NCAAF Saturday Wagering - Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. USC Trojans

Has there ever been a stranger three years for a college football coach than what Notre Dame’s Charlie Weiss has gone through? He almost upset the unbeatable USC Trojans in his first season. Since then, it’s been downhill. Weiss has broken almost every record as a loser for the Fighting Irish since that much ballyhooed first season as the head guy.

Sports betting fans have sort of grown weary with the talk, year in and year out, of how genius of a coach Charlie Weiss is. This is college football and online betting fans need consistency in order to regularly bet for or against BetUS online betting spreads. Notre Dame doesn’t give you that. They are going to be horribly outmatched in this game on paper. More importantly, their record of 6 and 5 against the BetUS online wagering spread, because they are Notre Dame, is almost shameful.

The USC Trojans just didn’t have it this season. Yes, they’ve only lost one game but because the Big-12 and SEC are both loaded with terrific championship caliber teams, the USC Trojans have been lost in the shuffle. They probably don’t make their way back to the top of the BCS heap. That’s what happens when you get upset by a less than stellar Pac-10 foe and play out of a weak conference. For online betting fans, this team is as shameful as the Fighting Irish. They are 9 and 1 straight-up but only 5 and 5 against the BetUS online wagering spread.

Here are the BetUS online betting odds for this game.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish + 32 - 110 + 2000 O 47 - 110

USC Trojans - 32 - 110 - 6000 U 47 - 110

Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish is 6 and 2 against the spread in their last 8 games on the road.

The Under is 10 and 1 in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish last 11 games on the road.

The USC Trojans are 1 and 4 against the spread in their last 5 games on grass.

Wow, the BetUS online sportsbook odds makers have some serious cajones. I mean, just offering a money line wager on this game speaks volumes.

This is a rivalry game and, as any online betting fan will tell you, rivalry games sometimes comes up with surprises.

Okay, maybe not. USC should trounce the Fighting Irish in this game but I can’t get myself to lay the 32 points on the Trojans. I just can’t do it. 32 is a huge number and even though USC is far superior to the Fighting Irish in almost every part of the college football game, 32 points is 32 points.

I’ll be placing an online college football bet on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to beat the spread. I have to take the points in this game. Go Irish!