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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 Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and also that I will deviate to dip our toes.
It will probably be the first and only time this season we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best teams in the country, and a mythical soccer 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 wager about the Steelers while I backed the Titans. Weve been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like it is my turn for the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow each of the squares putting the thick lumber on a public road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days before this Monday night affair, I see that the lineup has spiked a half-point about the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its currently offered in a solid -20 across the board at all the best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but you are leaning within this season-opening battle on the Cardinals. Besides the venue do you think Louisville could hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes a successful win and IMO, it said a lot about the direction of both the Steelers and Titans. Let us move ahead to soccer, in which the games rely and so will our recordings on this one.
Recall those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to perform against big-name competitions? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
But like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and are out win games and to alter the culture. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a big time for Louisville, a group which has the opportunity.
I have read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall because the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the defense, well, that makes me more worried. Please do tell why you have your Irish up.
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 in the big leagues and he has a group last year, where they went winless in ACC action coming from a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it.
While that may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a team that made it to the CFP last year and possessed 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 until they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders also, averaging over 33 points per game.
My issue is, how is a quarterback like traveling who is slow to release, designed to get any traction against a swarming Irish shield? Particularly when hes working with a new trainer and an offensive strategy that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will be able to keep up with the Golden Domers and Im desperate for the ancestral wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to read in your last sentence youre coming over to the bright side of sport gambling, or youre just being the exact same shrewd a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers who are currently making school football picks decide on that. I am the first to understand Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and fully pumped final year.
Like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A coach brings a new mindset and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement, this being a national game. Louisville does need to hope not and the Irish will take them for granted have much fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS, when dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/can not recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take some time.
I was being a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping that was impressive restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville could be greater than last year but Id submit that they are coached by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document left by an trainer such as Petrino.
I understand that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the road would be square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the people is right, and also in this instance they are. Until once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets see what happens on Monday once 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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