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Records: Notre Dame 8-3; USC 10-1, 8-1 in Pac-12 Line: USC by 5 Notable injuries: NOTRE DAME: PROBABLE: DL Jayson Ademilola (undisclosed), TE Mitch Evans (ankle), DL Isaiah Foskey (undisclosed), S Brandon Joseph (undislcosed); QUESTIONABLE: CB Cam Hart (shoulder), WR Tobias Merriweather (concussion); USC: OUT: EDGE Romello Height (shoulder), TE…

One of my favorite non-major bowl games, as the winning coach gets himself a nice mayo bath. Both the Terps and the Wolfpack have been dealing with opt-outs galore, with Maryland tight end CJ Dippre and NC State quarterback Devin Leary being the most notable absentees, as both players have hit the transfer portal (Dippre announced yesterday via…

Instead of cramming the rest of the bowl games into one article, I figured I'd split them up, with the Thursday and Friday games in this article, and predictions for the games on Saturday and Monday in one last MC&J picks piece that will drop in the near future. (All lines courtesy of Draftkings Sportsbook.) Both of these teams had their eyes on…

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After pulling two huge upsets over College Football Playoff hopefuls, South Carolina will look to beat a third big name to close out the season as they face Notre Dame in the 2022 Gator Bowl this afternoon. The Gamecocks (8-4) and Irish (8-4) are set for a 3:30 pm ET kickoff from TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida, and the game will can be…

Bowl season rolls along as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the South Carolina Gamecocks in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, and we have a Notre Dame vs. South Carolina prediction. Availability is the central theme for this game, as FantasyPros lists up to 35 players from both teams who won't suit up due to injury, opting out or entering the transfer…

TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville hosts the 2022 Gator Bowl on Friday. The game features powerful programs in the No. 21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the No. 19 South Carolina Gamecocks playing in the national spotlight. Notre Dame is 8-4 overall and making its sixth consecutive bowl appearance. South Carolina is also 8-4 overall and playing in the…

Thor Nystrom tracks players opting out of upcoming bowl games as well as the coaching changes around the college football landscape. Thor will update the article through the remainder of the season to keep you updated on bowl games, college prospects, and the 2023 NFL Draft. And below we'll take a closer look at the upcoming bowl game. Notre…

Following a three-game slate on Thursday, the 2022 college football bowl season has one of its busiest days on Friday with 10 teams in action beginning at 12:00 PM EST as Maryland takes on (#23) NC State. With the day rounding out with the Orange Bowl at 8:00 PM EST, let's take a closer look at the spots I'm most dialed in on. (#21) Notre Dame vs.…

South Carolina vs. Notre Dame is shaping up to be one of the more intriguing bowl games of the postseason. The Fighting Irish are favored by 2.5 points in this contest. They enter the Gator Bowl having won 8 of their last 10 games to end the 2022 season. South Carolina, meanwhile, had an excellent finish to the 2022 campaign as well. The Gamecocks…

There are plenty of storylines to track prior to Friday's Notre Dame vs South Carolina clash in the Gator Bowl. Who's opted out and who's ready to play in Jacksonville? The college football handicapping team from The GoldSheet Find expert Free NCAAF picks from WagerTalk each and every season! Each weekly edition of The Football GoldSheet is…

There's only a few Luxury Condo units left at Brennan's View Condominiums. These Move-In Ready units blend luxury and location just steps from Eddy Street Commons and the Notre Dame campus. Brennan's View offers residents an exercise room, bike storage, high-speed internet, secure parking, and a Rooftop Deck and kitchen area complete with barbecue…

The South Carolina Gamecocks look for their seventh bowl win in their last nine appearances as they face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Gator Bowl. Read on for our Notre Dame-South Carolina college football picks based on the best NCAAF odds. Notre Dame (8-4) ended the season with a disappointing 38-27 road loss at USC but still finished the…

Friday features five college football bowl matchups to provide a full day of intriguing action on the gridiron. In the third game of the day, the No. 21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the No. 19 South Carolina Gamecocks in the 2022 Gator Bowl. It will be the fifth all-time meeting between the programs, with Notre Dame leading 3-1. The Fighting…

College Football Playoff No. 21 Notre Dame (8-4) tries to end Marcus Freeman's first season as head coach with a TaxSlayer Gator Bowl win against No. 19 South Carolina in Jacksonville, Fla.. Kickoff is set for 3:30 ET at TIAA Bank Field and ESPN will televise. Here are five keys to pulling off a win for the Irish: The Gamecocks will be without…

Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams was one of three Southern California players selected to The Associated Press All-America team released Monday. Offensive lineman Andrew Vorhees and defensive end Tuli Tuipulotu joined their quarterback to give USC more players on the first team than any other school. The AP All-America team is presented by…

South Carolina enters this game coming off two big upsets, but opt-outs, injuries, and more have transformed this roster into a skeleton crew. Our college football betting picks acknowledge that and fade the Gamecocks team total. More quarterback uncertainty is swirling around the Notre Dame Fighting Irish right now than perhaps any other team in…

