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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 match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and then I will detract from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL debate to dip our toes.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the top clubs in the nation, plus a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while I supported the Titans. We have been swapping wins forth and back so it looks like it is my turn to get the golden wreath, as I will follow the squares putting the thick lumber on a road favorite and heartily endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days before this Monday night affair, I see that the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, 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.
You are currently leaning to the Cardinals although I enjoy the Irish. Apart from the place do you think Louisville could hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, a triumph and at least IMO, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans direction. Lets move ahead to football, will our records on this one and where the matches count.
Remember Louisville utilized to play against competitions that are big-name? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games to see and the Cardinals were an golf club.
However, such as the former Papa Johns Stadium and its fake (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles in Appalachian State and are out to change the culture and win matches. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a staff that has the chance to begin taking actions.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall as the direct running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the defense, well, that makes me more nervous. Please do tell you have your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest, flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a group coming off of a dismal record last year where they went winless in ACC activity. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and trying to turn it in an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it to the CFP this past year and owned only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the regular season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per game over.
My issue is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, designed to get any traction against a swarming defense that is Irish? Particularly when he is working with an offensive scheme and a coach?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville will be able to keep pace and I am desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and your ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to see in your last sentence you are coming over to the bright side of sport gambling, or youre just being the identical wise a** you are. I will let the SBR readers that are making school football picks decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville wasnt just 2-10, however 1-11 ATS and sucked final year.
Just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons, but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A coach brings a new mindset and with this being a game, Satterfield will sell his staff on making a statement. Louisville does need to hope the Irish will take them for granted and never have much fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly with the gold and blue is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS if dishing out more or 20 digits. This defense you said may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/cant amuse like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take time.
I was a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville could be greater than last year but Id submit that they are trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record left by an equally inept trainer such as Petrino.
I understand that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the street would be square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the people is correct, and also in this instance they are. Until once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets see what happens on Monday night when the Irish come prepared 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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