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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 college football selections and then that I shall detract to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will probably be the very first and only time this season we do so, as the last week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the greatest clubs in the country, plus a mythical soccer program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while the Titans were endorsed by me. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like its my turn to get the gold wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will accompany the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days before the Monday night affair, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its currently offered at a solid -20 round the board at all of the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but youre currently leaning on the Cardinals. Apart from the venue, why do you think Louisville could hang with the boys in South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, IMO and at least a successful win, said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans management. Lets move ahead to football, where the games count and so will our records with this one.
Remember Louisville utilized to perform against big-name competitions? They held their engineered and own several upsets. These were fun games to watch and also the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
However, just like the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to alter the civilization and win matches and worked wonders. This will not occur right away as the talent level is down from theVille. Nonethelessthis is a moment for Louisville, a group that has the chance.
I have read where the Cards coaches have sped up on the sluggish mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall because the lead running back. The shield that makes me more worried than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins. Please do tell youve got your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this game since the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and he has a team coming off of a dismal 2-10 album in which they went winless in ACC action last year. This rebuild is akin to seeking to turn it in an F-22 Raptor and taking a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, the problem 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 within the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per match over.
My issue is, just how can be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, supposed to gain any traction against a Irish shield? Especially when hes working with an offensive strategy and a coach?
Please, Doug, save 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 the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the bright side of sport betting, or youre just being the identical shrewd a** you are. I will let the SBR readers that are making this is decided on by school football picks. I am the first to understand Louisville fully pumped and was, but 1-11 ATS last season.
But that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons. A trainer brings a new mindset and this being a match, Satterfield will sell his team on making a statement. Louisville does have to hope they will not be taken by the Irish and never have a lot of fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly using the blue and gold is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS, when dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you mentioned may improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even if you dont/cant amuse like Bama or even Clemson, it will take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because though you have an impressive handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, because Louisville might be greater but I would submit that they are trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record rendered by an coach like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that laying nearly three touchdowns on the road would be square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but at times the public is right, and in this instance they surely are. Until once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets see what happens on Monday once the Irish come prepared 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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