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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 I will deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our toes into uncharted waters and also render our school football selections on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA football comprising one of the best teams in the nation, and a mythical football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while the Titans were backed by me. We have been placing wins back and forth so it appears like it is my turn to the gold wreath, since I heartily endorse the Irish and will accompany all the squares putting the thick lumber on a public street favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days prior to this Monday night affair, I see that the line has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board at all the best online sportsbooks.
You are currently leaning onto the Cardinals although doug, I enjoy the Irish. Other than the place, why is it that you think Louisville can hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, IMO and a successful triumph, said a great deal about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move to real soccer, in which the games rely and so will our records on this one.
Remember those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to play against big-name competitions? They held their engineered and own several upsets. These were fun games to watch and also the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
But like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its fake (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to alter the culture and win matches and worked wonders. This wont happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. However , this is a significant time for Louisville, a team which has the chance to begin taking steps in the ideal direction.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall since the lead running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the protection which makes me more nervous. You have your Irish up, please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying into this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a team coming from a dismal album last year, in which they went winless in ACC activity. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and trying to turn it in an F-22 Raptor.
While this may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a team that made it to the CFP last year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points within the regular season and moving a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders also, averaging 33 points per game over.
My question is, how is a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, designed to gain any traction against a British shield? Particularly when he is working with a coach and a completely new offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, save me I am 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 the brand new wisdom and prodigious handicapping expertise!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to read in your last sentence you are coming on to the glowing side of sports betting, or youre simply being the exact shrewd a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers who are currently making college football picks decide on that. Im the first to realize Louisville sucked and was, however 1-11 ATS final year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A fresh mindset is brought by A trainer on making a statement and this being a federal match, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to hope never and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using the blue and gold is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS, when dishing out 20 or more specimens. This defense you said may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/can not recruit like Bama or Clemson, it will take time.
I was being a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville might be better than last year but I would submit that they are coached with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable document rendered by an equally inept trainer like Petrino.
I understand that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the people is correct, and in this situation they surely are. Until next week when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday night 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)
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