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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 selections and then that I will detract to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this season we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer comprising one of the best clubs in the nation, and a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while I backed the Titans. Weve been placing wins back and forth so it looks like it is my turn to get the wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will follow the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a public road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days ahead of this Monday night affair, I see that the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board whatsoever the very best online sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but you are leaning in this clash to the Cardinals. Apart from the venue, why is it that you think Louisville will hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes, Swinger, a triumph and IMO, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move ahead to real soccer, will our records on this one and where the games count.
Remember those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to play against big-name competitions? They more than held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games and also the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
But like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders at Appalachian State and will be out win games and to alter the civilization. This wont happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. This is a significant moment for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity to start taking steps.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches 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. The defense that makes me more nervous than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. Why you have up your Irish, please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this game as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a group coming off of a dismal 2-10 album this past year, in which they went winless in ACC activity. This rebuild is akin to trying to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and carrying a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a group which made it into the CFP this past year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
So, my issue is, just how is a quarterback like Pass whos slow to discharge, designed to gain any traction against a swarming defense? Particularly when he is working with an entirely new offensive strategy and a coach?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace and I am desperate to the ancestral wisdom and handicapping experience!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to see in your last sentence you are coming over to the bright side of sports gambling, or youre just being the identical wise a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers who are making this is decided on by school football selections. I am the first to realize Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and sucked final season.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons However, coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A new trainer brings a fresh mindset on making a statement, and with this being a game, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to hope never and the Irish will take them have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS when dishing out more or 20 digits. That defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even if you dont/can not recruit like Bama or Clemson, it is going to take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, because Louisville might be better compared to last season but Id submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their record rendered by an trainer like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the public is correct, and in this case they surely are. Until next week once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, let us 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)
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