A very exciting top 25 matchup is in store today as 15 Louisville travels to take on the number 16 Fighting Irish. This will be a game with no love lost as both teams look to continue their playoff hopes. The last time these two met was October of last year where Louisville came out with the upset, holding Sam Hartman to 254 yards passing and 3 interceptions.

Looking into todays matchup, both teams are led by two new Quarterbacks in Tyler Shough for the Cards and Riley Leonard for the Irish. Louisville have looked great to start the year in Jeff Brohm’s second season with the team. Although they haven’t been tested by ranked competition as of yet, I expect them to be a very tough matchup against an inconsistent Notre Dame. Following the major upset by Northern Illinois, the Irish bounced back in a big way on the road agains Purdue, but underwhelmed at home last week against a struggling Miami of Ohio.

I expect this game to be wire to wire and a true test to for Notre Dame to prove their woes are behind them and they are the playoff team that many once thought they were. I anticipate the Cards to put the pressure on the Irish early with a strong passing attack by Shough who’s been perfect so far to start the season. Given the early adversity forcing Notre Dame to be aggressive in the passing game, I anticipate Leonard to make some mistakes along the way resulting in a close, and winnable, game for Louisville.