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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 render our college football picks and I will detract from our regularly scheduled program of NFL discussion to dip our toes.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do this, as the last week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the greatest clubs in the nation, plus a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while I endorsed the Titans. Weve been swapping wins forth and back so it looks like it is my turn to get the golden wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will accompany the squares putting the thick lumber onto a public road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days ahead of this Monday night affair, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered in a solid -20 throughout the board whatsoever the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but you are currently leaning onto the Cardinals. Other than the venue is it that you think Louisville can hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, a triumph and IMO, said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans management. Let us proceed to soccer, so will our records with this one and where the games rely.
Recall Louisville used to perform against big-name opponents? They more than held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games to see and the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville football last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to change the culture and win matches and worked wonders in Appalachian State. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down in theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity to start taking steps in the right direction.
I have read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall as the lead running back. The protection that makes me more worried than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. Why you have up your Irish, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much flying into this game as the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a team coming from a dismal 2-10 record this past year, where they went winless. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it.
While that may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a group which made it into the CFP this past year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points over the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per game.
My question is, just how is a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, designed to gain any traction against a Irish shield? Especially when hes working with a new 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 is going to be able to keep up and I am desperate for handicapping expertise that is prodigious and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the bright side of sport betting, or youre just being the same wise a** you are. Ill allow the SBR readers who are making that is decided on by college football selections. Im the first to understand Louisville was not only 2-10, but 1-11 ATS and fully pumped last season.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons, but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new coach brings a fresh attitude and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on building a statement, this being a game. Louisville does have to hope never and the Irish will take them have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS when dishing out more or 20 digits. That defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, whenever you dont/can not amuse like Bama or Clemson, it is going to take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was being a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville might be better but Id submit that they are trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable record rendered by an awkward coach such as Petrino.
I know that laying nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the general public is right, and also in this situation they certainly are. Until next week once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday once 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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