Clemson Football: Is a 37-point spread too low vs. Louisville?

Clemson football is a 37-point favorite heading into its matchup with the Louisville Cardinals Saturday in Death Valley. Is that spread too low?

The Clemson football team absolutely demolished Florida State in Tallahassee last weekend, defeating the Seminoles 59-10.

Prior to the game with Florida State, the Tigers beat NC State 41-7 and just seem to be rolling right now.

This week, Clemson will take on the Louisville Cardinals, who just haven’t looked the same since the loss of Lamar Jackson and several key defenders off of last year’s team.

That was reflected in the opening Vegas spread which had the Tigers as a 37-point favorite.

But, my question is simply this: Is that spread too low?

Early Thoughts:

We will give our official pick against the spread for the Clemson football game on Friday as we have every week. When you look at this number, you may think that 37 points is a lot of points.

It certainly is.

From what I can tell, this is the highest conference spread in the recent history of Clemson football. Previously, the Tigers were a 36.5-point favorite against Duke back in 2000.

While 37 points is a sizeable spread, I wonder if that is too low.

Louisville hasn’t been able to stop anybody all season long. The Cardinals gave up 51 to Alabama to start the season. They’ve also given up huge points to several conference opponents, including Georgia Tech (66), Boston College (38) and Wake Forest (56) in the last three weeks.

I just don’t see anyway Louisville comes to Clemson and is able to stop the Tigers offensively.

I think the Tigers could pretty much name their number Saturday, assuming health. I don’t think Clemson will have much trouble stopping the Cardinals, either.

Louisville minus Lamar Jackson just hasn’t been a good team. They’re not ready to compete with Clemson and this game should be very ugly Saturday in Death Valley.