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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 I will deviate to dip our toes into uncharted waters and then also leave our school football picks on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the very best clubs in the nation, and a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while the Titans were backed by me. Weve been swapping wins forth and back so it looks like its my turn to get the golden wreath, as I will accompany all the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a public street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days prior to the Monday night affair, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered at a solid -20 throughout the board at all the very best online sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but youre currently leaning to the Cardinals in this battle. Other than the place, why do you think Louisville will hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup a successful win and IMO, said a great deal about both the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move to real football, in which the games count and so will our records with this one.
Remember Louisville utilized to perform against big-name competitions? They held their own and engineered several upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
But such as the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles at Appalachian State and will be out to change the culture and win matches. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a group which has the chance.
I have read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the shield which makes me more nervous. Please do tell you have up your Irish.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing flying in this game since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and he has a team coming from a dismal record last year in which they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it.
While that may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a group that made it into the CFP last year and owned one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the regular season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
So, my question is, how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, supposed to gain some traction against a shield? Especially when hes working with a trainer and an offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace with the Golden Domers and Im desperate for the ancestral wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am pleased to read in your last sentence you are coming around to the glowing side of sport betting, or you are simply being the exact identical wise a** you are. I will allow the SBR readers that are currently making this is decided on by college football picks. Im the first to realize Louisville fully pumped and was, however 1-11 ATS last season.
Just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons, but that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new trainer brings a fresh attitude on making a statement, and with this being a match, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does need to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly using all the blue and gold is ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS when dishing out 20 or more digits. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even whenever you dont/can not recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take time.
I was a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, because Louisville might be better but Id submit that they could be coached with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their document rendered by an coach such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the general public is correct, and also in this instance they are. Until next week when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday night when 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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