South Carolina Gamecocks (8-4 SU, 7-5 ATS) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-4 SU, 6-6 ATS) Date/Time: Friday, December 30th, 3:30 PM Where: TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville, FL TV: ESPN Point Spread: SC+2.5 / ND -2.5 (Deposit $100 and get $100 FREE when you use bonus code PREDICT100 at the web's most fun sportsbook -> MyBookie!) Over/Under…

Following a three-game slate on Thursday, the 2022 college football bowl season has one of its busiest days on Friday with 10 teams in action beginning at 12:00 PM EST as Maryland takes on (#23) NC State. With the day rounding out with the Orange Bowl at 8:00 PM EST, let's take a closer look at the spots I'm most dialed in on. (#21) Notre Dame vs.…

With the more premier bowl games kicking off this week including Clemson's Orange Bowl matchup against Tennessee and Utah's second straight appearance in the Rose Bowl, college football fans and bettors have a jam packed slate to indulge in. Handicapping bowl season remains a challenge with players opting out and entering the transfer portal along…

South Carolina and Notre Dame meet in the Gator Bowl on Dec. 30 in hopes of capping off up-and-down seasons on a high note. Both South Carolina and Notre Dame have thrived as underdogs this season, including the Gamecocks past two games that played spoiler in the College Football Playoff race against Tennessee and Clemson. Meanwhile, Notre Dame…

Ohio State (11-1), Georgia (13-0) Date: Saturday, Dec. 31 Game Time: 8 p.m. EST Network: ESPN Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, Georgia) Capacity: 71000 All-Time Series: Georgia leads, 1-0 Last Meeting: Georgia defeated Ohio State, 21-14, in 1993 When the 2022 season began, many people had these two teams playing each other for a national…

Opt-outs, players entering the transfer portal as well as coaching replacements often wreck havoc on the odds and betting lines for college football bowl games. No matter the factors, bettors should not shy away from investing in the'tail-end' of line movements. Three teams fit each of the angles highlighted above and are worthy of a'Double-Pop'…

Notre Dame comes into Week 2 off a hard-fought loss at Ohio State, but still has time to recover and build its College Football Playoff credentials. Up next is the home opener for the season and for 1st year head coach Marcus Freeman, who brings the Irish back home under the watchful eyes of Touchdown Jesus against Marshall on Saturday. Here's what…

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the South Carolina Gamecocks meet for the Gator Bowl on December 30, 2022, with kickoff at 3:30 PM ET, airing on ESPN. In their last game, the Fighting Irish were knocked off by the USC Trojans 38-27. Their last time out, the Gamecocks took down the Clemson Tigers 31-30. Against the Trojans, Drew Pyne led the Irish…

His teammates called him a gamer, a winner, Superman. After a nationally televised, primetime rivalry win over UCLA in which Caleb Williams threw for a career-high 470 yards and clinched USC's spot in the Pac-12 championship game, the Trojans hope to add another title: Heisman. USC officially launched the quarterback's Heisman platform this week,…

After a sad week in the SEC with the passing of Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach, the conference is now in full preparation ahead of their bowl games. The SEC had the most teams of any conference in college football reach bowl eligibility this season -- including Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia who will play in their respective New Year's Six…

ATHENS - The SEC portion of the bowl season will get off to an early and somewhat unfamiliar start this weekend. The helmets and uniforms will say "Florida," but the Gators won't have the same bite without projected first-round quarterback Anthony Richardson under center. Florida will also be missing a few other key players: • All-American…

No. 4 Clemson picked up a fairly short number in Saturday's 7:30 p.m. game at Notre Dame. Why are the undefeated Tigers just a 3.5-point favorite, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, over a 5-3 squad? Here are a couple of theories: Venue: Notre Dame Stadium is gonna have a strong orange presence for this game, but it's still going to be an…

Caleb Williams entered Saturday's game against Notre Dame with an unexpected additional storyline swirling around him. With C.J. Stroud and Ohio State losing to Michigan, it seemed like the Heisman Trophy was suddenly Williams' to lose. And he did nothing to relinquish his grip in USC's 38-27 win over Notre Dame. Williams was sensational,…

Notre Dame entered the fall with lofty expectations and a top-five ranking before losses to Ohio State and unranked Marshall sent it sputtering. The Fighting Irish won eight of their final 10 games, including victories against BYU, Syracuse and Clemson. South Carolina also defeated Clemson this season and also routed Tennessee 63-38 as part of 7-2…

There is reason Georgia is the top seed in the College Football Playoff. The Bulldogs are the defending national champions and one of only two teams who have remained unbeaten this fall. Kirby Smart has turned the program, once seen as underachieving while situated amid a fertile recruiting base, into a national powerhouse. Ohio State football…

Pitt defensive tackle Calijah Kancey was named Monday to the Associated Press All-America first team, his third such honor since the end of the regular season. Pitt running back Israel Abanikanda, who leads the nation in total touchdowns (21) and average per-game scoring (11.6), was named to the AP third team after rushing for 1431 yards. Kancey…

