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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 that I will detract from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL debate to dip our feet and also leave our college football picks on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will probably be the very first and only time this season we do this, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA soccer featuring one of the top teams in the country, plus a mythical football 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 with a wager on the Steelers while I backed the Titans. Weve been swapping wins on and back so it looks like its my turn to get the wreath, as I will accompany all the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a public street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days prior to this Monday night event, I see that the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently offered in a solid -20 across the board whatsoever of the very best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but you are leaning within this clash onto the Cardinals. Aside from the venue, why do you think Louisville could hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, IMO and at least a successful win, it said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans direction. Let us move ahead to football, where the matches count and so will our records on this one.
Remember Louisville utilized to play against big-name opponents? They more than held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an golf club.
But such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its fake (in real life) owner, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to alter the civilization and win matches and worked wonders in Appalachian State. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down from theVille. Yet this is a moment for Louisville, a group which has the opportunity to start taking actions.
Ive read in which the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the defense, well, that makes me more nervous. 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 game. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and hes got a group coming from a dismal album last year, in which they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is comparable to trying to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and carrying a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it into the CFP last year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
So, my query is, just how can be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, supposed to obtain any traction against a Irish shield? Particularly when he is working with a new trainer and an offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville will be able to keep pace and Im desperate for handicapping experience that is prodigious and the brand new wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to see in your last sentence you are coming around to the glowing side of sport betting, or you are just being the same wise a** you are. I will let the SBR readers that are making this is decided on by college football selections. Im the first to realize Louisville wasnt just 2-10, however 1-11 ATS and sucked final season.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons However, coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A new trainer brings a new attitude and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on building a statement, this being a match. Louisville does have to trust not and the Irish will take them have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS, if dishing out 20 or more specimens. This defense you said may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, if you dont/cant amuse like Bama or Clemson, it will take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was being a bit facetious because though you have an impressive handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, because Louisville might be greater but Id submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable record left by an equally inept coach such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that laying nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but sometimes the people is correct, and also in this instance they definitely are. Until next week when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday when 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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