{"id":13238,"date":"2009-09-17T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=13238"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:58:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:58:17","slug":"msu-notredame-picks-170909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/msu-notredame-picks-170909\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan St. Spartans vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish: CFB Pick \/ Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

College Football Betting \u2013 Michigan State\/Notre Dame Preview & Pick<\/h2>\n

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College football betting rages into Week 3 and Notre Dame is the focus this time. Sure, the Irish\u2019s loss to Michigan at the Big House was devastating since they blew a lead, but maybe it was a good thing. People were going a bit crazy projecting Notre Dame to be a BCS contender; the Irish are good, but not that good. The loss probably knocks them out of the title discussion and may take the pressure off Jimmy Claussen and company.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s make a pick for this week\u2019s home game.<\/p>\n

Michigan State Spartans vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 19, 3:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Online betting favorite: Notre Dame -10<\/p>\n

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Notre Dame shouldn\u2019t have too much trouble scoring points this week. Does Charlie Weis make some questionable calls, at times relying too much on the passing game? Maybe, but it\u2019s hard to blame him considering how many weapons Notre Dame has in the passing game. Claussen has as good a group of receivers at his disposal as any quarterback in the league.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Irish passing game could totally terrorize Michigan State if betting software<\/a> projections are correct. The Spartans don\u2019t pressure the quarterback well so Claussen should have all day to throw. If Dan LeFevour of Central Michigan can torch the Spartans for 326 yards, Claussen should have a field day.<\/p>\n

If and when Michigan State falls behind, it will struggle to make up ground. The offensive line is in shambles with center Joel Nitchman battling injury and right guard J\u2019Michael Deane battling injury. The depleted line is struggling to open up holes for the power running attack. Caulton Ray and the running back corps averaged just 3.4 yards per carry against Central Michigan last week.
\nThe Irish don\u2019t have a formidable defense but should get a boost playing in front of their home fans, so they\u2019ll penetrate Michigan State\u2019s depleted O-line. Since the Spartans won\u2019t score and should get scored on a ton, Notre Dame should cover the 10-point spread easily.<\/p>\n

Sports bet online pick: Notre Dame -10<\/p>\n

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Poolside rants weighs in with some picks for Saturday’s football action…college style. Michigan St and Notre Dame resume pleasantries this weekend, we preview and pick this matchup…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[9715,16918,313,427,17341,3723,771,906,17099,16921,16919,17340,17339,17100,1161],"class_list":["post-13238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-bet-online","tag-betting-services","tag-college-football-betting","tag-football-bet","tag-michigan-state-vs-notre-dame-preview","tag-msu","tag-ncaa-football-previews","tag-notre-dame","tag-online-cfb-betting","tag-saturday-cfb-picks","tag-saturday-ncaa-football-picks","tag-spartans-fighting-irish-picks","tag-spartans-vs-fighting-irish","tag-sports-bet-online","tag-sports-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13238"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109190,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13238\/revisions\/109190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}