Louisville Cardinals versus Southern Miss Golden Eagles 2010 Beef O’Brady’s Bowl Odds, Preview, and Predictions: The Louisville Cardinals will travel to St. Petersburg, FL to Tropicana Field to take on the Southern Miss Golden Eagles on Tuesday night at 8:00 PM ET in the 2010 Beef O’Brady’s Bowl on ESPN. The Cardinals enter the game 6-6 5th in the Big East needing a final game win at Rutgers to become eligible while the Golden Eagles come in 8-4 2nd in Conference USA East division. Louisville is led by first year head football coach Charlie Strong who has improved the defense considerably in his first year to 12th in the FBS allowing just over 300 yards per game where as they were 65th last season. I kept telling our guys you’re a good football team. It’s just a matter of believing it,” Strong said. “Our guys just developed some confidence.”
Southern Miss is much more offensive oriented and will provide a good test as they average over 450 yards per game but give up nearly 30 points per game. “I thought there were some games that we played very well in defensively and there were some games that we did not,” said coach Larry Fedora, an assistant at Florida with Strong from 2002-04. “In each of the three (Conference USA) games we lost, it did not matter that we scored 142 points, we still needed a few more.” Vegas odds makers have the Louisville Cardinals a -3 point favorite at Tropicana Field against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
The Cardinals won their last outing on the road 40-13 over Rutgers to finish the season 6-5 ATS. Quarterback Justin Burke completed 9 of 11 passes for 138 yards and touchdowns while quarterback Will Stein completed 9 of 14 passes for 72 yards and a score also rushing 2 times for 2 yards. Louisville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Southern Miss the total has gone UNDER in 4 of Louisville’s last 6 games.
The Golden Eagles lost its last game 56-50 to Tulsa and finished 6-5 ATS as well. Quarterback Austin Davis completed 28 of 41 passes for 371 yards and touchdowns with a pick hitting Quentin Pierce with 4 balls for 115 yards and a score. Southern Miss is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Louisville. Odds makers at JustBET have the over/under for the total score at 57 points combined of the Louisville Cardinals and Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
Note: Rich Fritz is a Blog Writer on NSAwins.com and not a pro handicapper. For expert NFL Football Predictions against the Vegas spreads please visit the NSAwins.com homepage for top predictions today from the National Sports Advisors.