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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 render our school football picks on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and also I shall deviate to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA football comprising one of the top teams in the nation, plus a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the debate after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while the Titans were backed by me. Weve been placing wins forth and back so it appears like its my turn to get the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will accompany all the squares putting the thick lumber on a public street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days before this Monday night affair, I see that the lineup has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 round the board at all of the very best online sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but you are currently leaning in this season-opening clash on the Cardinals. Besides the place do you believe Louisville could hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, IMO and a successful triumph, it said a great deal about both the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move to soccer, will our recordings on this one and in which the games count.
Recall those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to perform against competitions that are big-name? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games to watch and also the Cardinals were an golf club.
But such as the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville football last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles at Appalachian State and will be out to change the culture and win games. This will not happen immediately as the ability level is down from theVille. However this is a significant time for Louisville, a group which has the opportunity.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall because the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the shield which makes me more worried. You have up your Irish, please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing as the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest flying into this game. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a group coming from a dismal 2-10 album in which they went winless last year. This rebuild is akin to attempting to turn it and taking a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a team that made it into the CFP last year and owned one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points over the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per match over.
So, my question is, how is a quarterback like traveling who is slow to release, supposed to get any traction against a swarming shield that is Irish? Particularly when hes working with an entirely new offensive scheme and a new trainer?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville will have the ability to keep up with this Golden Domers and Im desperate to the ancestral wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to see in your last sentence you are coming over to the glowing side of sports gambling, or youre just being the exact wise a** you usually are. Ill let the SBR readers who are making that is decided on by college football picks. Im the first to realize Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 and sucked final year.
Just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons However, coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A new mindset is brought by A coach and this being a game, Satterfield will market his team. Louisville does need to hope not and the Irish will take them have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS when dishing out 20 or more specimens. This defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even when you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take some time.
I was a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping that was impressive restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, because Louisville could be better but Id submit that they are coached with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document left by an trainer like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road would be square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but sometimes the people is correct, and in this case they definitely are. Until once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next 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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