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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 picks on the Monday night match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then also I shall detract to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the previous week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the best clubs in the nation, plus a mythical football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while the Titans were backed by me. Weve been placing wins forth and back so it looks like its my turn to get the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow all the squares putting the thick lumber on a road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days prior to the Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently offered at a solid -20 round the board whatsoever of the best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but you are currently leaning onto the Cardinals in this season-opening clash. Aside from the place do you believe Louisville could hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup a convincing win and at least IMO, it said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans direction. Lets move ahead to real football, will our recordings with this one and in which the games rely.
Recall those Thursday night matches Louisville used to perform against big-name opponents? They held their engineered and own many upsets. These were fun games to watch and the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
However, just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its fake (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders in Appalachian State and will be out to alter the civilization and win games. This wont happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. Nonethelessthis is a huge moment for Louisville, a group with the opportunity.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall because the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the shield that makes me more worried. Why you have your Irish up, please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy inside their nest, flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and hes got a team coming from a dismal album in which they went winless last year. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and trying to turn it.
While this may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a team that made it into the CFP last year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the normal season and heading a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per game over.
My question is, how will be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, supposed to obtain some traction against a swarming shield that is Irish? Especially when he is working with an entirely new offensive scheme and a trainer?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep pace with the Golden Domers and Im desperate to handicapping expertise that is prodigious and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to read in your last sentence youre coming over to the bright side of sports betting, or youre simply being the exact same wise a** you are. I will allow the SBR readers who are making school football selections decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville completely sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 final year.
However, that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons. A new mindset is brought by A new trainer on building a statement, and this being a game, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to trust they will not be taken by the Irish for granted and never have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and if dishing out 20 or more digits, a mere 7-9-1 ATS. This defense you said might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even whenever you dont/cant recruit like Bama or Clemson, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because though you have an impressive handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville could be greater but I would submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable record left by an coach such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the general public is correct, and in this situation they surely are. Until once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, let us see what happens on Monday 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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