The No. 8 University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0-1, 0-0 Home) welcome the Marshall University Thundering Herd (1-0, 0-0 Away) at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday for their home opener. The Fighting Irish are 20.5-point favorites, and the total is 51. Marshall (1-0, 0-0 Away) is coming off a one-sided 55-3 win over Norfolk State at Joan C. Edwards Stadium last Saturday. Henry Colombi threw for 205 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Ethan Payne ran 10 times for 113 yards and two touchdowns. Talik Keaton caught eight passes for 71 yards. Notre Dame (0-1, 0-0 Home) lost 21-10 to Ohio State at Ohio Stadium last Saturday. Tyler Buchner was 10 of 18 for 177 yards. Chris Tyree carried six times for 28 yards. Lorenzo Styles caught one reception for 54 yards.
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The Thundering Herd’s 55 points scored in their opening game ranks 14th in FBS among teams who have already played, and they are facing a Fighting Irish defense whose 21 points surrendered is 64th. Meanwhile, Notre Dame is 117th in the nation in scoring after posting 10 points in Week 1, and Marshall’s 3 points allowed ranks 10th.
SportsTips’ College Football Pick:
Notre Dame (-1600)
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