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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 leave our school football selections on the Monday night match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and that I shall deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL discussion to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will most likely be the first and only time this year we do so, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer featuring one of the greatest clubs in the country, and a mythical football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while I supported the Titans. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like it is my turn to get the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow all the squares putting the thick lumber on a public road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days prior to this Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point on the favorite, 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.
You are currently leaning to the Cardinals in this season-opening battle although doug, I love the Irish. Other than the venue, why is it that you think Louisville could hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, IMO and a successful triumph, said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move ahead to real football, in which the games rely and will our recordings on this one.
Recall those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to perform against opponents? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were a thrilling golf club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to alter the culture and win matches and worked wonders at Appalachian State. This wont happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. Yet this is a moment for Louisville, a team that has the chance.
Ive read in which the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and 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 for season wins. Why you have up your Irish, please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this match as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and he has a group coming from a dismal 2-10 album last year where they went winless. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it.
While this may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it into the CFP this past year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points within the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging over 33 points per game.
My question is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, supposed to get some traction against a defense that is Irish? Particularly when hes working with a brand new trainer and an entirely new offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace and I am desperate for handicapping expertise that is prodigious and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to see in your last sentence you are coming over to the sunny side of sport gambling, or youre just being the same shrewd a** you usually are. Ill allow the SBR readers who are making college football selections decide on that. I am the first to realize Louisville sucked and wasnt just 2-10, however 1-11 ATS last season.
Like he composed on the Atlanta Falcons but that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new coach brings a new attitude on building a statement and this being a federal game, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does need to expect the Irish will take them for granted and never have a lot of fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and when dishing out 20 or more specimens, a ATS. That defense you said might improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even when you dont/cant recruit like Bama or Clemson, it is going to take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping that was impressive restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville could be greater than last year but I would submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their document rendered by an inept trainer such as Petrino.
I understand that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the public is correct, and in this instance they certainly are. Until when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, lets see what happens on Monday 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)