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Middle Tennessee State (0-1) at No. 8 Louisville (1-0)
Thursday, September 6, 2007 7:00 PM ET
Cardinals -42
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The second week of NCAA Football gets under way again with the Louisville Cardinals hosting the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders. This will be Louisville’s second straight home game and Mid Tennessee’s second road game.

The Louisville Cardinals smashed Murray State 73-10 in their home opener last week. Quarterback Brain Brohm threw for 375 yards and 4 TDs, while receivers Harry Douglas (5 REC, 151 YDS, 2 TD) and Gary Barnidge (4 REC, 46 YDS, 2 TD) did most of the work in the air. The Cards rushers contributed 5 TDs to a struggling Murray State defense.

The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders lost their first game on the road against the Florida Atlantic 14-27. The Raiders put up all of their points in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Joe Craddock (199 YDS, 1 TD) had an average game but the key to this loss was two interceptions. Their rushing game was pretty much null and void as well as their receiving game.

Bottom Line: This game will be all Louisville Cardinals. The Cards are ranked 6th in passing but struggle in rushing yards gained, which can’t really be justified because most of the runs were within the 10 yard line. Their defense could use some improvement but against the Raiders offense it shouldn’t be anything to worry about.

Stan Winman

New Orleans Saint at Indianapolis Colts
Thursday, September 06, 2007 8:30 PM EST
+6½ -110
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Teams always play the Super Bowl champs tough. Everyone knows they Champs get a tougher schedule and team always want to prove themselves against the champs. Head to head The Saints have a 5-4 edge in their all-time series with the Colts and everyone will be jacked up to play against the champs for the opening game of the NFL season. No team wants to be blown out and the Saints will keep this game close because Drew can match pass for pass with Manning and he has as many weapons as Manning does.

Bottom Line: New Orleans has cashed 19 of its last 26 on the road against teams with a winning record and 14 of 19 as road dogs of six points or more. The Saints have also 'covered' eight of their last nine road openers. Indianapolis has come up short in nine of its last 13 as favorites in its first home game. The Colts have come away with the cash in six of their last seven when facing playoff teams. Prior Super Bowl champs are just 7-13-1 ATS when making their initial title defense.

The Colts will win this game straight up but take the Saints on the spread

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