Stanford Cardinals at Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2010 NCAAF Week 4 Odds, Preview, and Predictions: Head football coach Brian Kelly is glad to be back in South Bend and happy to be playing a team that doesn’t start with Michigan as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish host the No. 20 Stanford Cardinals on Saturday at 3:30 PM ET on NBC. The Irish have lost in consecutive weeks to Michigan and Michigan State and now host a 3-0 Cardinals team coached by Jim Harbaugh who has brought respectability to the program and a Heisman hopeful quarterback in Andrew Luck. The Irish will need to execute and maybe even a little luck themselves if they are to end the current skid and get back on the winning track, but it has been 18 years since the Cardinals have emerged victorious in South Bend so this should be another thriller. Vegas odds makers have the Stanford Cardinals a -4 1/2 point favorite on the road against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
The Cardinals most recent victory came at home against ACC foe Wake Forest in a 68-24 romp in which quarterback Andrew Luck went 17 of 23 for just 207 yards with 4 touchdowns as well as 3 rushes for 39 yards keeping his foot on the pedal to make sure the game didn’t get close. Running back Tyler Gaffney carried 7 times for 76 yards and 2 touchdowns. “He played a flawless game,” Coach Jim Harbaugh said referring to Luck. “The execution was right on the money.” Vegas odds makers have Andrew Luck +1200 odds to win the 2010 Heisman Trophy.
The Irish are coming off a tough overtime loss in Lansing 34-31 on a fake field goal in overtime to the Michigan State Spartans. “A difficult loss, obviously,” Kelly said. “It came down to one play. Michigan State executed the play, and we did not. We had a guy covering who fell down.” Irish quarterback Dayne Crist had a big day going 32 for 55 for 369 yards and 4 touchdowns with a pick. The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Notre Dame’s last 6 games at home and Notre Dame is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home. Odds makers at Bodog have the over/under for the total score at 59 points combined of the Stanford Cardinals and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
I predict a high scoring OVER game with the Cardinals breaking their losing streak in South Bend. Note: Rich Fritz is a Blog Writer on NSAwins.com and not a pro handicapper. For expert CollegeFootball Predictions against the vegas spreads please visit the NSAwins.com homepage for top predictions today from the National Sports Advisors.