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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 picks on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then I shall deviate to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the greatest teams in the country, plus 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 wager on the Steelers while I supported the Titans. Weve been placing wins back and forth so it appears like it is my turn to the golden wreath, as I will follow the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a public street favorite and heartily endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days prior to this Monday night affair, I see that the lineup has spiked a half-point about the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered at a solid -20 across the board whatsoever the best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but you are currently leaning within this battle to the Cardinals. Apart from the venue do you think Louisville can hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup IMO and a convincing triumph, said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to real football, where the matches rely and will our records on this one.
Remember Louisville used to perform against opponents? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games to see and also the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
However, such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and are out win matches and to change the culture. This will not happen immediately as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a big moment for Louisville, a team that has the chance.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good title for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall because the direct running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the shield which makes me more nervous. You have up your Irish please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing flying into this match as the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and hes got a group coming off of a dismal 2-10 record last year in which they went winless in ACC activity. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it in an F-22 Raptor.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a group 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 within the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders also, averaging 33 points per game over.
So, my issue is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, supposed to gain any traction against a swarming Irish shield? Particularly when hes working with a new trainer and an offensive scheme that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up and I am desperate to your ancestral wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence youre coming on to the sunny side of sports gambling, or you are just being the identical shrewd a** you usually are. Ill allow the SBR readers that are currently making that is decided on by school football picks. I am the first to understand Louisville sucked and wasnt just 2-10, but 1-11 ATS final year.
But that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons. A new attitude is brought by A coach and his team will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement, this being a national match. Louisville does need to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and if dishing out 20 or more digits, a ATS. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/can not amuse like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take some time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, because Louisville could be better but I would submit that they could be coached with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable document rendered by an equally inept coach like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the road is square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the public is right, and also in this situation they surely are. Until when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets see what happens on Monday when the Irish come prepared 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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