Well there ya go. That daunting ND offense a TD favorite over the Cards. It's ridiculous.
Regardless of what happens in this game, no way should ND be -6 against Louisville. Almost every metric points to a 1 to 3 point spread with the home field advantage being ND's best metric.
But the illusion of ND football apparently has been inflicted on Vegas.
Tell me, who is the Irish's likely NFL offensive players? Leonard? Please. What about at WR and RB? What is it exactly that keeps people believing this a top 16 team, because results on the field apparently don't matter?
I know they have many 4 and 5 star dudes, but I ask again, what exactly about them makes its opponents fearful? Northern Illinois, the mighty MAC team who got ranked for beating ND wasn't scared. I mean ND isn't Buffalo, who took down Northern Illinois Saturday.
Yes, Louisville has played only one real team so far, but they covered the 10.5 spread in that win over GT. ND does not have the offense or QB as good as GT.
Defenders of ND will talk about the defense, but isn't the Cards defense just as strong and maybe even better? Which defense in this game will have its hands more full with the offense?
I was thinking the line should be -1.5 either way. ND has the home field advantage as well as the striped shirts advantage. They don't have the better talent advantage in my opinion.
But we'll see. The line should move down by gameday.