Michigan Wolverines vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Prediction
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish welcome the Michigan Wolverines into town for a classic matchup amongst 2 of the most popular college programs in the country. Both teams are coming off of impressive performances in their season openers. Notre Dame is a 3.5 home favorite tonight, with a total of 53 points expected. NBC will televise this game starting at 3:30 EDT.
The Brian Kelly era is off to solid start, as Notre Dame won their season opener against Purdue 23-12 SU. The Fighting Irish defense was the surprise of the game, yet Notre Dame still lost ATS by 0.5 point. Notre Dame has struggled with the Wolverines of late, losing 3 of the past 4 meetings SU. However, the Fighting Irish have won 4 of the past 5 games against Michigan at home. Notre Dame isn't expected to use their no huddle offense as much this week, as they want to keep the ball away from the dangerous Michigan offense. Coach Kelly needs to rest his defense more, as even in victory they allowed Purdue to have multiple drives of 15 plays. If that happens against the Wolverines, it's likely to lead to defeat. WR Michael Floyd is sure to gain confidence when he sees the Michigan uniforms, as he had 7 catches for 131 YDS last year against them. Notre Dame is only 8-20 ATS in their past 28 home games. However, the home team is 6-2 ATS in the past 8 meetings amongst these two teams.
The Fighting Irish are 5-15 ATS in their last 20 home games against a team with a winning road record. The Under is 7-3 in their last 10 games after allowing less than 20 points in their previous game.
That breath you hear is Coach Rich Rod exhaling, as the Wolverines were able to beat UCONN in their season opener. Michigan had arguably the most impressive Week 1 win, beating a good UCONN team 30-10 SU as a 3 point favorite. The breakout star of their season opening win was sophomore QB Denard Robinson. Robinson rushed for 197 YDS and threw for 186 YDS, in addition to scoring 2 TD's. Coach Rodriguez finally has his clone of QB Pat White, and with this being his critical 3rd year coaching the Wolverines, he couldn't be happier. Moving forward, it appears Robinson is going to continue to rush the football and keep the time of possession in the Wolverines favor. Because of their impressive win against UCONN, the sharp action is in favor of Michigan today. This point spread originally opened at +6, which is now down to +3.5. The Wolverines have played to the over in 9 of their past 12 road games. Michigan has also played to the over in 7 of their past 10 games against an Independent school.
The Wolverines are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 non-conference games. The Over is 8-1 in their last 9 road games against a team with a winning home record.
The Pregame.com Michigan Wolverines vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish prediction for the final score will be 30-27 in favor of the Michigan Wolverines. The Wolverines +3.5 is the Side of the Day!
