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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 render our school football picks on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and that I will deviate to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will probably be the first and only time this year we do this, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer featuring one of the best teams in the nation, plus a legendary soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while the Titans were supported by me. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it appears like its my turn to get the gold wreath, as I heartily endorse the Irish and will accompany the squares laying the lumber onto a street favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days prior to the Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered at a solid -20 round the board whatsoever the best online sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but youre currently leaning in this clash to the Cardinals. Besides the venue, why is it that you think Louisville will hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, and a convincing win IMO, it said a lot about both the Steelers and Titans direction. Let us move to real soccer, in which the games count and will our recordings with this one.
Remember all those Thursday night games Louisville used to play 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 such as the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to change the civilization and win games and worked miracles. This wont happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. Yet this is a time for Louisville, a team that has the opportunity.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the shield that makes me more worried. Please do tell youve got your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this match as the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a team coming from a dismal album last year, in which they went winless. This rebuild is akin to attempting to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and taking a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is facing a team 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 moving a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per match over.
My query is, just how will be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to discharge, supposed to gain any traction against a Irish defense? Especially when he is working with a new coach and an entirely new offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to be able to keep pace and Im desperate to prodigious handicapping expertise and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am pleased to see in your last sentence you are coming on to the bright side of sport betting, or you are just being the exact wise a** you usually are. Ill let the SBR readers who are currently making school football selections decide on this. I am the first to realize Louisville sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 last season.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new mindset is brought by A new trainer and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on creating a statement, this being a national game. Louisville does need to trust the Irish will take them for granted and never have much fight.
Lets also think about, 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 mere 7-9-1 ATS. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even whenever you dont/can not amuse like Bama or Clemson, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because although youve got an impressive handicapping restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, because Louisville could be better than last year but I would submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record left by an equally awkward coach such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the people is correct, and also in this case they really are. Until once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets see what happens on Monday once 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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