The Louisville Cardinals and the Indiana Hoosiers meet in week 3 college football action from Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Cardinals Demolish Murray State

The Louisville Cardinals managed to improve to 2-0 on the year thanks to a 56-0 shutout win over Murray State in their last matchup. Jack Plummer has thrown for 494 yards, 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 64.2% passing while Jahwar Jordan leads Louisville with 231 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns. Jamari Thrash leads the Cardinals’ receivers with 10 grabs for 170 yards and 3 touchdowns as well this season. On defense, TJ Quinn leads the Cardinals with 11 total tackles including 9 solo tackles while Devin Neal and Ramon Puryear each have an interception and Dezmond Tell and Ashton Gillotte each have a sack this season.

Louisville Cardinals Team Facts

– Louisville has won 17 of its last 18 September games as a favorite.
– The favorite has covered the spread in six of Louisville’s last seven games.
– Louisville has won the first quarter in four of its last five games against non-conference opponents.
– Louisville has lost the first half in three of its last four games against non-conference opponents at neutral venues.
– Each of Louisville’s last six games against non-conference opponents have gone UNDER the total points line.

Hoosiers Get In Win Column Vs. Indiana State

The Indiana Hoosiers managed to get into the win column to improve to 1-1 on the year thanks to a 41-7 win over Indiana State last time out. Tayven Jackson has thrown for 260 yards on 73.1% passing while Brendan Sorsby’s thrown for 166 yards on 54.8% passing. Jaylin Lucas leads the Hoosiers in rushing with 112 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns while Omar Cooper has a team-high 101 receiving yards and 7 receptions. On defense, Aaron Casey has a team-high 18 total tackles including 13 solo tackles while Phillip Dunham and Nic Toomer each have an interception. Indiana’s defense as a whole has 4 sacks this season.

Indiana Hoosiers Team Facts

– Indiana has won 14 of its last 15 September games against non-AP-ranked teams.
– Indiana has failed to cover the spread in each of its last four matches as an underdog when playing with a rest disadvantage.
– Indiana has lost the first half in three of its last four games against non-conference opponents.
– Each of Indiana’s last seven games against non-conference opponents have gone OVER the total points line.

Matchup/League Facts

– Indiana was one of only six FBS teams to win 3+ games when trailing after Q3 last season.
– Indiana was one of only 14 FBS teams to lose 3+ games when leading at HT last season.
– Louisville ranked 7th among FBS teams for Q4 points allowed per game last season (4.2).
– Louisville ranked 8th among FBS teams for H2 points allowed per game last season (7.8).

Chris’ Pick

I’m leaning towards Indiana here. I mean the Hoosiers couldn’t get anything going in their opener against Ohio State, but Louisville is not Ohio State safe to say, and the Cardinals did have an extremely leaky defense in their opener against Georgia Tech. I’m not in love with this one, but it’s just hard for me to feel very good about laying double-digits on the road with Louisville in many instances. Give me the Hoosiers and the points.