Friday, September 11, 2009

Irish skin the Wolverrines

But skinning a wolverine is a dangerous business!

The ND/Michigan game has become a nice rivalry on the schedule. The matchup has recently featured lots of upsets, failure to cover spreads, close games, fantastic finishes and big plays. I don't think tomorrow will fall into the "classic" category but I am very excited about it.

I like my early vibe on the Irish. What I hear and read convinces me they are taking a business like approach to the season and tomorrow they will take care of business. The spread in the paper is ND by 3 points. I think they will do better than that. Given the talent mix on both teams the Irish really should win. Of course crazy things happen every week.

Key factors for me will be the success of our run game, defensive speed in covering the spread Michigan offense and turnover ratio (the wild card).

So with all that in mind I predict ND 31, Michigan 20.

Go Irish!

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