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Notre Dame (9) vs Louisville
Monday, September 2 nd, 8:00 PM at Cardinal Stadium
Swinging Johnson: This week Doug Upstone and render our school football picks on the Monday night match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and I will deviate to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this season we do this, as the last week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best teams in the nation, plus a legendary football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while the Titans were supported by me. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it appears like its my turn for the wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will follow each of the squares laying the heavy lumber on a public road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days before the Monday night affair, I see that the line has spiked a half-point on the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered at a solid -20 across the board whatsoever of the very best internet sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but you are currently leaning within this season-opening battle onto the Cardinals. Besides the place do you believe Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes a triumph and IMO, said a great deal about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to football, so will our records with this one and where the matches rely.
Recall those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to play against big-name competitions? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games to watch and the Cardinals were an golf club.
However, such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville football last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders at Appalachian State and will be out win games and to change the culture. This will not happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. Yet , this is a significant time for Louisville, a group which has the opportunity to begin taking steps in the right direction.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall because the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the shield, well, which makes me more worried. Why you have up your Irish please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this match as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and hes got a group coming from a dismal record in which they went winless in ACC activity this past year. This rebuild is akin to trying to turn it in an F-22 Raptor and carrying a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a group which made it into the CFP this past year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
So, my query is, just how will be a quarterback like traveling who is slow to discharge, supposed to gain any traction against a swarming defense that is Irish? Particularly when hes working with a new coach and an offensive scheme that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace with this Golden Domers and I am desperate to your ancestral wisdom and handicapping expertise!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence youre coming on to the sunny side of sport gambling, or youre simply being the identical shrewd a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers that are currently making college football selections decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville sucked and was not only 2-10, however 1-11 ATS last year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons, but that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A trainer brings a fresh attitude and his team will be sold by Satterfield on building a statement, this being a federal match. Louisville does have to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS, if dishing out more or 20 digits. This defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, if you dont/can not amuse like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville might be greater but Id submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record made by an trainer like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road would be square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the people is right, and in this case they surely are. Until next week when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday once the Irish come ready to rumble in Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)
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