{"id":31370,"date":"2013-11-19T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31370"},"modified":"2013-11-19T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:37:33","slug":"college-football-week-13-predictions-byu-cougars-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-13-predictions-byu-cougars-vs-notre-dame-fighting-irish-31370\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 13 Predictions: BYU Cougars vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

BYU Cougars vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
\nSaturday, 11\/23\/13, 3:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 BYU -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 54.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 54
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 4-1 SU against the BYU Cougars at Notre Dame Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BYU picked up a 59-13 blowout victory over Idaho State as 46-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total of 60.\u00a0 The Cougars are 8-8 SU against FBS independents, which is important to consider when making your college football predictions in Week 13.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks 13th in the country in averaging 503.7 yards per game, with 265.4 coming in the ground.\u00a0 BYU is 5-3 SU and 3-5 ATS as road favorites the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 4-3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Cougars also have a capable defense, with linebacker Kyle Van Noy leading the charge, entering with the second most sacks nationally among active players.\u00a0 The six teams BYU has defeated in 2013 have a combined winning percentage of 67.9 percent, the highest percentage of any team with at least four wins over FBS schools.\u00a0 Dual-threat quarterback Taysom Hill ranks second in the country with 44 plays of 10-plus rushing yards, while his main target in the passing game is Cody Hoffman, who has 33 career receiving touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame had its four-game winning streak snapped on Nov. 9, as it suffered a 28-21 setback to the Pittsburgh Panthers as 4.5-point road favorites, while going UNDER the betting total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish have only lost three fumbles in 2013, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the college football odds page, but quarterback Tommy Rees has been known to throw interceptions in critical situations during his time in South Bend.\u00a0 Notre Dame is 3-5 SUATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Fighting Irish are 5-2 SU all-time against the Cougars, including a 4-1 mark at Notre Dame Stadium.\u00a0 Notre Dame will be celebrating its Senior Day, as its current group tries to become the first class since 2003 to win all four home finales during its time on campus.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that no FBS team has more victorious against current AP Top 25 schools than Saturday\u2019s host in this affair.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Fighting Irish due to their 5-1 ATS mark following a bye week.<\/p>\n

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BYU Cougars vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Saturday, 11\/23\/13, 3:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Notre Dame -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 BYU -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 54.5 Current Total:\u00a0 54 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker BYU picked up a 59-13 blowout victory over Idaho State as 46-point home favorites last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[434,7673,7748,1311,2802,5089],"class_list":["post-31370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-byu-cougars","tag-cody-hoffman","tag-kyle-van-noy","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-notre-dame-stadium","tag-tommy-rees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31370","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=31370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31372,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31370\/revisions\/31372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}