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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 leave our school football picks on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and also that I will 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 compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best teams in the country, and a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the debate after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while the Titans were backed by me. We have been placing wins back and forth so it looks like its my turn to the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow the squares laying the heavy lumber on a public road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days prior to the Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point on the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its presently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board whatsoever the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but youre currently leaning onto the Cardinals. Besides the venue is it that you believe Louisville could hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup a win and IMO, said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Let us proceed to real football, so will our recordings on this one and in which the matches rely.
Recall all those Thursday night games Louisville used to play against opponents that are big-name? They more than held their engineered and own upsets. These were enjoyable games to watch and the Cardinals were an exciting club.
But just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out win matches and to change the culture and worked wonders at Appalachian State. This wont happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. Nonethelessthis is a significant time for Louisville, a team that has the chance to begin taking steps in the ideal direction.
I have read where the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall as the direct running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the shield that makes me more nervous. You have your Irish up please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much as the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a team this past year, where they went winless coming from a dismal album. This rebuild is akin to attempting to turn it and carrying a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a team which 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 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 also, averaging over 33 points per match.
So, my query is, how is a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, supposed to obtain any traction against a defense that is Irish? Especially when hes working with an offensive strategy that is entirely new and a trainer?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep pace and I am desperate for the brand new wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to read in your last sentence youre coming over to the sunny side of sport gambling, or youre simply being the exact same wise a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers that are currently making school football selections decide on this. Im the first to understand Louisville completely sucked and was, but 1-11 ATS last season.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons However, coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A new coach brings a new mindset and this being a federal game, Satterfield will market his team on making a statement. Louisville does have to trust the Irish will take them and never have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS, if dishing out 20 or more specimens. That defense you mentioned may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, if you dont/cant amuse like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville might be greater but I would submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable document left by an trainer such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but at times the public is correct, and in this situation they surely 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 rumble in Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)