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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 Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and also I shall deviate to dip our toes.
It will most likely be the first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA football comprising one of the top teams in the country, plus a mythical football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager on the Steelers while I backed the Titans. Weve been placing wins back and forth so it looks like it is my turn to the wreath, as I will follow each of the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a road favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days ahead of this Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently offered at a solid -20 across the board at all the very best internet sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but you are leaning in this season-opening clash onto the Cardinals. Other than the place is it that you think Louisville can hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, a triumph and at least IMO, said a lot about both the Steelers and Titans management. Lets proceed to real football, will our recordings with this one and where the games rely.
Remember those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to perform against competitions? They held their own and engineered many upsets. These were enjoyable games and the Cardinals were an golf club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville football last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to alter the culture and win games and worked wonders. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down in theVille. This is a big moment for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity to begin taking actions.
Ive read in which the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall since the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the defense that makes me more worried. Please do tell youve got up your Irish.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a group this past year, where they went winless coming off of a dismal 2-10 record. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is facing a group that 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 in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per match over.
My query is, how will be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, designed to get some traction against a swarming shield that is Irish? Especially when he is working with an offensive strategy that is entirely new and a trainer?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville will have the ability to keep up with the Golden Domers and Im desperate for prodigious handicapping expertise and your brand new wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to see in your last sentence you are coming over to the bright side of sports gambling, or you are just being the identical shrewd a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers that are currently making this is decided on by school football selections. I am the first to understand Louisville completely sucked and was not just 2-10, however 1-11 ATS last year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A new attitude is brought by A trainer on making a statement, and with this being a federal game, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to trust they will not be taken by the Irish for granted and not have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly with all the gold and blue is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS, when dishing out more or 20 digits. That defense you said may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even whenever you dont/cant recruit like Bama or Clemson, it will take some time.
I was a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville could be better but Id submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their record left by an trainer such as Petrino.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but at times the public is correct, and in this case they are. Until next week when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday when the Irish come prepared to rumble in Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)
