Bowl Season CFB Championship

Indiana @ ND OVER 52

In state rivalry game for a rivalry that has not existed. Why these two have not played ea other in how many years.....so me thinks the Committee steered the rankings to get this matchup.

Weather is chilly...but no snow is forecast. Apparently no wind, but 13 mph is enough to move a flag.

ND coach is good after a layoff. Expecting plays just for Indiana in this one. Indiana's best chance is to score, and score a lot.

Final score prediction ND 38 Indiana 27

ND should be favored by 4 but playing at home makes this a TD favorite. I like the over as a safer bet than the side. However playing a playoff game at home is a new thing to see in CFB and I am intrigued how this will pair out......

How do you figure ND should be favored by 4? I respectfully disagree. 

@Captain Lock

 If this were a bowl game at a neutral site. It is customary in CFB for linesmakers to "award" 2-3 points for the home team. Therefore -6.5 on a neutral field would be -3.5 to 4.5. This is a fact, whether it is a bad line in your opinion is just that, your opinion.

My opinion is that these run option teams know how to get blocks on everyone. And if the defense is keyed in and working off the blocks, they move to a RPO rather quickly. I think both teams move the ball tonight, under the lights. That isn't a fact until it happened.

Teams 'noone' gives a serious chance of winning the NC:

Indiana

SMU

ASU

Boise St

PSU ***

Clemson

Teams mostly everyone agrees can win the NC:

Oregon

Ohio St

Texas

***Penn St never seems to win big games. Their HC would be fired if he were coaching at Ohio St or Michigan, but at Penn St he has had a long tenure of losing vs ranked teams, losing to Mich or Ohio St in meaningful games, losing the Rose Bowl to USC (had that one in the bag to the 4th qtr). They are vulnerable to any high scoring offense, and SMU faced a huge front line already in Clemson and did rather well in the 2nd H. That loss was a good one for SMU, a game to learn from, not have the nervous 1st H they endured vs Clemson. I'm expecting yet another huge loss for PSU--even when favored and at home.....and yet Penn St will still be enamored with Franklin....forever. SMU +8 and SMU ML

I have some thoughts on Tenn @ Ohio St.

Ohio St is more like a 'northern SEC school' more than strictly northern midwest Big Ten school. Takes about a half day drive from Tenn to Ohio, and Ohio borders W.V., Kentucky, and there's a lot of familiarity, lot of traveling and tourism back and forth.

Tenn offense can get critical 3rd downs from a mobile QB.

I see long drives from both teams, but no explosiveness. This will be low scoring. Weather could also be a factor. Clouds and chill factor are already there.....I think 46 points is asking too much of these offenses. WIll be a struggle, lots of punts, field position game with minimal risk taking.

When I see an under, I usually like the dog, but I will wait until gameday to decide. For now...

Tenn @ OSU UNDER 46

Nice input and GL