the notra Dame Fighting Irish played at Duke last September they were losing in the fourth quarter with 30 seconds to play they scored a go-ahead touchdown and went on to defeat Mike Elco and the Blue Devils by a score of 21 to4 can Elco get his revenge here as the new head coach of Texas A&M in week one well we're gonna talk about it but before we do I gotta tell you about a promotion we have available at wagertalk.com from now until August 31st you can get all my football picks that's college football NFL and NFL preseason until the end of September for one low price of 249 bucks why would you be interested in that well I do my homework over the summer and over the last two seasons with college football 41 and 12 77% in August and September and when you add in NFL and NFL preseason 75% winners you can get that right now at that's the wager talk deals page however you don't have to feel obliged to purchase anything you're more than welcome to tune in for the free content the only thing I ask of you is that you take the time to smash that like button and that will allow me to keep on putting out these free play videos let's get into this monster matchup we got the Notre Dame Irish at Texas A&M it's a pick them and the total sitting at 49 of course I mentioned that uh Mike Elco comes over from duke to take the job at Texas A&M and he will face a familiar foe here with quarterback Riley Leonard going from duke to Notre Dame uh Elco knows Leonard pretty well we'll see how that plays out here uh I I like elco's chances of turning this Texas A&M team around this is a guy that won nine games in his first season at Duke with a lot less talent and a lot less resources than he'll have access to here at College Station this Aggies team had the number one recruiting class in 2022 they've got a war chest of n money they can buy pretty much whoever they like and uh they they've got plenty of Talent on both sides of the ball but the the strength will be their defensive line and that could be bad news for Riley Leonard and the Irish because Notre Dame lost three starters on the offensive line including Joe alt who was a top five pick in the NFL draft uh the offensive line for Notre Dame is a big question mark heading into week one and Riley Leonard will face his former coach and he will have a new offensive coordinator and Connor wigman the quarterback for Texas A&M will also have a new offensive coordinator Colin Klein coming over from Kansas State uh both these guys uh Mike Den Brock for Notre Dame and Colin Klein for Texas A&M look like good hires nothing negative to say about the these guys but sometimes it takes time to get the offenses going and I I don't think it's going to take any time to get these defenses going Notre Dame's defense last year eighth nationally allowed 16.6 points per game the agies defense last year uh first in the SEC in Sachs with 42 second versus the pass allowing just 188 yards per game I think the defenses rule here I'm G to have a look at the total we're going to look at under 49 for this uh the play for this this game remember this Duke team with Mike Elco in week one last year they upset the Clemson Tigers by a score of 28 to7 at home the Irish coming into colge station I don't think they're GNA get that many points here and Texas A&M's offensive line has also been a question mark and the Irish have the defense to uh slow them down as well I'm not sure where all the points are going to come from I don't think we get to 49 so that is the play If you like this video smash that like button subscribe to the channel and if you've got anything to say to me even if it's nasty you hit me up in the comments below and I'll get back to you as soon as I can