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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 leave our college football selections on the Monday night match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and that I will deviate to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will probably be the very first and only time this season we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best clubs in the country, plus a mythical football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while the Titans were backed by me. Weve been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like its my turn to get the gold 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 college football odds almost six days prior to this Monday night event, I see that the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its now offered in a solid -20 throughout the board at all of the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but you are leaning onto the Cardinals within this battle. Besides the venue do you think Louisville will hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup a successful triumph and at least IMO, said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans management. Lets move ahead to football, in which the matches rely and so will our records with this one.
Remember those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to play against opponents that are big-name? They held their own and engineered many upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were a thrilling golf club.
But such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to change the civilization and win matches and worked miracles in Appalachian State. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. Nonethelessthis is a time for Louisville, a team that has the chance to start taking steps in the right direction.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall as the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the shield which makes me more worried. Please do tell why you have your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much flying into this game as the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and he has a team coming off of a dismal 2-10 album last year at which they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and trying to turn it in an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a group which made it into the CFP last year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points within the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging over 33 points per game.
So, my question is, how will be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to discharge, supposed to get some traction against a defense that is Irish? Especially when hes working with an offensive scheme that is entirely new and a trainer?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up with the Golden Domers and I am desperate for the ancestral wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to read in your last sentence youre coming on to the glowing side of sports gambling, or you are simply being the identical wise a** you usually are. Ill allow the SBR readers who are currently making college football selections decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville fully pumped and was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 final season.
Just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons However, coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A coach brings a fresh attitude and his staff will be sold by Satterfield making a statement, this being a game. Louisville does have to trust the Irish will take them and not have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using the blue and gold is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS if dishing out more or 20 specimens. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even when you dont/cant recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was being a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping that was impressive restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville might be greater but Id submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record rendered by an trainer such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the public is correct, and also in this case they definitely are. Until next week when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, lets 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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