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Sportsbook.com Line & Total: Notre Dame -24.5 & 47
Opening Line & Total: UND -24 & 47.5
Notre Dame seeks its fourth straight win, and eighth victory in the past nine games, when it invites Boston College to South Bend on Saturday afternoon.
The Irish were impressive in last week’s 45-21 dismantling of Maryland, rolling up 508 yards of balanced offense (296 passing, 212 rushing). QB Tommy Rees has been the biggest reason this team is on such a roll, completing 30-of-38 passes for 296 yards, 2 TD and 0 INT against the Terps. Meanwhile, the Eagles have been a mess on offense, scoring 14 points or less in four of their past five games. They did knock off NC State last week at home by a 14-10 score, but this team does not have the talent to slow down the Irish offense. Head coach Brian Kelly knows how to score against decent defenses, going 21-7 ATS (75%) when the total is between 42.5 and 49 in his coaching career.
QB Chase Rettig (6.1 YPA, 9 TD, 9 INT) has tossed an interception in six straight games, not throwing more than 1 TD in any of these contests. He finished 9-of-13 for 118 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT in last week’s win. RB Andre Williams missed the previous game, before leading B.C. with a pedestrian 61 yards on 18 carries (3.4 YPC) against the Wolfpack. Boston College’s best player has been LB Luke Kuechly who leads the nation with 168 tackles. He has piled up double-digit tackles in an amazing 32 straight games. But B.C. has the fifth-fewest sacks in the country (0.9 per game) and its minus-0.8 turnovers per game ranks 107th out of the 120 FBS teams.
Rees has thrown 14 touchdowns and only 6 INT in the past eight games, and has gotten star WR Michael Floyd back to his dominant level of play. Floyd has scored in each of the past three contests, giving him eight total touchdowns on the year to go along with his 77 catches and 922 yards. Senior RB Jonas Gray is finishing his collegiate career in style with touchdowns in seven straight contests. He rushed for a career-high 92 yards at Wake Forest two weeks ago, and then broke that mark with 136 yards last week. Cierre Wood still leads the team with 907 rushing yards, and he too has tallied two huge weeks, rushing for 186 yards on just 32 carries (5.8 YPC). Defensively, Notre Dame has to do a better job of creating turnovers. The Irish have just three takeaways in the past four weeks.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter
