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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 college football picks on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then also I will deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will probably be the very first and only time this year we do this, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season sport of NCAA football featuring one of the top teams in the nation, plus a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while I backed the Titans. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it appears like it is my turn to the golden wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow each of the squares putting the thick lumber onto a road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days before this Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently offered in a solid -20 across the board whatsoever of the best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but youre currently leaning within this clash on the Cardinals. Apart from the venue, why do you believe Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes IMO and at least a successful triumph, it said a lot about both the Steelers and Titans direction. Lets move ahead to real soccer, in which the games rely and so will our recordings on this one.
Recall Louisville utilized to perform against competitions? They more than held their engineered and own many upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an exciting club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its fake (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders at Appalachian State and will be out to alter the civilization and win games. This wont happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. This is a major time for Louisville, a team which has the chance to begin taking actions in the perfect direction.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall as the lead running back. The protection that makes me more nervous than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. You have up your Irish, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying into this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a team coming off of a dismal 2-10 record where they went winless last year. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it.
While this may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team that made it into the CFP last year and owned only 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 fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
So, my issue is, how can be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, designed to gain some traction against a Irish defense? Particularly when hes working with a trainer and an offensive strategy that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep up and I am desperate for the ancestral wisdom and handicapping experience!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to read in your last sentence youre coming on to the bright side of sports betting, or you are just being the exact shrewd a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers who are making school football selections decide on this. I am the first to realize Louisville completely sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 final season.
Just like he gave up about 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 on building a statement with this being a national match. Louisville does have to hope not and the Irish will take them have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using all the blue and gold is ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS if dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, when you dont/can not recruit like Bama or Clemson, it will take time.
I was a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping that was impressive restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, because Louisville might be greater than last year but Id submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their document left by an coach like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the street would be square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the people is right, and also in this case they surely are. Until when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, lets see what happens on Monday when 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)