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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 leave our college football picks on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and I shall deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will most likely be the first and only time this year we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the greatest teams in the country, plus a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the debate after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while the Titans were endorsed by me. We have been swapping wins back and on so it appears like it is my turn to get the golden wreath, as I will accompany the squares laying the heavy lumber on a road favorite and endorse the Irish.
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 preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 throughout the board at all of the very best internet sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but you are leaning within this clash on the Cardinals. Other than the venue is it that you believe Louisville will hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, IMO and a convincing triumph, said a lot about the management of both the Steelers and Titans. Let us move to soccer, in which the matches rely and will our recordings on this one.
Remember those Thursday night games Louisville used to perform against big-name competitions? They more than held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games and also the Cardinals were an golf club.
But such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and are out win matches and to change the culture. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a major moment for Louisville, a team which has the chance to start taking steps.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the protection that makes me more worried. You have up your Irish please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing as the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest, flying into this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a team coming from a dismal 2-10 record last year where they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it.
While that may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it to the CFP last year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points within the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per game.
My question is, how can be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, supposed to get any traction against a swarming defense that is Irish? Especially when he is working with a new trainer and an offensive scheme that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to be able to keep pace with this Golden Domers and I am desperate for your sage wisdom and prodigious handicapping experience!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to read in your last sentence youre coming over to the bright side of sport betting, or youre just being the identical wise a** you usually are. Ill let the SBR readers that are currently making this is decided on by school football selections. Im the first to understand Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and sucked last season.
Just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons, However, that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A coach brings a fresh attitude on making a statement and with this being a federal game, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does need to trust not 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 mere 7-9-1 ATS if dishing out 20 or more digits. That defense you mentioned might improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, when you dont/can not recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, because Louisville might be greater than last year but Id submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their document left by an trainer like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that laying nearly three touchdowns on the road would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but at times the public is right, and also in this instance they are. Until next week once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday night when the Irish come ready to rumble in Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)
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