Early consensus on the Irish but I’m not sure I would worry about that too much… Rewind to last year, Carson Beck was at Georgia and got hurt right before the tournament in the SEC Championship game. He had to still prepare or even one more had to prepare his backup to be prepared. The question is does he give himself the same advice he gave his backup in falling short to the Irish and with that being part of his last bit at Georgia does he feel like that injury stopped Georgia from worst case scenario an epic title game if not another business as usual for the SEC Title-Machine. I would say between that preparation and the full summer to prepare for ND week 1 he may be about to raise questions as to him being better than number 1 pick Cam Ward who just departed from the “U”. A huge lead in the all-time series for the Irish but the last 6 games played in Miami have been big wins for Canes including the last Catholics vs. Convicts.
The Irish return a soon to be NFL Stars cast at Wide Receiver and Tight End.Carr the QB change but they don’t have a proven starter in a ruckus enviroment however even the Canes supporters seem to think that Carr will move the Irish vertically all day long. This Canes team has a weakness from last season they have attempted to address in the form of the transfer portal, a new D coordinator, and we saw last year some of these Canes games can get high scoring. Cal VT Louisville Duke Iowa State and Syracuse where they allowed 30 + points and with the possibilities of facing a future NFL All-Pro team in the like 6 main Irish receivers I would expect the money is on the Irish for the expectation of them going over 30 thus making Carson Beck have to figure out how much that UGA defense is different from the Miami defense. The feeling is that there is unknowns for Beck coming off injury and a completely new group of receivers. ND is loaded on defense as well but the lose Al Golden to the NFL the Defensive Coordinator, that may have some impact as honestly we don’t know if its the Canes who try to run to the mall more because the strength of the team is the offensive line. We may see stars come from no where on the Miami Receiver Corps just as we saw Cam Ward and the portal is the way Cristobal is building the program. The key may be keeping the Irish offensive on the sideline and we know Beck knows how to manage a run heavy game plan from his days at Georgia and keeping Notre Dame under their team total is where the pendulum swings, if they do that then they will have a great chance to win, inasmuch as the Irish defense is tough and has played these run heavy styles in some big games where they had more proven quarterbacks. The number for ND looks to be about 28.5-30 for their team total.
My pick here is the offensive line, the proven QB, with a full cast of new receivers, they have been replaying the U on ESPN or something because my pick is an upset or at least a cover on a small number as I feel like Miami has to want to run the ball and Beck should’ve just studied this defense last year at UGA though injured. Last 7 in the series playing in Miami went the Canes way. Expecting 30 point on the road in game one from a guy they bring up instead transfer in at QB.
ND 31 Miami 30
IO ST VS. KSTATE OVER 49.5 IO ST +134
FRESNO OV 51.5 VS KANSAS KANSAS +14 LOOK ML UPSET how many week 0 upsets the past few years? A lot, so I’m fishing and wishing but that money line underdog is where I play popcorn sometimes.
STAN V HAWAII OVER 55.5 I like the Cardinals as slight underdogs.
ECU NCSTATE UNDER 56.5
NEVADA PENNST UNDER 60
MARSHALL UGA UNDER 55
COASTAL V UVA UNDER 57.5
MISSISSIPPI UNDER 62.5
VA TECH VS SO CAR OVER 45.5
UNC VS TCU UNDER 59
TEXAS ML – NEW QB BUT AT HOME IN HORSESHOE VS. ARCH MANNING Pick of the opening week for a game I will probably be cool with watching even though betting against the Buckeyes at the SHU can be a formula for the worst three hours in sports the wrong end of a blowout. Texas has been playoff team last two years and couldn’t get it done in those big games where they had there chances. Is Arch and Texas going to win the SEC? will this game even matter to them? Ohio state loaded on defense but the new unexperienced QB at least has the home crowd. I’ll take the Longhorns here money line.