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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 I shall deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL discussion to dip our toes into uncharted waters and then also render our college football picks.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this year we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best teams in the country, plus a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a wager on the Steelers while the Titans were supported by me. We have been placing wins forth and back so it appears like its my turn to get the wreath, as I will follow all the squares laying the lumber onto a road favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days prior to this Monday night affair, I see that the line has spiked a half-point about the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 round the board at all of the best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but youre leaning within this clash on the Cardinals. Besides the venue do you believe Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes, Swinger, IMO and a convincing win, it said a great deal about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move ahead to soccer, in which the matches count and so will our recordings on this one.
Recall those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to play against opponents that are big-name? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an exciting club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and will be out to alter the culture and win games. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. This is a big moment for Louisville, a group which has the chance.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall since the direct running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the protection, well, that makes me more nervous. You have up your Irish please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying into this game. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and hes got a team coming from a dismal album last year, in which they went winless. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it.
While this may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a group which made it to the CFP last year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders averaging 33 points per match over.
So, my issue is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, designed to get some traction against a Irish shield? Especially when hes working with an offensive scheme that is entirely new and a new trainer?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville will be able to keep pace and Im desperate to the sage wisdom and prodigious handicapping experience!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to read in your last sentence youre coming over to the sunny side of sports gambling, or you are just being the same shrewd a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers that are currently making this is decided on by school football picks. Im the first to realize Louisville sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 last year.
However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons. A new mindset is brought by A new trainer on making a statement, and with this being a game, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to hope never and the Irish will take them have a lot of fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS if dishing out more or 20 digits. This defense you said may improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, whenever you dont/can not amuse like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take time.
I was a bit facetious because although you have an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, because Louisville might be greater than last year but Id submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document left by an coach like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that laying nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the public is right, and also in this situation they definitely are. Until when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, let us see what happens on Monday night 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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