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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 detract to dip our feet into uncharted waters and then leave our college football picks.
It will probably be the first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA football comprising one of the best teams in the nation, plus a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while the Titans were endorsed by me. Weve been placing wins forth and back so it appears like it is my turn to get the wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will follow each of the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days before the Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its currently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board at all the very best internet sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but you are currently leaning onto the Cardinals in this season-opening clash. Aside from the place, why do you believe Louisville can hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes a win and at least IMO, it said a lot about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Let us proceed to football, will our records with this one and in which the matches rely.
Recall Louisville used to play against big-name competitions? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were enjoyable games to watch and the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders in Appalachian State and will be out win games and to change the civilization. This wont happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a group which has the chance to begin taking actions in the ideal direction.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall because the direct running back. The shield that makes me more nervous than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins. You have your Irish up, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest flying into this match. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and he has a group coming off of a dismal record last year, where they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is comparable to seeking to turn it in an F-22 Raptor and carrying a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it to the CFP last year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
My question is, just how is a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, designed to get any traction against a swarming shield that is Irish? Particularly when he is working with a coach and an offensive scheme that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to be able to keep pace with the Golden Domers and I am desperate for your sage wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to see in your last sentence you are coming around to the glowing side of sport gambling, or you are simply being the exact shrewd a** you usually are. Ill let the SBR readers who are currently making college football selections decide on that. I am the first to understand Louisville fully pumped and was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 last year.
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 making a statement and with this being a match, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS if dishing out 20 or more digits. This defense you said may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, if you dont/can not amuse like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping that was impressive restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville might be greater than last year but Id submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable record rendered by an equally inept trainer such as Petrino.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but at times the people is correct, and also in this instance they definitely are. Until once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, let us see what happens on Monday night once 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)