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Free College Football Picks: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Navy Midshipmen Betting Preview |
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Written by SyberSelect
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Saturday, 15 November 2008 |
 Free College Football Picks: Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Navy Midshipmen Betting Preview: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Navy Midshipmen resume their annual college football picks rivalry this weekend, as they meet for this week 12 college football picks mathup at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The Irish enter the contest on a down note, as they were blanked by Boston College, 17-0, this past weekend. It was the second loss in a row by the ND, which dipped to 5-4 overall. Most of the team's struggles this season have come on the road, where the Irish have won just once in four tries. As for Navy, it was idle this past week after pulling out a thrilling 33-27 victory over Temple on November 1st. The win was the second straight, as the Mids became bowl eligible at 6-3. Navy already has intentions of playing in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl in the nation's capital in mid December. With regard to the all-time college football picks series, ND owns a commanding 70-10-1 lead over Navy and that includes a 44-6-1 advantage at neutral sites. The Mids however, snapped a NCAA-record 43-game losing streak to the Irish with a 46-44 triple-overtime victory last season. It was the first time Navy beat ND since a 35-14 victory in 1963 when Roger Staubach was quarterback for the Midshipmen.
ND has had success on offense for the most part this college football picks season and enters the weekend averaging 24.3 ppg and 375.0 total ypg. The team has been more effective through the air (259.4 ypg) than on the ground (115.6 ypg), but has had some issues with turnovers, committing 20 on the year. Last weekend, the Irish turned the ball over five times and gained just 292 total yards in a 17-0 loss at BC. Quarterback Jimmy Clausen had just an awful game, as he threw for 226 yards and four interceptions on 26-of-46 tosses. It was certainly a disappointing effort from Clausen, who has fared much better on the year, passing for 258.8 ypg, with 18 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. Michael Floyd and Golden Tate have provided Clausen with a pair of dangerous targets and they have accounted for 89 receptions, 1,444 yards and 12 touchdowns this season. Last weekend, Tate hauled in six passes for 66 yards, while Floyd finished with five catches for 69 yards. ND hasn't had all that much success on the ground and Armando Allen and his modest 457 rushing yards pace the team. Navy has had plenty of success this season, but ND should be able to throw the ball all over the Mids' soft defense en route to the victory this weekend.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 15 November 2008 )
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