\/p>\n

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BYU Cougars at No. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Saturday, 10\/20\/12, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -13.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Notre Dame -13.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 41.5 Current Total:\u00a0 41 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker BYU is 2-4 all-time in this particular series, including a 1-3 mark when playing inside Notre Dame […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":23933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[434,1311,2802,5572],"class_list":["post-25511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-byu-cougars","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-notre-dame-stadium","tag-riley-nelson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25512,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25511\/revisions\/25512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}