1.1** Free Play - Ohio State vs. Notre Dame

[Pick Bot]

Ohio State -6 1.1* play
Ohio State should be motivated to be playing Notre Dame in my opinion and they will face a team that is just not very good on the defensive side of the ball. Notre Dame got a lot of respect this year, but this team was 74th in yards per carry defense. Now they have to deal with a mobile QB, and arguably one of the best running backs in the country in Ezekial Elliot who wants to finish his career with a bang. Notre Dame is 0-7 SU and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games played in the month of January.

This is probably the best defense Notre Dame is faced all year ranking 2nd in yards per play. Notre Dame faced 3 top 25 units and averaged 21.67 ppg and that came against offenses that really could not stay on the field in Boston College and Temple. Urban Meyer is also 9-2 SU and ATS in bowl/playoff games over his coaching career. So I don’t really worry about a motivation factor here at all for his team. "Notre Dame was my dream school growing up," Elliott said. "But in recruiting, they had some other plans, what position they wanted me to play." Elliot is a vocal leader on this team, you have other players stating seeing the college football playoff commercials has been humbling and that they want to make a statement.