Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Navy Midshipmen 2010 NCAAF Week 8 Odds, Preview, and Predictions: First year head football coach Brian Kelly has his Notre Dame Fighting Irish heading to the Big Apple (or just across the bridge from it) on Saturday at 12:00 Noon ET to play the Navy Midshipmen in the new Meadowlands Stadium home of the New York Jets and Giants. The Midshipmen have been giving the Irish fits the last few years and after winning their last three games Coach Kelly hopes the confidence will give them the ability to make it four in a row. Navy however is on a two game winning streak themselves and hope to sink the Irish on Saturday.
The Irish lead the series 71-11-1 and this is the 84 consecutive year the teams have met and Notre Dame once won 43 in a row, but recently the Midshipman have won 2 of the last 3. “The energy is high, the morale is good, as you would expect after a couple of wins. We now the challenge of going against a very good football team, in Navy.” Coach Brian Kelly said about his team, which has a three-game winning streak going into this week’s game against Navy. Vegas odds makers have the Notre Dame Fighting Irish s a -7 point favorite on the road against the Navy Midshipmen.
The Midshipmen are coming off a come from behind victory against SMU 28-21 moving them to 4-2 and 3-2 against the spread. Quarterback Ricky Dobbs completed 6 of 9 passes for 84 yards and a touchdown as well as carrying the ball 19 times for 62 additional yards. Running back Alexander Teich ran the ball 21 times for 95 yards and 2 touchdowns. Navy is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Notre Dame. Navy is looking for wins to get up to the Power Top 25.
The Irish are coming off a win 44-20 over Western Michigan for their 3rd straight moving them to 4-3 on the season and 4-2-1 ATS. Quarterback Dayne Crist completed 18 for 28 passes for 255 yards 3 touchdowns and a pick. The Irish have been preparing for this unique offense. “This will be our fifth week, now, running Navy’s offense with our scout team,” Kelly said Sunday, as his team started preparation for its meeting with Navy. “You can’t take just two days to practice against this offense. We feel like we’ve been prepared for this week for the past month.” Odds makers at Bodog have the over/under for the total score at 50 1/2 points combined of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Navy Midshipmen.
I predict an Irish win and cover. Note: Rich Fritz is a Blog Writer on NSAwins.com and not a pro handicapper. For expert College Football Predictions against the vegas spreads please visit the NSAwins.com homepage for top predictions today from the National Sports Advisors.