Both teams are confident heading into this one at 1-0. Duke managed the 26-3 win over Elon, almost covering the 24.5-point spread, while Northwestern held on for a 13-6 victory over Miami Ohio as a 3-point fav. The new players now have a game under their belts. Clearly the oddsmakers feel this will be a competitive game by setting a spread like this, but they're also trying to convince us that this will be extremely low scoring and we're just not buying it. This game could go "over" this small number and still be an overall lower-scoring game and that's what we're expecting. This is the fourth straight year these teams have faced off, Duke winning each of the previous three. Keep in mind that all 3 games produced more than 50 points. Mike Wright will be able to move the ball a lot better in the Wildcats' temporary lake-side home, but the defense will have a more difficult time this week. QB Maalik Murphy had a big day for Duke last week, and we're expecting him to once again push the pace here. While we're not calling for this one to go "over" by halftime or anything, everything does indeed point to the total eclipsing the very low posted number as the game comes down the stretch; the play is the "over!"