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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 I will deviate to dip our feet and then render our college football picks on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this year we do this, as the last week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season game of NCAA football comprising one of the top teams in the nation, and a legendary soccer program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager on the Steelers while the Titans were supported by me. Weve been swapping wins back and on so it looks like it is my turn to the wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will follow all the squares putting the thick lumber onto a street favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days ahead of the Monday night affair, I see that the line has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its currently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board at all the very best internet sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but youre leaning in this season-opening battle on the Cardinals. Apart from the place is it that you think Louisville will hang with the boys in South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, a convincing triumph and at least IMO, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move ahead to soccer, where the games rely and will our recordings with this one.
Recall Louisville used to play against big-name competitions? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an golf club.
However, just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to alter the culture and win matches and worked miracles in Appalachian State. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. This is a moment for Louisville, a group which has the opportunity to start taking actions in the ideal direction.
Ive read in which the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall since the lead running back. The shield, well, which makes me more worried than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. Why you have your Irish up please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a team this past year, in which they went winless in ACC activity coming off of a dismal album. This rebuild is comparable to seeking to turn it in an F-22 Raptor and taking a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is facing a group which made it into the CFP this past year and owned 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 fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per game.
My question is, how will be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, supposed to gain any traction against a swarming defense? Particularly when he is working with an offensive scheme and a new coach?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up and I am desperate to prodigious handicapping expertise and your ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am pleased to read in your last sentence you are coming on to the glowing side of sports gambling, or you are simply being the identical shrewd a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers who are making college football selections decide on that. Im the first to realize Louisville fully pumped and was, however, 1-11 ATS final year.
But that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons. A fresh mindset is brought by A new coach and with this being a match, Satterfield will sell his team. Louisville does need to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have a lot of fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS when dishing out more or 20 specimens. This defense you said may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even whenever 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 restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, because Louisville might be greater but I would submit that they are trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their record made by an awkward trainer such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but at times the people is correct, and in this instance they certainly are. Until when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, next 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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