These are a couple of teams trending in opposite directions heading into this one, with the Louisville Cardinals sitting at #11 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, while Virginia is having a season to forget to this point. The Cardinals are massive favorites at home and they still need to win with style points in order to maintain a very outside shot of making the Colle ge Football Playoff. How will Thursday’s game play out? Let’s get into it.'
Here is my Virginia vs Louisville Same Game Parlay for Thursday’s matchup, which will be televised starting at 7:30 pm ET on ESPN. Also, be sure to check out our full Virginia vs Louisville predictions.
One of the benefits of Same Game Parlays, of course, is that you can correlate the plays. That is some of the plan here, as a Louisville victory certainly correlates with Jack Plummer going over his passing yards and probably correlates with the over.
Louisville Cardinals -20.5 (-110)
Louisville has a lock on second place in the ACC standings, and with only this game and a trip to Miami remaining on the conference slate, the Cardinals are in great shape to make an appearance in Charlotte for the ACC title game. Louisville has back-to-back victories by more than 20 points, and the Cardinals are averaging more than 40 points per game at home. For the Cavaliers on the other side, the season on the whole has been a struggle. The bright spot was a stretch that included an upset win at North Carolina followed by an overtime loss at Miami 2 weeks ago. However, the Hoos came back to reality last week when they were smoked at home by a very pesky Georgia Tech team. Louisville has hit its stride and with the 12th-ranked total defense in the nation, the Cardinals should put the brakes on anything the Cavaliers try to get going. Look for a massive win from the home favorite here.