PREMIUM
Rogers' *10* Saturday TOP Totals Ticket
(NCAAF) West Virginia vs. Texas,
11/12/2016 7:00 AM, Score: 24 - 20
Point Spread: -2.00 | -106.00 Texas (Home)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: -2.00 | -106.00 Texas (Home)
Result: Loss
The set-up: The Fighting Irish played Texas in Austin to open their 2016 season back on Labor Day night. Notre Dame was No. 10 in the AP's preseason poll and lost to unranked Texas (coming off a 5-7 season) in a thrilling 50-47 double-OT contest. How the mighty have fallen, as Note Dame enters this game 3-6 and would need to win out over its final three games just to become bowl-eligible. Notre Dame comes into this contest against Army at San Antonio off a 28-27 loss last Saturday to Navy in Jacksonville. It marked just Notre Dame's fourth loss to Navy since 1963. Army comes in 5-4 and the Black Knights are one away from that coveted sixth win and academy's first bowl berth since 2010 (previous one before that was 1996!).
Notre Dame: Brian Kelly was sitting atop the college football world back in 2012 when he led the Irish to a 12-0 regular season and a berth in the BCS championship game against Alabama. ND was outclassed in that contest (lost 42-14 and it wasn't as close as the final score) and while the school has been bowling each of the last three years since that title-game loss, the school's three-year run from 2013 through 2015 of 27-12 is good but hardly special. 2016 has been a frustrating season, but QB Kizer is completing 60.4% for 2,261 yards with 19 TDs and 7 INTs. He's completed 67.7% the last two games, throwing five TDs without an INT. Notre Dame's defense is hardly a vintage group, allowing 27.7 PPG (67th).
Army: Head coach Jeff Monken has done a great job of bringing this program back to prominence, as army will go ‘bowling' with one more win. Army struggled to get its vaunted rushing attack going in a 31-12 loss to Air Force last Saturday but the Black Knights still rank third in the nation, averaging 320.3 YPG on the ground. Despite often being out-sized, Army's defense ranks 13th in points allowed (18.1 per) on 288.1 YPG (5th).
The pick: The Fighting Irish have claimed 14 straight meetings with Army but the schools have played just twice since 1998 and last met in 2010. Army's last win in the series was a 14-2 triumph at Notre Dame back in 1958! Notre Dame didn't come close to stopping Navy's option-offense last week, allowing 320 rushing yards, which is the same amount of rushing yards Army average per game. I believe Army can trade scores with Notre Dame and the Black Knights will have to if they expect to win, as Kizer and Notre Dame should score quite a bit in this one. The Over is a 10* play.
Notre Dame: Brian Kelly was sitting atop the college football world back in 2012 when he led the Irish to a 12-0 regular season and a berth in the BCS championship game against Alabama. ND was outclassed in that contest (lost 42-14 and it wasn't as close as the final score) and while the school has been bowling each of the last three years since that title-game loss, the school's three-year run from 2013 through 2015 of 27-12 is good but hardly special. 2016 has been a frustrating season, but QB Kizer is completing 60.4% for 2,261 yards with 19 TDs and 7 INTs. He's completed 67.7% the last two games, throwing five TDs without an INT. Notre Dame's defense is hardly a vintage group, allowing 27.7 PPG (67th).
Army: Head coach Jeff Monken has done a great job of bringing this program back to prominence, as army will go ‘bowling' with one more win. Army struggled to get its vaunted rushing attack going in a 31-12 loss to Air Force last Saturday but the Black Knights still rank third in the nation, averaging 320.3 YPG on the ground. Despite often being out-sized, Army's defense ranks 13th in points allowed (18.1 per) on 288.1 YPG (5th).
The pick: The Fighting Irish have claimed 14 straight meetings with Army but the schools have played just twice since 1998 and last met in 2010. Army's last win in the series was a 14-2 triumph at Notre Dame back in 1958! Notre Dame didn't come close to stopping Navy's option-offense last week, allowing 320 rushing yards, which is the same amount of rushing yards Army average per game. I believe Army can trade scores with Notre Dame and the Black Knights will have to if they expect to win, as Kizer and Notre Dame should score quite a bit in this one. The Over is a 10* play.
