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Northern Illinois vs Notre Dame Betting Pick & Preview – 9/7/2024
The Northern Illinois Huskies are set to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on September 7, 2024, at 3:30 pm ET. According to the opening betting odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, the Fighting Irish are favored by 28 points. Meanwhile, the total for this game is set at 44.5 points. Here, we give you our breakdown and best bet for this Northern Illinois vs Notre Dame contest.
Can Northern Illinois Breach Irish Defense?
The Northern Illinois Huskies started their 2024 season with a win over the Western Illinois Leathernecks out of the FCS last week. In that 54-15 thrashing over a fellow Illinois directional school, the Huskies racked up an impressive 706 yards of total offense. But offense could be much harder to come by for the Huskies in this game, as they get set to tangle with a Notre Dame team that looked great defensively in their season opener last weekend.
Pressure on Northern Illinois quarterback Ethan Hampton could be the norm in this game, something he did not see much of last week. Hampton threw for 328 yards and five touchdowns a week ago, throwing just two incompletions along the way. How he responds to a much tougher defense this time around will go a long way in determining how competitive Northern Illinois can be in what could be a very difficult afternoon for them.
Notre Dame Heavy Favorites to Start 2-0
Notre Dame had one of the most impressive wins of the weekend in Week 1 of the college football season. They locked down the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field, with the stellar defense of the Fighting Irish leading them to a 23-13 win on the road. Notre Dame is ranked fifth in the country after that performance and they will look to prove that it was no fluke this week at home against Northern Illinois.
We should expect a lot better out of Irish quarterback Riley Leonard this week than we saw last week against Texas A&M. Leonard had just 158 passing yards against a tough A&M defense that was coached by Leonard's former head coach at Duke in Mike Elko. With worse players and no opposing coach familiarity to worry about this week, we should see Leonard air it out more successfully in front of a home crowd.
Northern Illinois vs Notre Dame Best Bet
Notre Dame appears to be the real deal after the way their defense bent Texas A&M to its will a week ago. We will lay the points with Notre Dame here and bank on their offense waking up against a lesser opponent out of the MAC, even if Northern Illinois is by no means a bad program in their conference.
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