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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 leave our school football picks and then I will deviate to dip our toes.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season sport of NCAA football featuring one of the greatest teams in the nation, and a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while I backed the Titans. We have been swapping wins on and back so it looks like it is my turn to the golden wreath, as I heartily endorse the Irish and will follow all the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a public street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days ahead of the Monday night affair, I see that the line 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 at all the best online sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but youre currently leaning in this battle onto the Cardinals. Aside from the place, why do you think Louisville could hang with the boys in South Bend?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, a convincing win and at least IMO, said a great deal about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move ahead to soccer, in which the matches count and so will our records with this one.
Recall those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to perform against competitions that are big-name? They more than held their own and engineered several upsets. These were fun games and also the Cardinals were an club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles and are out to alter the culture and win matches. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. Yet this is a moment for Louisville, a team which has the chance to begin taking steps in the right direction.
Ive read in which the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall since the lead running back. The shield, well, which makes me more nervous than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins. Please do tell youve got up your Irish.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing flying in this game as the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a group coming from a dismal 2-10 record in which they went winless in ACC action last year. This rebuild is comparable to carrying a hot air balloon and trying to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a group that made it into the CFP this past year and owned only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per game.
My query is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, designed to get any traction against a defense? Particularly when hes working with a new trainer and a completely new offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up and Im desperate for handicapping expertise that is prodigious and the brand new wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence youre coming on to the bright side of sport gambling, or you are simply being the exact wise a** you are. I will let the SBR readers who are currently making that is decided on by school football picks. I am the first to understand Louisville sucked and was not just 2-10, but 1-11 ATS final season.
Just 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 this being a national game, Satterfield will sell his team on building a statement. Louisville does have to trust they will not be taken by the Irish for granted and not have a lot of fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly with all the gold and blue is ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS, if dishing out 20 or more digits. This defense you said might improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, whenever you dont/can not recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville might be better compared to last year but Id submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record left by an trainer like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the road would be square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but sometimes the general public is right, and also in this situation they surely are. Until next week once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday once the Irish come prepared 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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