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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 on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and I shall detract from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL discussion to dip our feet.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the top teams in the country, plus a legendary soccer program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while the Titans were endorsed by me. We have been placing wins back and on so it appears like its my turn to get the golden wreath, as I will follow the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a public road favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days before this Monday night event, I see that the line has spiked a half-point about the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered at a solid -20 across the board at all of the very best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but youre leaning onto the Cardinals. Besides the place, why do you believe Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, a win and IMO, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move to real football, where the games rely and so will our records with this one.
Recall Louisville used to play against competitions? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games to watch and the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
But like 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 miracles and will be out to alter the civilization and win matches. This will not happen immediately as the ability level is down in theVille. Yet this is a time for Louisville, a team which has the chance to begin taking steps.
I have read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall since the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the protection which makes me more nervous. Please do tell you have your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much as the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a group last year, where they went winless in ACC activity coming off of a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is akin to trying to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and carrying a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting 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 over the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
My query is, how is a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, designed to get some traction against a swarming Irish defense? Particularly when he is working with a coach and an offensive strategy that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville will be able to keep up with the Golden Domers and Im desperate for your ancestral wisdom and handicapping experience!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to read in your last sentence you are coming over to the sunny side of sports gambling, or you are just being the identical wise a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers who are currently making school football selections decide on that. Im the first to realize Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and completely sucked final season.
Just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A fresh mindset is brought by A new trainer and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on creating a statement, this being a national match. Louisville does need to hope they will not be taken by the Irish for granted and not have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS, if dishing out 20 or more digits. This defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even when you dont/cant amuse like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping that was impressive restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville could be better but I would submit that they could be trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document left by an trainer like Petrino.
I know that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the road would be square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the public is right, and also in this instance they are. Until next week once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday once the Irish come prepared 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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