Louisville Cardinals vs. Clemson Tigers Betting Preview October 1, 2016

 

Louisville Cardinals (4-0) vs. Clemson Tigers (4-0) Preview


Spread:  Louisville -2 (5dimes)
Total: 67.5
Kickoff: 9:00 pm ET
Location: Memorial Stadium, Clemson. SC
Television Broadcast: ABC

Preview

This is a dream match-up that college football fans have been waiting for. Both teams are 4-0 and have beaten some pretty good teams so far. Cardinals quarterback  Lamar Jackson has emerged as maybe the favorite for the Heisman Trophy by putting up some amazing numbers. He has passed for 1330 yards and 13 TD’s and rushed for 526 yards and 12 TD’s while leading Louisville to an incredible 63.5 points average per game and over 600 total yard average per game including the destruction of Florida St 63-20. The Tigers have a QB in Watson who has thrown for 996 yards and nine TD’s guiding Clemson to a 33.5 point average per game. Clemson played some tougher defensive teams than Louisville in Auburn and Georgia Tech but their offense still totaled over 400 total yards against the Yellow Jackets and 399 against Auburn. Their defense really showed their ability when the held Tech’s offense to 29 total passing yards and shut down their triple option rushing attack holding them to 124 yards.The oddsmakers opened this game with Clemson as a two point favorite but the public have turned that around and made the Cardinals a two point favorite and still have 63% of the public behind them. The total is sitting at 67.5 with 70% of the public believing that a shootout will be inevitable and are backing the over according to Covers.com Consensus and Analysis. This game should answer a lot of questions about both teams.
 

Previous Meetings

09/17/15: Clemson 20 @ Louisville 17
10/11/14: Louisville 17 @ Clemson 23


 

Trends

  • The Cardinal are 5-0-1 ATS in their Last 6 games overall.
  • The Under is 4-0 in Clemson last four games overall.
  • The Tigers are 5-2 ATS in their last seven games overall

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