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It's a battle of Top 20 teams as Louisville takes on Notre Dame in South Bend. With a more explosive offense in tow, the Cardinals may be in a great position to grab an ATS cover for their backers.It's one of four ranked matchups during the weekend as Louisville meets Notre Dame in what is anticipated to be a close contest.
You can say what you want about a soft schedule for the Cardinals to this point , but what they've put on paper is a defense that ranks 6th in the country in havoc. It faced an offensive line last week that is now the only team at the Power 4 level not to allow a sack. Yet still, Louisville created plenty of pressure and forced havoc in the backfield. You can argue about the offensive line qualities between Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. Still, there isn't much difference in quality .
The Cardinals were still successful when they hit the air, too. Louisville posted just over 14 yards per drop-back. And that's what makes you wonder why they didn't pass more. The game ended with QB Tyler Shough's second-fewest passing attempts in his five-year college career at 19. Is Brohm going to continue to approach things with a clock-eating style, even with a better quarterback leading the way? Last week was quite telling of that answer – I think so.
Both of these defensive fronts are solid enough to slow the scoring on two teams that will want to run the ball on them. Louisville has a fringe first-round defensive end in Ashton Gillotte and an emerging talent in Tramel Logan, who ranks 10th in the ACC in TFLs. Notre Dame has Notre Dame defensive lineman, which says enough. That, combined with the projected tempo of this one, makes the Under a shrewd play.
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