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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 picks on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then that I will detract to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will most likely be the first and only time this season we do so, as the last week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA football comprising one of the greatest clubs in the nation, plus a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while the Titans were backed by me. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it appears like it is my turn to the wreath, as I will accompany all the squares putting the thick lumber on a street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days prior to the Monday night event, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its now offered at a solid -20 across the board at all the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but you are leaning to the Cardinals. Apart from the place is it that you think Louisville could hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes at least and a convincing win IMO, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans direction. Lets move ahead to soccer, will our recordings with this one and where the matches count.
Recall Louisville used to play against competitions? They held their engineered and own several upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were an golf club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and will be out to change the civilization and win games. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. However , this is a big moment for Louisville, a group that has the chance.
I have read where the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall because the direct running back. The protection, well, which makes me more worried than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins. Why you have your Irish up, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing as the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a group this past year, in which they went winless coming from a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and trying to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team which made it into the CFP this past year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging 33 points per match over.
So, my issue is, just how is a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, supposed to gain any traction against a swarming defense that is Irish? Particularly when hes working with a new trainer and an offensive strategy that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to be able to keep pace with this Golden Domers and I am desperate for handicapping expertise that is prodigious and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to read in your last sentence you are coming over to the glowing side of sport gambling, or youre just being the same wise a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers who are currently making school football selections decide on this. I am the first to realize Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 and sucked final year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons, However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A fresh attitude is brought by A new trainer and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on building a statement, with this being a federal match. Louisville does need to hope the Irish will take them and not have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS if dishing out more or 20 specimens. This defense you mentioned might improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, when you dont/can not amuse like Bama or even Clemson, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was being a bit facetious because although you have an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, because Louisville could be greater than last year but Id submit that they are coached by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document left by an equally awkward trainer like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the road would be square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but at times the people is right, and in this situation they certainly are. Until when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets see what happens on Monday night once 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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