{"id":30073,"date":"2013-09-11T17:42:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T22:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30073"},"modified":"2013-09-11T17:42:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T22:42:13","slug":"college-football-week-3-predictions-louisville-cardinals-vs-kentucky-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-3-predictions-louisville-cardinals-vs-kentucky-wildcats-30073\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 3 Predictions: Louisville Cardinals vs. Kentucky Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 7 Louisville Cardinals vs. Kentucky Wildcats
\nSaturday, 9\/14\/13, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Louisville -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Louisville -13
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 56.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 59
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Louisville Cardinals are 0-2 ATS as road favorites of 10.5 to 14 points since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Louisville hits the road for the first time this season when it travels up I-64 East to face intra-state rival Kentucky in a game that will be nationally televised on ESPN.\u00a0 The Cardinals are averaging 46.5 points and 545.0 yards of total offense in their first two games, which is important to consider when making your college football predictions in Week 3.\u00a0 The program is 11-14 all-time in this series, but has come away with a victory in two of the last three meetings under head coach Charlie Strong.\u00a0 Louisville is 0-2 ATS as road favorites of 10.5 to 14 points the last two-plus seasons, with both games going UNDER the betting total.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals are led offensively by the play of quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who leads the country in points responsible with 54.\u00a0 The 6-foot-3 signal caller is third in the nation in passing efficiency, fourth in passing yards and eighth in total offense.\u00a0 Dating back to last season, Louisville has allowed just one first-half touchdown in the last three games.\u00a0 The 2013 roster features 19 returning starters and 53 lettermen, which makes the program a legitimate contender in reaching the BCS championship game.<\/p>\n

Kentucky is coming off an impressive 41-7 victory over Miami (Ohio) as 17.5-point home favorites last Saturday, as it won the statistical battle by 553 yards, but still went UNDER the betting total of 54.5.\u00a0 The Wildcats had both Maxwell Smith and Jalen Whitlow receiving significant playing time under center, with both topping the 100-yard mark in passing.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to point out that this squad was one of the most inexperienced teams last season and the youth movement has continued under first-year head coach Mark Stoops, which is important to consider when looking over the college football odds page.\u00a0 Kentucky is 0-9 SUATS as underdogs of 10.5 to 21 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 7-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats will need to continue their strong play on third downs defensively against the Cardinals, as they rank second nationally entering this contest in allowing opponents to covert just 11.5 percent of their chances in that situation.\u00a0 Kentucky will feature senior running back Raymond Sanders inside Commonwealth Stadium, as he\u2019s rank for 1,215 yards in his career.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Cardinals due to the Wildcats being 3-9 ATS in their last 12 games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 7 Louisville Cardinals vs. Kentucky Wildcats Saturday, 9\/14\/13, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Louisville -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Louisville -13 Opening Total:\u00a0 56.5 Current Total:\u00a0 59 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Louisville hits the road for the first time this season when it travels up I-64 East to face intra-state rival Kentucky in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[1237,7578,876,556,7579,6238],"class_list":["post-30073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-charlie-strong","tag-commonwealth-stadium","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-mark-stoops","tag-teddy-bridgewater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30073","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=30073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30074,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30073\/revisions\/30074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}