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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 that I shall detract to dip our toes and leave our school football selections.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do so, as the last week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season sport of NCAA football comprising one of the very best teams in the nation, and a mythical soccer program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while I supported the Titans. Weve been placing wins forth and back so it looks like its my turn to get the golden wreath, as I will accompany the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a public road favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days prior to the Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point on the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 round the board whatsoever of the very best internet sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but youre leaning in this battle to the Cardinals. Aside from the venue is it that you think Louisville could hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, at least and a successful win IMO, said a lot about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to soccer, will our records with this one and where the games rely.
Recall those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to perform against big-name competitions? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an exciting club.
However, like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville football last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles in Appalachian State and are out win matches and to change the culture. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. Yet , this is a big time for Louisville, a group that has the chance to begin taking steps.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall since the lead running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the protection that makes me more nervous. Why you have your Irish up please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this game since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a group coming off of a dismal 2-10 album in which they went winless last year. This rebuild is akin to seeking to turn it and taking a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a team which made it into the CFP this past year and owned 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 clicked on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per game.
My question is, just how can be a quarterback like traveling who is slow to release, supposed to obtain some traction against a swarming Irish shield? Particularly when he is working with an offensive scheme that is entirely new and a trainer?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to be able to keep pace and I am desperate for the sage wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence youre coming around to the sunny side of sport gambling, or you are simply being the exact shrewd a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers that are currently making college football selections decide on this. Im the first to understand Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and fully pumped last season.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A coach brings a fresh mindset and with this being a game, Satterfield will sell his staff on making a statement. Louisville does need to hope they will not be taken by the Irish for granted and not have much fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS when decked out more or 20 digits. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, whenever you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take some time.
I was being a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville might be better but Id submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their document rendered by an trainer such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the road would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but at times the people is right, and in this situation they surely are. Until next week when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday night 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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