The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will hit the highway to face the Pittsburgh Panthers in an NCAA college football game set for Saturday night.
Start time from Pittsburgh is set for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC TV.
The betting odds from this college football game have the road side Notre Dame Fighting Irish favored by -4 points with an over under line of 51 points.
Notre Dame is 7-2 on the year after a 38-34 home victory last week to the Navy Midshipmen as a -16 ½ point betting favorite. The game total landed at over 48 ½ points. Notre Dame was down three late and the Fighting Irish gets a one yard touchdown run with under four minutes for the win.
The Fighting Irish moved the football for 506 yards with 264 rushing for over 7 yards a carry. Tommy Rees hit on 12 of 20 passes for 242 yards with two touchdowns and two picks. Tarean Folston had 18 carries for 140 yards and a touchdown. The team turned it over twice and took none away from the Midshipmen. On defense the Fighting Irish allowed the Navy offense 419 yards with 331 rushing for over 4 ½ yards per carry.
Pittsburgh has lost two straight to go to 4-4 on the 2013 campaign following a 21-10 road defeat last week to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets as a +11 ½ point betting underdog. The game total finished at under 52 ½ points. The Panthers could not overcome a 14-3 first half deficit.
Their offense produced 228 yards with negative rushing yardage on 21 carries. Tom Savage hit on 25 of 37 passes for 233 yards with a touchdown and pick. On defense Pittsburgh allowed the Georgia Tech offense 360 yards with 276 running for over 5 yards per attempt.
