Pretty much nobody outside of South Bend, Ind. seems to be giving No. 5 Notre Dame a snowball’s chance in hell of upsetting No. 2 Ohio State when the two midwest powerhouses open the season this Saturday night in Columbus. The Irish are as accomplished as nearly every team in the nation over the last five years but they just happen to be taking on one of the very few that are more-so in that time.
Two premier programs, a new head coach who happened to play his college football at the other, an iconic venue, and being the biggest game of perhaps September in college football will only make the lights that much brighter. How will Notre Dame fare in Marcus Freeman’s first regular season game as head coach?
Here are the latest lines, courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook:
- Pointspread: Ohio State -17.5 (that’s not a misprint)
- Moneylines: Ohio State -850, Notre Dame +550
- Total: 58.5 points
Marcus Freeman asked back in April to keep pushing the spread up so that only the players on his team would be believing Notre Dame had a chance. That number has continued to rise all off-season like he asked, now let’s hope he can go out and lead the Irish to shock the world.
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