Notre Dame vs Louisville 9/2/19 NCAA Football Betting Odds and Preview

Notre Dame visits Louisville on September 2, 2019, for a matchup at the Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish were in splendid form during the 2018 season but after a massive 3-30 loss to Clemson in the National semifinal, there are questions on what this team’s mindset is heading to the 2019 College Football season. One of the worries about the Irish is that they will be without 11 of their 2018 players who are now in the NFL. Gone are top rusher Dexter Williams and top receiver Miles Boykin. They will also be without four key starters on defense. But the good news for Notre Dame is that quarterback Ian Book will be returning this season. Book completed 70% of his passes and threw for 19 scores last season.

Scott Satterfield inherits a mess left by Bobby Petrino but he brings an impressive resume from Appalachian State whom he coached for six seasons and helped win three Sun Belt titles. Satterfield had a 46-16 record there and led the team from the FCS to FBS while also giving the school three bowl victories. While Satterfield is no doubt qualified to turn the program around, it will ultimately boil down to what he has on his plate. Louisville’s open-field tackling was a mess and when you talk about the offense, we’re not even sure who their starting quarterback would be on September 2nd. That’s the main reason why the Cardinals are heavy football betting underdogs in this game.

Who Wins?

Notre Dame is 13-1 SU in their last 14 games played. The Irish are 5-1 SU in their last six games against the Atlantic Coast Conference and 8-0 SU in their last eight games played in September. Louisville is 0-9 SU in their last nine games played. The Cardinals are 0-5 SU in their last five games played at home.

I think coach Satterfield will still be in the adjustment phase here while Notre Dame will be learning to play with new pieces this season. The home crowd should help push the Louisville defense while the Notre Dame offense won’t be as explosive as you’d want them to be. However, the Irish should do enough to win this game, comfortably. Prediction: Notre Dame

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The Irish are 4-1 ATS in their last five games played during week 1. The Cardinals are 0-7 ATS in their last seven games played. Louisville is also 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games played in September but 5-2 ATS in their last seven games played in week 1.

Louisville is starting on a clean slate with a new head coach. But I’m not sure if Satterfield has done enough cleaning to get his team ready for Notre Dame on September 2nd. New schemes have been devised on both ends of the field but I don’t think it will be ready for the Irish at this stage of the season. Prediction: Notre Dame -20

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The total has gone over in four out of the last five games of Notre Dame on the road. The total has also gone over in seven out of the last eight games played by the Louisville Cardinals. These two teams hit the over in their only meeting played in 2014.

These teams combined to score 51 points per game last season. Notre Dame scored at least 30 points in seven out of their last 10 games played while Louisville scored 20 or fewer points in five out of their last six games played. With new pieces on both teams, I think the coaches will be more conservative in this game. As for Notre Dame, I think their offense will be methodical more than explosive here. Prediction: Under 52.5

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