{"id":67369,"date":"2013-10-16T06:57:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T13:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=67369"},"modified":"2013-10-16T09:16:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T16:16:32","slug":"knights-vs-cardinals-gambling-lines-free-pick-week-8-preview-161013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/knights-vs-cardinals-gambling-lines-free-pick-week-8-preview-161013\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF vs. Louisville Free Pick \u2013 Odds &amp; Week 8 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>UCF vs Louisville NCAA Football Spread\/Handicapping<\/h2>\n<p>The Central Florida Knights arrive in Louisville fresh off a win and aiming to make their mark in a key American Athletic Conference bout on Friday night.<!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><strong>UCF (4-1) vs. No. 8 Louisville (6-0)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Date: Friday, Oct. 17, 2013<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Time: 8 p.m. EST<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Venue: Papa John&#8217;s Cardinal Stadium<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> City: Louisville<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> O\/U Odds: 52 1\/2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Spread: Louisville -12<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> [dfads params=&#8217;groups=63740&#038;limit=1&#038;return_javascript=0&#8242;]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/football\/ncaaf-matchups.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAF\/matchups\/g8_summary_13.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/football\/ncaaf-preview.aspx?page=\/data\/NCAAF\/matchups\/g8_preview_13.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/handicappers\/ray-monohan-sports-picks\" target=\"_parent\">Buy Razor Ray&#8217;s NCAA FOOTBALL Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Louisville meanwhile, moved to 6-0 on the season after making short work of Rutgers last Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Central Florida enters this one after a much needed bye week, as they prepare to square off against a Cardinals team that has only allowed a total of 44 points through six games this season.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"CFB Picks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/handicappers\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>CLICK TO GRAB OUR Expert CFB Picks for 2013 NCAA FOOTBALL Betting!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>And scoring points not something the Knights do well, currently ranking 50th in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, UCF beat Memphis last time out, 24-17, once again leaning heavily on their defense, which ranks 11th nationally and has been a big part of their four wins this season as the offense has sputtered.<\/p>\n<p>But things look a little brighter offensively, as Breshad Perriman ran right past the Tigers&#8217; defense, rolling up 107 receiving yards. [soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the game still came down to the wire, with a late scooped fumble on a kick return being the difference with 1:56 to play.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Teddy Bridgewater and the Cardinals throttled the Scarlet Knights defense in his team&#8217;s most recent action, throwing for 310 yards and two touchdowns as Louisville downed Rutgers.<\/p>\n<p>The defense also got into the action, forcing four turnovers, while Senorise Perry had a game high 104 yards on the ground with a touchdown as well.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that balanced teamwork that has garners the Cards a 7-0 record.<\/p>\n<h3>Matt&#8217;s Free Prediction<\/h3>\n<p>The UCF offense needs to step up its game against a stingy Louisville defense or things could get out of hand early.<\/p>\n<p>If the Cardinals get too far ahead in the onset, a small cushion for the top ranked Louisville scoring defense could just seal the win.<\/p>\n<p>The Knights secondary will need to put pressure on Bridgewater while applying strong coverage by their DBs.<\/p>\n<p>And while Central Florida looked shaky against the Tigers two weeks ago, I expect them to keep this one close in the first half, before the Cardinals pull away for the two touchdown win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Louisville 42, UCF 20<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF vs Louisville NCAA Football Spread\/Handicapping The Central Florida Knights arrive in Louisville fresh off a win and aiming to make their mark in a key American Athletic Conference bout on Friday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":978,"featured_media":63797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[266,18674,32382,2086,3098,31351,32386,60117],"class_list":["post-67369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-cardinals","tag-central-florida-knights","tag-knights","tag-louisville","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-ucf","tag-ucf-knights","tag-ucf-vs-louisville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67369","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\/978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67369"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67408,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67369\/revisions\/67408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}