The 11th ranked Clemson Tigers are on the road in college football action on Thursday when they take on the Louisville Cardinals. The game is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. start time and it will be televised nationally on ESPN. Currently the betting odds for the game have the Tigers favored to pick up the win on the road.
Louisville has started 0-2, taking on Clemson only makes the start of the season more difficult. The Cardinals put up a pretty good fourth quarter fight in their season-opening loss to Auburn and that looked like it would carry over to their home opener against Houston. It didn’t as the Cougars improved to 2-0 with a 34-31 win over Louisville, scoring 17 fourth quarter points to send Louisville to an 0-2 record.
Clemson looks like a potential national title contender this season, but it’s worth noting they’ve played Wofford and Appalachian State. Dabo Sweeney has had some excellent teams in Death Valley but the schedule has always ended up with a landmine or two. One of those games comes after the Louisville one as the Tigers host Notre Dame.
The good thing, for Clemson, is that Notre Dame game doesn’t happen until October 3, which will be more than two full weeks after the Louisville game. The chance to prepare and be fully rested for the Irish will certainly be a plus.
This game opened as a pick em, but with Louisville’s struggles this season Clemson has quickly taken a lot of attention. Quarterback Deshaun Watson has thrown for five touchdowns and just one pick so far in the two games and he’s poised for another big game in this one against a stingy Louisville defense. That defense has been beaten up through their first two games and Clemson might be the best offensive team between the three schools, which certainly gives an advantage for the Tigers in this one.
While Louisville will get quite a bit of attention as a touchdown underdog at home when they are in a must-win situation, this is a bad spot for them.
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