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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 then also I will deviate from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL debate to dip our feet.
It will most likely be the first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the top clubs in the country, and a legendary soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while I supported the Titans. We have been swapping wins back and on so it appears like its my turn for the gold wreath, as I will accompany the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a public street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days ahead of the Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its now offered in a solid -20 throughout the board at all the best internet sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but you are leaning in this clash to the Cardinals. Apart from the place, why do you think Louisville will hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, at least and a win IMO, it said a great deal about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to soccer, in which the matches rely and so will our recordings on this one.
Remember all those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to perform against opponents? They held their own and engineered many upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were an exciting club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out win matches and to alter the culture and worked wonders in Appalachian State. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. This is a big time for Louisville, a group that has the chance to start taking steps.
I have read where the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall because the lead running back. The defense that makes me more worried than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. Why you have up your Irish, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing flying in this match since 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 album where they went winless last year. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a team which made it into the CFP this past year and possessed only 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 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders also, averaging 33 points per game over.
My issue is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, supposed to obtain some traction against a swarming defense? Especially when he is working with an offensive scheme and a trainer?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up with the Golden Domers and I am desperate for the brand new wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to see in your last sentence you are coming over to the bright side of sport betting, or you are simply being the same wise a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers that are making school football picks decide on that. I am the first to realize Louisville was not just 2-10, however 1-11 ATS and fully pumped final season.
Just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new trainer brings a new attitude and this being a game, Satterfield will market his staff. Louisville does need to trust the Irish will take them for granted and never have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS if dishing out more or 20 digits. This defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/can not recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it will take some time.
I was a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping that was impressive resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, because Louisville could be greater compared to last year but Id submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their document left by an inept trainer such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street would be square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but sometimes the public is correct, and also in this instance they are. Until once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, let us see what happens on Monday 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)
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