{"id":8117,"date":"2010-09-24T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=8117"},"modified":"2010-09-24T14:39:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T19:39:24","slug":"stanford-at-notre-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/stanford-at-notre-dame-8117\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Predictions: Stanford Vs Notre Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
\nSaturday, 9\/25\/10, 3:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBC
\nOpening Point Spread: Stanford -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line: Stanford -4.5
\nOpening Total: 58
\nCurrent Total: 59
\nCurrent Moneyline: Stanford -190\/Notre Dame +160<\/strong>
\nAll odds taken from Bookmaker Sportsbook, the best site for internet wagering.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Andrew Luck and the Stanford Cardinal are 4.5 point road favorites over Notre Dame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stanford heads east to South Bend, Indiana to meet with the Fighting Irish for the 25th time on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium.\u00a0 The Cardinal is coming off a 68-24 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday and are now poised to try and break a seven-game losing streak to the Irish in South Bend and given the squad its first 4-0 start since 1986.\u00a0 Over the first three games, the team is averaging 51.67 points per game, which ranks third nationally and the program\u2019s highest three-game scoring total to start the season since 1923.\u00a0 Stanford has been particularly dangerous in the first 30 minutes, outscoring opponents by a 75-17 margin that is similar to the team\u2019s 267-156 margin during the 2009 campaign.\u00a0 The Cardinal are 2-0 against the\u00a0college football spreads\u00a0in lined games this season and 17-10 ATS over the past three seasons overall.<\/p>\n

The Cardinal have been led by quarterback Andrew Luck, who went 17 for 23 for 207 yards and four touchdowns in last week\u2019s blowout of the Demon Deacons.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re coming along nicely,\u201d Luck said.\u00a0 \u201cBut I don\u2019t think anybody is satisfied.\u201d\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t had to do it all on his own, as the rushing game rolled to 303 yards on 38 carries against Wake Forest.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the team ranks first nationally in pass defense (90.00 ypg), sixth nationally in total defense (227.6 ypg) and 15th in scoring defense (13.67 ppg).\u00a0 Defensive line coach Randy Hart and special teams coordinator Brian Polian both served on Notre Dame\u2019s coaching staff last season under head coach Charlie Weis.\u00a0 Stanford is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 September games and an even 2-2 ATS over the past three seasons as a road favorite of 3.5 to 7 points.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame is looking to snap its 10-game overall losing streak to ranked opponents and a four-game slide against ranked foes in Notre Dame Stadium.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish are coming off an incredibly deflating 34-31 road defeat to Michigan State in overtime due to a fake field goal.\u00a0 \u201cGuys are upset, obviously,\u201d quarterback Dayne Crist said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a tough loss and guys are hurt by that, but we\u2019ll give it time to get it out of our systems.\u201d\u00a0 He threw for 369 yards and four touchdowns last week, but the defense ranks 102nd nationally in allowing 443.7 yards per game.\u00a0 The team is 11-15 ATS in lined games over the past three years and the total is 13-15 O\/U in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Fighting Irish hold a 17-7 all-time advantage in the series, including a 10-2 edge when the scene shifts to Notre Dame Stadium.\u00a0 New head coach Brian Kelly may gain confidence in knowing the program has won 11 of the last 15 games in the series by an average margin of 11.2 points per game.\u00a0 In those meetings, Notre Dame is averaging 31.6 points per game, while surrendering 20.4.\u00a0 Kelly led Cincinnati to the Sugar Bowl last year, but is having a difficult time turning around the program, which is 17-23 since the start of the 2007 season.\u00a0 The team hasn\u2019t been a home underdog of 3.5 to 7 points over the last three seasons and is 5-1 ATS in the situation in its last six tries.<\/p>\n

Bettors will take comfort in knowing the Cardinal are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games following a SU win of more than 20 points.\u00a0 Notre Dame is 5-15 ATS in their last 20 home games versus a team with a winning road record.\u00a0 Although the line has moved in this game from the opener of -2.5 to -4.5, Stanford is still the side we would take at this point.\u00a0 We do have 7 college football predictions on tap for our premium members this Saturday\u00a0including a 20 unit game of the year.\u00a0 If you are betting college football this weekend, dont miss any of the strong plays we have going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish Saturday, 9\/25\/10, 3:30 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 NBC Opening Point Spread: Stanford -2.5 Current Betting Line: Stanford -4.5 Opening Total: 58 Current Total: 59 Current Moneyline: Stanford -190\/Notre Dame +160 All odds taken from Bookmaker Sportsbook, the best site for internet wagering. Stanford heads east to South Bend, Indiana […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":4006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[2046,1192,2098,2298,3124,1311,2528],"class_list":["post-8117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-andrew-luck","tag-brian-kelly","tag-college-football-picks","tag-college-football-predictions","tag-dayne-crist","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-stanford-cardinal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8117","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\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8117"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8149,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8117\/revisions\/8149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}