Louisville Cardinals vs Syracuse Orange Prediction, 9/3/2022 College Football Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Louisville Cardinals vs Syracuse Orange

Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022

Location: JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, NY

TV: ACCN

Odds/Point Spread: Orange (+4)

Total/Over-Under: 59.5

The Syracuse Orange (5-7 last year) will compete against the Louisville Cardinals (6-7 last season) at JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday. Louisville is 4-point favorites. The over/under is 59.5.

The Louisville Cardinals wrapped up their year having earned a 6-7 record. In their last matchup, the Cardinals faced the Air Force Falcons and took a loss by a score of 31-28. Trevion Cooley led the offense in rushing for the Cardinals with 18 totes for 92 yards (5.1 yards per carry). Malik Cunningham finished 13/21 with 207 yds through the air and 1 touchdown. He had a quarterback rate of 160.4 and finished the contest without throwing a pick. Against the run, the Cardinals conceded 174 yds on 52 attempts, which averages out to 3.3 yds per run surrendered. Louisville gave up 9 pass completions on 10 attempts for 252 yards, and a completion rate of 90.0%. In the game, they had 58 plays which gave them 399 yards. The Louisville Cardinals ended up rushing 37 different times and accumulated 192 yds, which is an average of 5.2 yds per carry.

In terms of scoring points, the Louisville Cardinals were sitting at 31.6 points per contest. Offensively they averaged 210.2 yards on the ground, which had them sitting 22nd in the country. The Cardinals racked up 5,807 total yards for the prior campaign. Louisville compiled 21 touchdowns through the air and 29 touchdowns via the ground. Louisville compiled 274 1st downs as an offense, and they were called for 81 penalties for 719 yds. They turned the ball over 13 different times.

In terms of yards via the pass, the Cardinals gave up 3,197 yds which had them sitting in 104th in college football. Over the course of their 13 games played, they allowed 245.9 yards per outing via the pass as well as surrendering a completion percentage of 65.4%. They gave up 404.3 yards per contest which put them 85th in the country. They conceded 20 passing touchdowns as well as 23 touchdowns on the ground. They gave up an average of 4.4 yards per run and 158.4 rushing yards per game last season. Over the course of last season, they gave up 2,059 yards via the running game in 13 contests. The Cardinals ranked 77th in the nation in terms of their opponents scoring, conceding 27.3 PPG.

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The Orange ended the year holding a 5-7 record. When they last played, the Orange went home defeated by a final of 31-14 against the Pittsburgh Panthers. Garrett Shrader (2 touchdowns) ended the game with 217 yards on 17/24 through the air while his quarterback rate was 174.3. He kept the ball away from the defense with no picks and his average yards per attempt was 9.0. Sean Tucker ran the ball 13 times for 29 yards, ending the contest with 2.2 yards per attempt for Syracuse. Syracuse rushed for 0.8 yards per carry, totaling 25 yds on 30 carries. The Orange finished the game with 242 yards and they ran 54 plays (4.5 yards per play). The Orange secondary conceded a completion percentage of 73.7%, surrendering 209 yards on 28 for 38 passing. Syracuse gave up 34 attempts on the ground for 125 yds (3.7 yds per rush).

When it comes to this team's ability to score points, the Orange were 92nd in D-1 with an average of 24.9 PPG. Last year, the Orange threw for 1,828 yards via the pass as well as averaging 152.3 throwing yards per game, ranking them 123rd in D-1. The Syracuse Orange had an average of 366.7 yards per game, which had them sitting 94th in the nation. The Syracuse offense had 692 yards of penalties on 84 violations, which ranked them 47th in the nation in terms of helping out the opposition.

The Orange relinquished 26.3 points per contest, which put them in 66th in D-1. Syracuse gave up a total of 1,534 yards rushing (127.8 yards/game) as well as 12 touchdowns via the rush over the course of last year. Last year, they gave up 316 points in total. They allowed 22 touchdowns through the air as well as 204.3 yards per contest, which put them in 28th in D-1. The Orange defense was on the field for 773 plays, which was good for 13th in the nation.

Who will win tonight's Cardinals/Orange college football game against the spread?

Tony's Pick: Take the Orange +4

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