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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 that I will deviate from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL discussion to dip our feet into uncharted waters and then render our college football selections 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 this, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer featuring one of the best clubs in the nation, plus a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while I supported the Titans. Weve been swapping wins forth and back so it appears like its my turn for the gold wreath, as I will follow all the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a public road favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days ahead of 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 now offered in a solid -20 round the board whatsoever the best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but you are leaning onto the Cardinals within this season-opening battle. Aside from the place is it that you believe Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes a triumph and IMO, it said a lot about the Steelers and Titans direction. Lets move ahead to football, will our records on this one and in which the matches count.
Remember Louisville utilized to perform against big-name opponents? They more than held their engineered and own several upsets. These were fun games to see and the Cardinals were an exciting club.
However, like the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to alter the culture and win matches and worked miracles. This wont happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a huge moment for Louisville, a group that has the chance.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall as the lead running back. The defense which makes me more worried than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. Please do tell why youve got your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest, flying into this game. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a team coming from a dismal record where they went winless in ACC activity this past year. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team which made it to the CFP this past 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 until they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
My issue is, just how will be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, designed to obtain any traction against a Irish defense? Especially when hes working with a trainer and a completely new offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to be able to keep pace and I am desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence youre coming around to the bright side of sport betting, or youre just being the exact wise a** you are. I will allow the SBR readers who are currently making that is decided on by school football picks. I am the first to understand Louisville was, but 1-11 ATS and completely sucked last year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A coach brings a fresh mindset on building a statement, and with this being a game, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does need to trust never and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly with all the blue and gold is ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS, when dishing out 20 or more specimens. That defense you said might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, whenever you dont/can not amuse like Bama or Clemson, it will take time.
I was being a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville might be greater than last year but I would submit that they are coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable document left by an equally inept trainer such as Petrino.
I know that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the road is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the public is correct, and also in this case they are. Until next week once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday when the Irish come ready 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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