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Notre Dame (9) vs Louisville
Monday, September 2 nd, 8:00 PM in Cardinal Stadium
Swinging Johnson: This week Doug Upstone and render our school football selections on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and then I shall deviate to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA football featuring one of the very best clubs in the nation, and a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while the Titans were backed by me. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like its my turn to get the wreath, as I will follow the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a road favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days ahead of this Monday night event, I see that the line has spiked a half-point about the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board at all the best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but youre currently leaning within this battle onto the Cardinals. Other than the place is it that you believe Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, at least and a triumph IMO, said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Let us move to real football, will our recordings on this one and where the games rely.
Remember Louisville utilized to perform against big-name opponents? They held their own and engineered several upsets. These were enjoyable games to see and the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
However, just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles at Appalachian State and are out win matches and to change the civilization. This wont happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. Yet , this is a huge moment for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity to start taking actions in the perfect direction.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall since the direct running back. The protection that makes me more worried than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins. Why you have up your Irish please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing as the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest flying into this game. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and hes got a team this past year, where they went winless in ACC activity coming from a dismal album. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it in an F-22 Raptor.
While this may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a team which made it to the CFP this past year and owned only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders also, averaging over 33 points per game.
So, my query is, how can be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, designed to get some traction against a swarming defense? Particularly when hes working with a completely new offensive strategy and a new coach?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville will be able to keep pace with this Golden Domers and I am desperate for prodigious handicapping experience and the sage wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am pleased to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the bright side of sport betting, or you are just being the identical wise a** you are. Ill allow the SBR readers that are making that is decided on by school football picks. I am the first to understand Louisville completely sucked and wasnt only 2-10, but 1-11 ATS last season.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A coach brings a new attitude and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on creating a statement with this being a national game. Louisville does need to trust not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have a lot of fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS if dishing out 20 or more digits. That defense you said may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even when you dont/cant recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it will take some time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because although youve got an impressive handicapping restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, because Louisville might be better than last year but Id submit that they are trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their document rendered by an equally awkward trainer such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the street is square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but at times the general public is right, and in this situation they are. Until when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, let us see what happens on Monday once the Irish come ready to squint at Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)
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