Louisville Cardinals @ North Carolina State Wolfpack | Week 9 Game Preview

When: Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 7:30 PM ET

Where: Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, North Carolina

How: ACC Network

Spread: Wolfpack -6.5

Total: 56

Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook

Game Spotlight

Love the return home, and the situation for the NC State Wolfpack as they host the Louisville Cardinals on Saturday. They took a brutal 31-30 road loss to Miami, which snapped a four game winning streak for the Pack, while Louisville was getting a nice home win over the Boston College Eagles.

Always a solid betting angle to consider being shown here.  You back a solid home side that’s returning home off a straight up loss against a team the previous week that played, won and covered at home… like the Cardinals just did.

Good thing for the Wolfpack... the abuse they took last week was through the air as the Miami Hurricanes found open receivers consistently. The Cardinals ran for more than 300 yards against the Eagles in what you could consider a brow beating… no chance they match that rushing total here.

The Wolfpack are allowing under 100 rushing yards per game, and the Cardinals quarterback is extremely turnover prone throwing the ball. Expect the pressure on him to be immense, and costly mistakes I feel are likely and that will lead to short fields and easy scores for the host.

Final Say

Think the memory of the Cardinals giving the Wake Forest Demon Deacons all they could will be fresh on many people's collective minds, and my take is that effort will be the mirage and what will take place on Saturday is closer in line to reality... the Wolfpack's D forces mistakes, they take advantage of them, and send the Cardinals packing their team gear with a big L tucked in there.  NC STATE 34 Louisville 20

Pick: NC State Wolfpack -6.5