USC vs Notre Dame Free Picks

Written October 17, 2009 by Jack Jones

Here’s a look at two expert opinions on today’s huge USC/Notre Dame game. The current college football odds show the Trojans as 10 point favorites over the Irish and a total of 50.5 points. Also, if you are ready to start getting serious about betting football, you should pick up a $500 bonus with BetUS. Just open a new account and make your initial deposit of $500 or more to take advantage!

Dave Price offers this free pick on the game:

1 Unit on USC Trojans -10
USC has defeated the Irish by at least 20 points in each of the last 3 seasons, including a 35-point whooping last year. Notre Dame is improved, but not enough to make up that much ground. Notre Dame’s defense is not good enough to keep the Trojans from covering this number, allowing 3 of its 5 opponents to score 30 or more points, while USC’s defense has held 3 of its opponents to 6 or fewer points. Here’s the clincher: Notre Dame is just 6-21 ATS versus good defensive teams allowing 4.5 or less yards/play since 1992, losing by an average of 12.8 points to these teams. Take USC for 1 Unit.

Steve Merril has a highly recommended 5-play college football pack available today, he’s on the same side as Dave, but has a little different take on the game:

Notre Dame is an improved team this season, but they are still no where close to USC in terms of talent. The Trojans have dominated this series the past two years with easy 38-0 and 38-3 wins and it is doubtful that Notre Dame has suddenly closed the gap enough to compete today.

Notre Dame has a solid offense, but they will now be facing an excellent USC defense that permits just 8.6 points per game and only 3.7 yards per play this season (versus opponents that average 23.5 ppg and 5.1 yppl). USC has held the Irish to just 91 and 165 total yards in the past two meetings. The Trojans have a tendency to letdown against inferior opponents, but USC normally comes ready to play in big games. Play: USC -10

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