Orange Bowl Clash: Penn State vs Notre Dame Predictions

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00:00Semifinals begin tonight. In Miami, it's the Orange Bowl between two programs you know very well in

00:07college football. The sixth seed Penn State and the seventh seed Notre Dame. DRS the story entering

00:13this matchup tonight in South Florida is how close and competitive it is expected to be

00:19by the odds. We have seen market movement but basically the Irish opened as a slight favorite.

00:25They got up to a two and a half point favorite earlier this week. Now as we get ready for this

00:30game on this Thursday game day there are just 20 cents of difference on those money line prices

00:39to win outright and earn a spot in two Mondays from now national championship game in Atlanta.

00:46The lowest total we have seen in the college football playoff is 45 and a half both for

00:52the Irish's game in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia and tonight against the Nittany Lions

00:57and James Franklin. Here we are DRS on this Thursday. It is game day once more in the CFP

01:04semis at the Orange Bowl. Do you still feel the same way about this game as you did before?

01:11I do. I've actually felt a little bit better because if it is Jeremiah Love that left last

01:15week's game after re-aggravating a knee injury and isn't 100 percent and sometimes you take a look

01:20at head coaches and what they tell you. Now you take a look at James Franklin with Abdul Carter

01:24we'll get that in just a moment but also with Freeman going hey look nobody's a hundred percent

01:28at this time of the year. That lets me know that Jeremiah Love truly isn't anywhere close to 100

01:33percent and if you are in the fan blue sports book and saying okay who's the best running back

01:36on Notre Dame it's by far Jeremiah Love. Look at his price bet 35 and a half. Look at your

01:42Darien price 48 and a half. That's going to tell you the picture here because Notre Dame does have

01:47a very good football team and a staunch defense and has won some big football games. I get that

01:52here but I just look at both offenses and try to break it down. I just see Notre Dame having a

01:56slightly tougher time moving the football especially now that we think Love is going to be hindered in

02:01any way. Keep in mind Love being seen at practice with a bulky knee brace on which maybe they drop

02:06it down to a compression sleeve whatever but they're clear something is wrong with that knee

02:10and for one of the most electric football players in college football to not be 100 percent against

02:14a good defense when he's maybe the focal points of your offense that's giving me a little bit of

02:18trepidation so nothing has changed this week to bring me back to Notre Dame but as you see

02:23minus 120 plus 100 on the money line this is a great football game against two evenly matched

02:27teams where if you're just looking for a little bit of the excess which might not be there out

02:32of Notre Dame's Jeremiah Love.