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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 school football selections and then that I will deviate to dip our feet.
It will most likely be the first and only time this season we do so, as the last week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the very best teams in the country, and a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while the Titans were backed by me. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it appears like its my turn for the wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will follow the squares putting the thick lumber onto a public street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days before this Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered at a solid -20 round the board at all of the best internet sportsbooks.
You are currently leaning to the Cardinals although doug, I love the Irish. Besides the venue do you think Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, a win and at least IMO, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans direction. Lets move to real football, in which the matches rely and so will our recordings with this one.
Recall Louisville utilized to perform against big-name opponents? They more than held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an exciting club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles in Appalachian State and are out win games and to alter the culture. This wont occur right away as the talent level is down from theVille. This is a huge moment for Louisville, a group that has the chance to start taking actions.
I have read in which the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall since the direct running back. Than with a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the shield, well, that makes me more nervous. You have up your Irish please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and he has a group coming off of a dismal 2-10 record last year, where they went winless. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is facing a group which made it to the CFP this past year and owned one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
My query is, just how is a quarterback like traveling whos slow to discharge, supposed to obtain some traction against a Irish shield? Particularly when hes working with an entirely new offensive strategy and a new trainer?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville will be able to keep pace with the Golden Domers and Im desperate for the ancestral wisdom and prodigious handicapping experience!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to read in your last sentence you are coming on to the bright side of sports gambling, or you are simply being the exact wise a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers that are making that is decided on by school football picks. Im the first to realize Louisville sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 final year.
Like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons However, coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A fresh mindset is brought by A trainer and this being a game, Satterfield will market his staff on building a statement. Louisville does have to hope they will not be taken by the Irish and never have much fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly using the blue and gold is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS, when dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you said may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/can not amuse like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take some time.
I was being a bit facetious because although you have an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville could be greater but Id submit that they could be coached with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable record rendered by an trainer such as Petrino.
I understand that laying nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but at times the public is right, and also in this case they are. Until once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, lets see what happens on Monday night once 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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