Louisville Cardinals vs Stanford Cardinal Prediction, Odds and Picks for Saturday, 11/16/24

Our Louisville Cardinals vs Stanford Cardinal prediction takes us to California for an early afternoon kickoff, local time. Yes, that is Cardinals vs Cardinal—one is a bird, the other is a color. God bless the announcers trying to keep that straight all afternoon. The Cardinals (Louisville) come into the game winners of 2 in a row, most recently upending Clemson on the road. The Cardinal (Stanford) is riding an ugly 6-game losing streak, and they seem to have lost their way. I think the books are right to make this one a 20-point spread, but that is a hard number to play. Instead, I think the best play in this spot is the game total, and thus my Louisville vs Stanford pick is under 57.5.

Stanford has a bad defense and a directionless offense. This team is young, and the long season is starting to snowball on them. The best part of their running attack is their quarterback, and there really isn’t a best part of their passing attack. Their offense has been held to 200 total yards more than once, and I don’t think they are going to pull their own weight toward this game total. Louisville, on the other hand, has hit a good stride offensively lately, and their attack is balanced and dangerous. They should score early and often against the Cardinal defense. To go over this total, one of two things would need to happen: either Stanford does a lot of scoring and makes this a shootout (which seems unlikely), or Louisville would have to run up the score in a 45-14 kind of game. The latter also seems unlikely, as Louisville would likely start eating clock and shortening the game at some point. I am casting my lot with the Louisville defense in this one, and I think we stay under this total.

Louisville vs Stanford Prediction: Under 57.5 (-110) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.

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