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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 school football picks on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then also that I shall deviate to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do this, as the last week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the greatest clubs in the nation, and a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the debate after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet about the Steelers while the Titans were backed by me. Weve been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like it is my turn for the golden wreath, as I will accompany all the squares putting the thick lumber onto a public street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days ahead of this Monday night event, I see that the line has spiked a half-point on the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered at a solid -20 across the board whatsoever of the very best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but youre leaning in this season-opening battle to the Cardinals. Besides the place is it that you believe Louisville will hang with the boys in South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, and a triumph IMO, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans direction. Let us move to real football, will our recordings on this one and in which the matches rely.
Recall Louisville used to play against opponents? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were enjoyable games to watch and also the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
However, 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 worked miracles and will be out win games and to alter the culture. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down from theVille. However this is a moment for Louisville, a group that has the chance.
I have read in which the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanisms 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 for season wins the defense which makes me more nervous. Why you have your Irish up, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a team coming from a dismal 2-10 record this past year in which they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is comparable to seeking to turn it and taking a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a team that made it to the CFP this past year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the regular 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 query is, how is a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, supposed to obtain any traction against a shield that is Irish? Especially when hes working with an offensive strategy that is entirely new and a new coach?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up with the Golden Domers and Im desperate to the ancestral wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to read in your last sentence youre coming on to the bright side of sport gambling, or youre just being the identical wise a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers who are making college football selections decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and fully pumped final season.
Just like he composed to the Atlanta Falcons, but that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new mindset is brought by A new trainer and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement this being a national match. Louisville does need to trust not and the Irish will take them have much fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly with all the blue and gold is ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS, if dishing out more or 20 digits. That defense you said might improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, if you dont/can not recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take some time.
I was a bit facetious because although you have an handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville may be better than last year but I would submit that they could be trained by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record left by an coach such as Petrino.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the public is right, and in this situation they definitely 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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