Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Louisville Cardinals from the Big East conference will travel to face in state rivals the Kentucky Wildcats from the SEC conference in a week three NCAA college football game on Saturday night in prime time.
Kick off time from Kentucky is set for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPNU.
The betting odds came out in this contest with the home team Kentucky Wildcats lined as a –7 point favorite with a total of 43 points.
Money has landed on the side of the road underdog Cardinals as the Kentucky Wildcats are now favored by -5 ½ points.
The total has moved down to 41 points.
Kentucky Wildcats money line bettors will lay –240 odds with the road underdog Louisville Cardinals bringing back +200 odds to win straight up without the aid of points on their side.
When these two in state rivals met in 2010 it was the Kentucky Wildcats with the 23-16 road win at Louisville as a -3 point road favorite.
The game went under the closing number of 51 points.
Kentucky got a good performance from running back Derrick Locke who rushed for 104 yards in the win.
Wildcats quarterback Mike Hartline hit on 17 of 26 passes for 217 yards on the Cardinals defense.
The Wildcats posted 466 offensive yards and gave up 317 offensive yards to the Louisville Cardinals.
Louisville wasted a 153 yard rushing performance by running back Bilal Powell in a losing effort.
Louisville Cardinals will travel to their rival Kentucky Wildcats with a record of 2-1 on the season.
The team posts 19 points with 415 offensive yards per game with 121 yards coming on the ground for 3.1 yards per rush average.
On defense Louisville allows 16 points and 292 yards per game. The Cardinals allows its opponents 161 yards rushing for 4.6 yards per rush against average.
Following a struggling week on victory against Murray St of the FCS division Louisville hosted Florida International Golden Panthers from the Sun Belt conference and dropped a 24-17 home decision as a -3 point home favorite.
The total came in at under the total of 48 points.
Louisville was able to put up 446 offensive yards with 9 of 20 conversions on third down.
The team ran the ball 41 times for only 83 yards for an unacceptable 2.0 yards per rush average against a Sun Belt team.
The Cardinals turned the ball over two times and took none away from FIU.
Quarterback Will Stein completed 30 of 43 passes for 349 yards with two touchdowns and one pick.
Running back Jeremy Wright had 15 rushes for 54 yards.
Victory Anderson ran it 13 times for 29 yards.
Senior tight end Josh Chichester had six catches for 111 yards.
Michaelee Harris a freshman wide out ran it six times for 79 yards and a touchdown.
Freshman DeVante Parker grabbed four balls for 52 yards and a scoring touchdown.
Louisville allowed Florida International to post 293 offensive yards with 5 of 13 makes on third down.
The Cardinals allowed their Sun Belt conference opponent to run it 26 times for just 45 yards for 1.7 yards per rush against average.
Kentucky will host Louisville with a record of 2-0 on the 2011 season.
The team averages 20 points with 267 offensive yards per game with 161 yards coming on the ground for 4.6 yards per rush average.
On the defensive side of the ball the club gives up 8 points with 308 yards a game to their opponents. Kentucky allows 114 rushing yards per game with 3.1 yards per rush against average.
Following a 14-3 home win in week one against Western Kentucky as a -16 ½ point favorite the Wildcats hosted the Central Michigan Chippewas and came away with the 27-13 home win as a -10 point betting favorite.
The total came in at under the total of 48 ½ points.
Kentucky was able to amass 344 yards on their MAC opponent and convert on 3 of 11 on third down.
The Wildcats ran the ball 37 times for 230 yards with 6.2 yards per rush average.
Kentucky turned the ball over twice and took two away from the Chippewas.
Quarterback Morgan Newton completed 9 of 18 passes for 114 yards with a touchdown and pick. Newton had 13 runs from scrimmage for 43 yards with a scoring touchdown.
Josh Clemons ran it 14 times for 126 yards with a touchdown.
Raymond Sanders on 8 rushes ran for 62 yards.
Junior Wide receiver La’Rod King had five receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Gene McCaskill a junior wide out had two grabs for 9 yards.
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