College Football Week 4 continues on Saturday Night and we will see the 18th ranked Michigan Wolverines travel to South Bend to take on the 11th ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game is scheduled for a 7:30 PM (Eastern) start time and it will be televised live on NBC. Currently the odds for the game have Notre Dame favored by 6 points, while the total sits at 49.5. Currently 56% of the Public is on Michigan, while 72% is on the Over. Find out what side the Public is taking on all the games by clicking HERE.

Free Analysis: Michigan got the 2012 season off on the wrong foot, as the team was dismantled by defending national champion Alabama, 41-14, in Arlington, Texas. Not content to let that demoralizing defeat define their season, the Wolverines put one in the win column the following week at home versus Air Force (31-25), and then scored early and often in what turned out to be a 63-13 rout of FBS newcomer Massachusetts last Saturday. A total of eight different players scored a TD for Michigan in last week's easy win over UMass, with QB Denard Robinson accounting for four scores (three passing, one rushing). Robinson, who has completed 54.7 percent of his passes for 699 yards, six TDs and four INTs this season, finished with 291 yards through the air and 106 more on the ground. Robinson, who is far and away the team's leading rusher this season with 351 yards and four TDs, currently sits fifth on the school's all-time passing list with 5,630 career yards, and he is a little more than 500 yards away from taking over the top spot on UM's total offensive yards list (Chad Henne, 9,715). Coach Brady Hoke's club is giving up an average of 26.3 ppg this year, with that number clearly skewed by the 41-spot Alabama put up in the opener. Michigan has had some difficulty stopping the run thus far, allowing 211.3 ypg and five of the enemy's seven offensive TDs. The effort against the pass however, yields just 157.7 ypg.

Notre Dame opened the season with a 50-10 rout of Navy in Dublin, Ireland, but then scored fewer points combined in its next two outings, although both were victories. First, it was in-state rival Purdue that fell to the Fighting Irish in a 20-17 final, which set the stage for last week's road clash with No. 10 Michigan State. That game also wound up in favor of UND, 20-3, which snapped a six-game losing streak against ranked opponents in the process. The Irish are off to their first 3-0 start since 2002 when they opened the year with eight straight wins. UND is averaging 30 points and 388.7 yards per contest, with the run producing 155.7 ypg and seven TDs, and the pass 233.0 ypg and three scores.QB Everett Golson is completing 58 percent of his passes thus far, and has done a nice job of spreading the ball around, as three players share the team lead with nine grabs apiece, and five guys in all have at least six receptions. As for the Notre Dame running game, it relies more on balance rather than one guy carrying the mantle, as Theo Riddick and George Atkinson III have both rushed for at least 144 yards, with each scoring a pair of TDs thus far. The Notre Dame defense stood tall against what had been a potent Michigan State offense coming in, as the Spartans put forth their worst offensive showing at home in more than 20 years in producing a mere 237 total yards. MSU failed to score a TD and managed a minuscule 50 net rushing yards in the game. Manti Te'o led the UND stance with 12 tackles, and he added a fumble recovery and two PBU to his solid stat line. The Irish were credited with four sacks.

Michigan (897 victories) is the all-time winningest team in college football history, while Notre Dame (856 wins) certainly isn't far off the pace. The two teams are meeting for the 40th time this week, with the Wolverines leading the series, 23-15-1.

Free Pick: Gonna look to the Over in this one. The Notre Dame defense has been special so far, but they haven’t taken on a mobile QB like Robinson and that should negate some of the effectiveness of the Irish pass rush that has been so successful this year. The Wolverines do have an excellent offense and are playing with confidence after scoring 94 points in their last 2 games. Michigan did put up just 14 points on Alabama, but those are the only points the Tide has given up this year, so that is saying something about this offense. The Irish offense hasn’t been that explosive the last two weeks, but they have done enough to get the win. They will be taking on a Michigan defense that did look bad vs Air Force and Alabama and should have problems vs and should have some problems vs the Irish in this one. I expect 55+ in this one.





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