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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 selections on the Monday night match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and also I will deviate from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL debate to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season game of NCAA soccer featuring one of the best clubs in the nation, and a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while the Titans were supported by me. Weve been swapping wins forth and back so it appears like it is my turn to get the golden wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will accompany the squares laying the heavy lumber onto a road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days ahead of 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 presently offered in a solid -20 across the board at all of the best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but youre currently leaning to the Cardinals. Besides the place do you think Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup a win and IMO, it said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move ahead to soccer, so will our records with this one and where the matches rely.
Remember Louisville used to perform against big-name competitions? They held their engineered and own several upsets. These were fun games to see and also the Cardinals were an exciting club.
However, just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out win games and to change the culture and worked wonders at Appalachian State. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. This is a major time for Louisville, a team which has the chance to begin taking actions in the ideal direction.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall because the lead running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, 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 as 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 group this past year, where they went winless coming off of a dismal 2-10 record. This rebuild is comparable to trying to turn it and carrying a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is facing a group which made it into the CFP this past year and owned one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points within the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
So, my query is, just how is a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, designed to get some traction against a Irish shield? Especially when he is working with a completely new offensive strategy and a trainer?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace and Im desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to see in your last sentence you are coming over to the glowing side of sport gambling, or you are simply being the exact shrewd a** you are. I will let the SBR readers that are currently making college football picks decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville sucked and was, however, 1-11 ATS final season.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons, However, that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A trainer brings a new mindset on making a statement and this being a national match, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does need to trust they will not be taken by the Irish and not have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS, if dishing out 20 or more specimens. That defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/can not amuse like Bama or even Clemson, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because although you have an handicapping that was impressive restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville could be better compared to last year but Id submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their document left by an trainer like Petrino.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the people is right, and also in this situation they surely are. Until once 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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