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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 I will deviate to dip our feet and render our college football selections.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this season we do this, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the very best clubs in the country, and a mythical soccer program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while I backed the Titans. Weve been swapping wins forth and back so it appears like its my turn to the gold wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will follow the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a public street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days prior to the Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered at a solid -20 across the board whatsoever the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but youre leaning within this battle on the Cardinals. Other than the place do you think Louisville could hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, and a triumph IMO, it said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Let us move to real football, will our recordings on this one and where the games rely.
Remember Louisville utilized to perform against big-name opponents? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last season 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 will not happen right away as the ability level is down in theVille. This is a big time for Louisville, a group that has the chance to begin taking steps in the ideal direction.
I have read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great 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 23, the protection, well, which makes me more nervous. You have your Irish up, please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing flying into this game as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a team this past year, where they went winless coming off of a dismal record. This rebuild is comparable to seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and taking a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a group which made it to the CFP last year and owned only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense has been clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per match over.
My question is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, supposed to obtain some traction against a swarming defense? Particularly when hes working with a new coach and a completely new offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep up with the Golden Domers and Im desperate to the sage wisdom and handicapping experience!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the sunny side of sports betting, or you are just being the identical wise a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers who are making school football selections decide on that. I am the first to realize Louisville completely sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 last season.
But that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, just like he composed to the Atlanta Falcons. A trainer brings a fresh mindset and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on building a statement, with this being a national match. Louisville does need to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have a lot of fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also when dishing out 20 or more digits, a ATS. That defense you said might improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, whenever you dont/cant recruit like Bama or Clemson, it is going to take time.
I was a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, because Louisville could be better than last year but Id submit that they could be trained by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable record left by an awkward trainer such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the street would be square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but at times the general public is right, and in this case they really 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 ready 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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