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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 game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and also I shall detract to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will probably be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the greatest teams in the nation, and a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the debate after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while I endorsed the Titans. We have been placing wins forth and back so it appears like it is my turn to get the gold wreath, as I will accompany the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days before the 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 at a solid -20 throughout the board at all of the very best online sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but youre currently leaning within this season-opening clash on the Cardinals. Other than the venue do you think Louisville will hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, IMO and a successful triumph, said a great deal about the management of both the Steelers and Titans. Let us proceed to real football, will our recordings on this one and where the matches rely.
Remember those Thursday night games Louisville used to play against opponents? They more than held their own and engineered many upsets. These were fun games to see and also the Cardinals were an club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its fake (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to change the civilization and win matches and worked miracles at Appalachian State. This wont happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. Yet this is a moment for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity to start taking steps in the ideal direction.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall since the lead running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the protection which makes me more nervous. You have up your Irish please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and he has a group this past year, in which they went winless in ACC action coming off of a dismal record. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and trying to turn it.
While that may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a team that made it into the CFP this past year and owned one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the regular season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
My question is, how will be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, supposed to gain any traction against a swarming defense that is Irish? Particularly when hes working with a new trainer and a completely new offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to be able to keep pace with the Golden Domers and I am desperate for handicapping expertise that is prodigious and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence you are coming on to the glowing side of sports betting, or youre just being the same shrewd a** you are. I will let the SBR readers who are making this is decided on by college football selections. I am the first to realize Louisville sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 final year.
Just like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons, but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A coach brings a fresh mindset on creating a statement, and this being a game, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to hope they will not be taken by the Irish and never have a lot of fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly using the blue and gold is ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS, if dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you said may improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, when you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, because Louisville might be better compared to last year but I would submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable document rendered by an equally awkward trainer like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road would be square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the general public is right, and also in this situation they surely are. Until once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, let us see what happens on Monday night 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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