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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 I shall deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our toes and then render our school football selections on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this season we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the very best clubs in the nation, plus a legendary football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet about the Steelers while the Titans were supported by me. We have been placing wins back and forth so it appears like its my turn to the gold wreath, as I heartily endorse the Irish and will follow all the squares putting the thick lumber on a street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days before this Monday night event, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered in a solid -20 round the board at all the best online sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but you are currently leaning to the Cardinals. Aside from the venue, why is it that you think Louisville will hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, a successful win and at least IMO, it said a lot about the Steelers and Titans management. Lets proceed to soccer, where the matches rely and so will our records with this one.
Recall those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to perform against competitions? They held their engineered and own several upsets. These were fun games to watch and also the Cardinals were an club.
But 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 win games and to change the civilization and worked miracles in Appalachian State. This wont happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. This is a significant time for Louisville, a team that has the chance to start taking steps.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall because the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the shield, well, which makes me more nervous. You have up your Irish please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much since the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and hes got a team coming off of a dismal record this past year, where they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is comparable to trying to turn it and taking a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group which 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 going a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
So, my query is, just how is a quarterback like traveling whos slow to discharge, supposed to get any traction against a Irish shield? Particularly when he is working with an offensive strategy and a trainer?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville will have the ability to keep pace with this Golden Domers and Im desperate for prodigious handicapping expertise and your ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to see in your last sentence youre coming on to the sunny side of sports gambling, or you are simply being the exact wise a** you are. Ill allow the SBR readers who are making school football selections decide on that. I am the first to understand Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and completely sucked final year.
Just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons However, coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A fresh attitude is brought by A trainer and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on creating a statement, this being a national game. Louisville does have to hope the Irish will take them for granted and never have a lot of fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS, when dishing out 20 or more specimens. This defense you mentioned may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even when you dont/cant recruit like Clemson or Bama, it will take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville might be better than last year but Id submit that they are coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their document rendered by an coach such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street would be square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the public is right, and in this case they certainly are. Until next week once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday when the Irish come ready 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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