The 23rd-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been winning plenty of close games of late, and one of their most tightly contested games on last season\u2019s run to a perfect regular season came against the Pittsburgh Panthers, who they will again meet this weekend. <\/p>\n
23<\/em> Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-2) at Pittsburgh Panthers (4-4)<\/strong> ATS Matchup Stats<\/a> | Gambling Insight!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! Buy Razor Ray’s NCAA FOOTBALL Picks Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n While Notre Dame has won the last three meetings between these teams, they have not exactly done it in decisive fashion, with those wins coming by a total of 12 points.<\/p>\n Last week\u2019s meeting was another close game for the Irish, who trailed Navy by three points at the half before closing out a 38-34 win. Tommy Rees was surprisingly ineffective in the game. He completed 12 of 20 passes for 242 yards and a pair of scores with two interceptions. He leaned heavily on receiver T.J. Jones, who brought in four balls for 111 yards and a touchdown. The team\u2019s ground game was a different story. Tarean Folston had the best day out of the backfield, turning 18 carries into 140 yards and a score. George Atkinson III carried the ball only seven times but made the most of those opportunities, gaining 74 yards and a touchdown. Cam McDaniel was also able to gain 52 yards and a touchdown. In total, the team gained 264 yards on the ground, and 506 total yards of offense against the Midshipmen. Pittsburgh was thoroughly outclassed in their last game, a 21-10 loss to Georgia Tech. Tom Savage was under pressure all day, but when he did get the ball away he was able to complete 25 of 37 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown with an interception. His favorite target was Tyler Boyd, who hauled in 11 passes for 118 yards and a touchdown. The team\u2019s rushing attack was dreadful, as the team accounted negative-5 rushing yards in the game.<\/p>\n The Panther defense had a ton of trouble with the Yellow Jackets\u2019 rushing attack, allowing Georgia Tech to push out 276 rushing yards with an average of 5.2 yards per carry. Lead back David Sims led the way, turning 18 carries into 94 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n The Panthers have played the Irish tight in recent years, but four points just isn\u2019t enough to move the needle in this one. Expect Notre Dame to put forth a better effort than they did in last year\u2019s meetings.<\/p>\n The road team is 6-1-1 ATS in the last eight meetings between these teams.<\/p>\n The play: Notre Dame -4<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Notre Dame vs Pittsburgh NCAA Football Handicapping The 23rd-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been winning plenty of close games of late, and one of their most tightly contested games on last season\u2019s run to a perfect regular season came against the Pittsburgh Panthers, who they will again meet this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":976,"featured_media":65083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[3256,9748,906,1445,60384,43252,965,2292,3423],"class_list":["post-68715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-fighting-irish","tag-fighting-irish-vs-panthers","tag-notre-dame","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish-vs-pitt-panthers","tag-notre-dame-vs-pitt","tag-panthers","tag-pitt","tag-pitt-panthers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68715","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\/976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68715"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68754,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68715\/revisions\/68754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDate: Saturday, November 9, 2013<\/strong>
\nTime: 8:00 PM ET<\/strong>
\nVenue: Heinz Field<\/strong>
\nCity: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<\/strong>
\nO\/U Odds: 51<\/strong>
\nSpread: Notre Dame -4<\/strong>
\nMoney Line: Notre Dame -180, Pittsburgh +160<\/strong>
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\nAs for the Notre Dame defense, they looked lost most of the day against the potent Navy rushing attacked. The Midshipmen churned out 331 yards on the ground, averaging 4.7 yards per carry. They had success when taking to the air as well, as Keenan Reynolds completed six of nine passes for 88 yards and a score.<\/p>\n