Notre Dame has not been a team you want to take in sports betting and things have gone from bad to worse. The Fighting Irish have lost starting quarterback Dayne Crist for the rest of the season due to a knee injury. Notre Dame lost at home on Saturday to Tulsa as they disappointed gamblers who took them against the online sports betting line at Sbg global.com.
Irish are Done
Notre Dame probably won’t even finish with a .500 record this season. They will have to upset either USC or Utah and then also beat Army. None of those things are a given. It is very unlikely that the Irish will beat either USC or Utah and they might not even be able to handle Army. They may have had a chance with Crist who had thrown for 2,033 yards and 15 touchdowns this season but without him their chances are slim. While Notre Dame likely won’t make a bowl game they might not be as overvalued in sports betting as people jump off the Irish bandwagon.
Allen Also Out
The Irish also lost leading rusher Armando Allen for the season. He is likely to need hip surgery so his career at Notre Dame is over. That means the Irish have lost their starting quarterback and their starting running back.
Brian Kelly Feeling the Heat
It is hard to believe that Brian Kelly is feeling the heat at Notre Dame but he is. The Irish had a tragedy a week ago when a student filming practice was killed. Kelly has taken part of the blame for that accident since the practice was held in high wind conditions. On top of that tragedy, the Irish are losing games. And Kelly cost his team the game on Saturday against Tulsa. Notre Dame had the chance to play it safe and get in position for a winning field goal but Kelly called a long pass play that was intercepted and the Irish lost. It was a bad call and it went against Kelly. Having your backup quarterback throw into the end zone when you are in field goal position is a bad call, especially when you have a kicker who hasn’t missed a field goal in 18 tries in his career.