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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 render our school football picks and then I shall deviate to dip our toes.
It will most likely be the first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the very best clubs in the nation, plus a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the debate after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while I backed the Titans. We have been placing wins back and forth so it appears like its my turn to get the gold wreath, as I will follow the squares laying the lumber onto a public road favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly 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 its now offered in a solid -20 throughout the board whatsoever of the best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but youre leaning in this season-opening battle on the Cardinals. Aside from the venue, why is it that you believe Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, a convincing triumph and IMO, said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Let us move to football, in which the games count and so will our records with this one.
Remember those Thursday night games Louisville used to play against opponents? They more than held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games to see and also the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
But such as the former Papa Johns Stadium and its fake (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to change the culture and win games and worked miracles at Appalachian State. This wont happen right away as the ability level is down in theVille. This is a big moment for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall because the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the defense that makes me more nervous. Please do tell youve got up your Irish.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this game since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and hes got a group this past year, in which they went winless in ACC action coming off of a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is comparable to seeking to turn it in an F-22 Raptor and carrying a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a group which made it into the CFP last year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per match over.
My issue is, how will be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, supposed to get any traction against a swarming Irish defense? Particularly when he is working with a new coach and an offensive strategy that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville will have the ability to keep up and Im desperate for the sage wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to read in your last sentence you are coming over to the sunny side of sport gambling, or youre just being the identical wise a** you are. I will allow the SBR readers who are currently making college football picks decide on that. I am the first to realize Louisville fully pumped and was, however, 1-11 ATS last season.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons, However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new mindset is brought by A new coach on building a statement, and this being a national match, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to trust they will not be taken by the Irish and not have a lot of fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also if dishing out 20 or more specimens, a mere 7-9-1 ATS. That defense you said might improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, if you dont/cant recruit like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take time.
I was being a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, because Louisville could be greater compared to last year but I would submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document left by an coach such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the road is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but sometimes the public is right, and also in this instance they are. Until once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets see what happens on Monday when the Irish come prepared to squint at Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)
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