Want to know if there are opt outs in a bowl game? Look no further than the line movement or lines that look to be deliberately lower than where you think they would be. We have not gotten official announcements from players like Bryce Young and Will Anderson (Alabama), Jordan Addison (USC), Bijan Robinson (Texas) or Jalin Hyatt (Tennessee), but…

There have been 11 head-coaching hires since our last column. (Hey, someone has to keep track.) Let's dig in! From an uneven football season to a historically bad start in men's basketball, from the athletic department tumult of the past decade to everything in between, Louisville had been put through the wringer the past five years. The FBI and…

The 2022 college football regular season was anything but regular for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish: new head coach, new quarterback, new defensive coordinator, shocking unforeseen losses, and a win over a top-5 opponent for the second time in three seasons. And that's just a piece of the season in review. As the Fighting Irish get set to finish…

The end of the 2022 season is a bittersweet moment. While bowls and the College Football Playoff are still on the horizon, our weekdays are quieter and Saturdays aren't as chaotic. But a season's worth of excellent work always deserves recognition, and All-American teams do just that. Bleacher Report's panel of writers-Max Escarpio, David Kenyon,…

We've made it to the end of the 2022 college football regular season. If you've been following along with our staff picks, you know that Alan Cole has pretty much gone wire-to-wire in the straight-up category. He also led in our against-the-spread picks, but a thoroughbred-like charge on the final turn has seen staff writer Perry McCarty take a…

It's rivalry week. And the storylines seem endless for Saturday's clash (7:30 p.m. EST on ABC) between Notre Dame and Southern California. For the first time in five seasons, No. 15 ND (8-3) and No. 6 USC (10-1) will meet to capture the Jeweled Shillelagh as ranked opponents. And they will do so with new head coaches on their sidelines for the…

Each week the entire USCFootball.com staff will reveal their picks against the spread for the upcoming USC football game. This week the Trojans back at home in the Coliseum taking on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish with a kickoff time set for at 4:30 p.m. PT with the game on ABC. The spread for the game is USC favored by 5.5 points (since we made our…

USC took a big step toward the College Football Playoff by beating UCLA last week, but the competition rises another level this week with a resurgent Notre Dame coming to the Coliseum. The Trojans have an explosive offense but the Fighting Irish have been a top 10 defense nationally in the month of November in terms of yards allowed. Notre Dame…

SOUTH BEND - As he does each Tuesday, Notre Dame football writer Mike Berardino spent time answering reader questions in a live chat format. A complete transcript, edited lightly for clarity and length, appears below: Auburndale Harry: I am a little confused about USC. They seem to allow about 40 points per game which makes their defense suspect.…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Joe Alt may never have a chance to celebrate a Senior Day. At the very least, the way the Notre Dame sophomore offensive left tackle is playing and ascending, he'll have a difficult choice to make next December/January about when the right time is to wade into the NFL Draft pool. How good is Alt right now? In just one measure,…

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will travel to upstate New York to take on the Syracuse Orange at the JMA Wireless Dome for a Saturday afternoon college football matchup. With that said, it's a good time to check out our college football odds series, which includes a Notre Dame-Syracuse prediction and pick, laid out below. Notre Dame has a new coach…

The Navy Midshipmen aim for an upset against a familiar rival on Saturday afternoon. Ken Niumatalolo's team has lost three of the last four games, falling to 3-6 in 2022, but Navy has the chance to right the ship against the No. 20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Notre Dame is on a three-game winning streak with a 6-3 record this season. That includes a…

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will travel to take on the Navy Midshipmen in a Saturday afternoon college football matchup in Annapolis. Let's continue our college football odds series and make our Notre Dame-Navy prediction and pick. Notre Dame has gone 6-3 this season, winning three games in a row when it seemed that the season was doomed. New…

The annual meeting between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Navy Midshipmen is set for a neutral-site showdown at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Both programs lost their first two games of the 2022 college football campaign, but the recovery has not been as strong for the latter as it has been for the former. Navy (3-6) must win out to have any…

The 2021 Notre Dame football season will be remembered for many things: Will the 2021 season end on a high note as Notre Dame looks to end its drought: The Irish have not won a major bowl game since January of 1994? Here is how the Fighting Irish Wire staff sees the Fiesta Bowl going: Those who feel football has gotten too offensive-minded will see…

Notre Dame, Ind. - Make that the 25-hour rule, perhaps? Notre Dame fans can likely forgive Irish head coach Marcus Freeman if he and the now 6-3 Fighting Irish enjoy Saturday night's 35-14 upset of undefeated, fourth-ranked Clemson a little longer than the norm. "We're going to enjoy this one. Enjoy it tonight. Enjoy it tomorrow," said Freeman. "At…

No. 4 Clemson will put its newly-minted College Football Playoff Ranking on the line as it travels to South Bend, Indiana, to take on Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish have not seen their season play out quite as expected compared to the top-five preseason ranking, but after overcoming some early setbacks Marcus Freeman's group is playing with…