Clemson Tigers vs Louisville Cardinals College Football Preview & Free Pick

CFB Preview: Clemson Tigers vs Louisville Cardinals

Written By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter @DavidHess311)

 

When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, September 17, 2015
Where: Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky
Televised: ESPN 

Odds: The line opened with Clemson as being 3.5 point favorites and they have now been bet up to 6 point favorites. The OU line started out at 54 and has been bet to 51.

The Clemson Tigers are the favorites to with the ACC and with good reason as they bring possibly the best offense in the league this season, plus a defense that looks very strong as well.  The Tigers put up 30.8 ppg and with 7 starters back, including QB Deshaun Watson, their top 3 WRs from last year and their top RB as well. The QB position rates as 10th best in the nation, while the WR corps rates as 3rd best in the land. So far the passing offense has looked good as they have put up 281.5 ypg through the air on 75% passing. Granted that was vs Wofford and Appalachian State, but still a solid showing. Defense was a question mark heading into this year, as they had just 3 starters back, but so far so good as they have allowed just 255 ypg overall, including a mere 92.5 through the air. This defense will be tested a bit more this week.

Louisville comes in at 0-2 on the year, losing at Auburn by 7 and losing at home to Houston by 3 points last week. Louisville was supposed to be a team that would push Florida State and Clemson for honors in the ACC and they still might, but so far they haven’t looked the part. The offense has looked good for this team so far as they have put up 400 ypg and 27.5 ppg so far. Still their ppg is down a few points from last year. This is a young offense that may take a few games to get going, but they do have some very good offensive talent. The defense looks like it could be a problem for this team as they have allowed 395.5 ypg and 32.5 ppg so far. The defense is you as well as they have just 4 starters back, so it was expected to start slow this year, but still we note that in their previous 29 games coming into this year they had allowed 30+ pints just 4 times, so it is telling that they have allowed 30+ in both games this season so far.

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Free College Football Pick

[103] Clemson/ Louisville Over 51

I like the Over in this one. The Clemson offense can score in bunches and the Cardinals have big issues on defense. This is a you defense that has just 4 starters back and has shown that the will as they have allowed 30+ points in back-to-back games vs two very good offenses and they will face another good one tonight. The Clemson defense has just 3 starters back and we really don’t know how good they are. Yes they have looked good so far, but this will be by far the best offense they have faced so far. I can see both offenses having a good showing vs a couple of young defenses in this one.  This one could go over very easily.

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