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The Louisville Cardinals and Air Force will battle it out in the First responder Bowl played in Dallas Texas. Air Force finished the season going 3-0 SU/ATS and will look to make it 4 straight today. Louisville ranks in the bottom 20 of the FBS in run defense according to PFF which has them at a 52.4 rating which will not fare well vs an Air Force team that runs the ball 86.5% of the time. The Cardinals have allowed 100+ rushing yards in 9 of their 12 games and 200+ in 6 of those. Air Force is also (7-1 ATS) in their L8 games vs non ranked opponents and are (10-2 ATS) after going over the total in their previous game, Louisville is (0-7 ATS) in road games off a home loss by 14+. Louisville will also be missing 2 of their top 4 receivers including J. Watkins who had 530 yards with 4 TD’s averaging 15.1 yards/catch. Take Air Force as they should control the ground game on offense and contain QB M. Cunningham.
Pick: AIR FORCE PK