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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 selections on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer featuring one of the greatest clubs in the country, and 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 placing wins on and back so it appears like its my turn for the golden wreath, as I will accompany the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a public street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days before this Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently available at a solid -20 across the board at all the best online sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but youre leaning within this clash to the Cardinals. Besides the place, why is it that you believe Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes and a successful triumph IMO, it said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move ahead to real soccer, will our recordings on this one and where the games rely.
Remember those Thursday night games Louisville used to perform against big-name competitions? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games to watch and the Cardinals were an exciting club.
But just like the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to change the culture and win games and worked miracles in Appalachian State. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down in theVille. This is a huge time for Louisville, a team that has the chance.
Ive read in which the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good 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 the protection which makes me more nervous. Why you have up your Irish, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this game as the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and hes got a group this past year, in which they went winless coming off of a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is akin to attempting to turn it in an F-22 Raptor and taking a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team which made it to the CFP this past year and owned 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 until they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders averaging 33 points per match over.
My issue is, how will be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, supposed to get some traction against a swarming Irish defense? Particularly when he is working with a trainer and an offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up with this Golden Domers and I am desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and the sage wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the sunny side of sport betting, or you are simply being the exact shrewd a** you usually are. Ill let the SBR readers that are currently making school football picks decide on that. Im the first to understand Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 and sucked last year.
However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons. A fresh mindset is brought by A new trainer on building a statement and with this being a national game, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does need to hope they will not be taken by the Irish for granted and never have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and when dishing out 20 or more specimens, a ATS. This defense you mentioned may improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even when you dont/cant recruit like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take time.
I was being a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, because Louisville might be better than last year but I would submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their record made by an inept coach like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the public is correct, and in this situation they are. Until next week when 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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