Got to love this line. I thought it would be more like +4 or something, but then Notre Dame did us a solid and they went and beat Utah at home 28-3. Don't read into that too much Utah was beat down from their dissapointing loss against TCU which defined their season. I wasn't shocked that Notre Dame came up with the win. I have faded Notre Dame many times this year and each time I came away with wins. I was there on Tulsa when they upset them, and against Stanford, Navy, the Pitt push and Michigan. This weekend the game will be at Yankee Stadium the long tradition betwee these two teams.
Notre Dame looked lost against Navy at the meadowlands a couple weeks ago on the triple option. Unfortunately seeing it only once doesn't make a team able to shut it down and Army can do something better. I also think Notre Dame will be playing with two much confidence and Army will be able to stroll in and give them a close game. Notre Dame has had injuries and that also benefits us as now true freshman Tommy Rees makes his first road start against an Army pass defense ranked #22 out of 120 teams.
Army can do both pass and run as Trent Steelman will pull out all the stops against a team that can't guard the pass. He was 9 for 10 last week vs. Kent State and he just does not turn the ball over as Army is #5 in the nation in TO margin. This is a senior led offensive line with enough talent on defense to hold up a #21 ranked passing offense that is not as good as the paper says. My prediction Army wins in a tight one!
