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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 from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our feet and also leave our school football picks on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will probably be the first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season sport of NCAA football comprising one of the top clubs in the nation, plus a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the debate after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while I backed the Titans. We have been placing wins on and back so it looks like it is my turn to the wreath, as I will follow the squares laying the lumber on a road favorite and heartily endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days prior to 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 its currently offered in a solid -20 across the board at all the best online sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but you are leaning within this season-opening battle onto the Cardinals. Apart from the place is it that you think Louisville will hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, and a win IMO, said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Let us move ahead to football, in which the matches count and will our records with this one.
Remember Louisville utilized to play against opponents? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were an golf club.
But just like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and will be out to alter the civilization and win matches. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down in theVille. However , this is a moment for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity to begin taking actions in the right direction.
I have read where the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall since the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the protection, well, that makes me more nervous. Why you have your Irish up please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest flying into this game. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and hes got a team coming off of a dismal record where they went winless in ACC activity last year. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it in an F-22 Raptor.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a team that made it into the CFP last year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per game.
My query is, just how is a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, supposed to gain any traction against a defense that is Irish? Especially when he is working with a new trainer and an offensive scheme that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep pace with this Golden Domers and I am desperate to the brand new wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to read in your last sentence you are coming over to the glowing side of sports gambling, or you are simply being the exact shrewd a** you are. I will allow the SBR readers that are currently making that is decided on by school football selections. I am the first to understand Louisville wasnt only 2-10, however 1-11 ATS and fully pumped final season.
Just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons, but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A coach brings a fresh attitude on creating a statement and this being a national match, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to hope the Irish will take them and not have a lot of fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly using all the blue and gold is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS if dishing out 20 or more digits. This defense you said may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, if you dont/can not amuse like Clemson or even Bama, it will take some time.
I was being a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping that was impressive resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, because Louisville might be greater but Id submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record rendered by an awkward coach like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but at times the public is right, and in this instance 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 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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