Cincinnati Bearcats at Louisville Cardinals 2010 NCAAF Week 7 Odds, Preview, and Predictions: First year head football coach Butch Jones leads his Cincinnati Bearcats on the road for their Big East Conference opener on Friday night at 8:00 PM ET at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium against the Louisville Cardinals on ESPN. Jones has struggled taking over for now Notre Dame Head football coach Brian Kelly as the Bearcats are 2-3 and has praise for the Cardinals balance. “They’re a very good football team,” said Jones of Louisville. “I love their defensive front. They have two very good running backs. The biggest thing is their kids believe they can win. It’ll be a great challenge for us.”
Louisville is coming off a big win leaving them at 3-2 and head football coach Charlie Strong has the team now focusing on the Big East Conference schedule. “What we have done is broken this season into three phases,” Coach Strong said. “Phase one was Kentucky. Phase two was Eastern Kentucky, Oregon State, Arkansas State and Memphis. Now, we are into phase three, and the thing about phase three is every game counts.” Vegas odds makers have the Cincinnati Bearcats a -3 point favorite on the road against the Louisville Cardinals.
Cincinnati is also coming off a confidence building big victory 45-3 against the Miami (OH) RedHawks at home. Bearcat running back Isaiah Pead carried 10 times for 197 yards including an 80 yard touchdown run. Quarterback Zach lead the balanced offense completed 14 of 17 passes for 216 yards for three touchdowns hitting favorite target Armon Binns 5 times for 115 yards and two of the touchdowns receptions. Cincinnati is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Louisville. Vegas odds makers have the Cincinnati Bearcats +9500 odds to win the 2011 BCS National Championship.
The Cardinals shut out the Memphis Tigers 56-0 in their most recent outing at home leaving them at 3-1 against the spread this season. Quarterback Adam Froman completed 12 of 16 passes for 235 yards and 4 touchdowns hitting Josh Bellamy 6 times for 112 yards and 2 of the touchdown receptions. Bellamy also added another 60 yards on 2 punt and 1 kickoff returns. Bilal Powell led the rushing attack carrying 18 times for 204 times with 2 touchdowns including a 74 yard scamper for a score. Louisville is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Cincinnati. Odds makers at Bodog have the over/under for the total score at 58 points combined of the Cincinnati Bearcats and Louisville Cardinals.
I predict a Louisville upset at home. Go Cards! 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.