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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 college football selections on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and I shall detract from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our toes.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this year we do this, as the last week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer comprising one of the greatest clubs in the country, and a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager on the Steelers while the Titans were endorsed by me. We have been placing wins forth and back so it appears like its my turn for the gold wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow all the squares laying the heavy lumber on a street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days before this Monday night event, I see that the lineup has spiked a half-point on the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 round the board at all the very best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but youre leaning in this clash onto the Cardinals. Besides the venue is it that you think Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup a convincing triumph and at least IMO, said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Let us move ahead to real soccer, in which the games rely and so will our recordings with this one.
Recall all those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to perform against big-name opponents? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were enjoyable games to see and also the Cardinals were a thrilling golf club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to alter the civilization and win matches and worked wonders. This will not happen immediately as the ability level is down in theVille. Yet , this is a huge moment for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity to begin taking steps.
Ive read in which the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall because the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the shield that makes me more worried. Please do tell you have your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this match as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a team last year, where they went winless coming off of a dismal album. This rebuild is akin to getting a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it.
While this may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a team which made it to the CFP this past year and owned 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 fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per match over.
My issue is, just how is a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, supposed to gain some traction against a swarming shield? Especially when hes working with a new trainer and an offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep up and I am desperate to prodigious handicapping experience and your ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to read in your last sentence you are coming around to the sunny side of sport betting, or youre simply being the exact same shrewd a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers that are currently making college football picks decide on that. I am the first to understand Louisville completely sucked and was not only 2-10, however 1-11 ATS final year.
But that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons. A trainer brings a new mindset and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on creating a statement with this being a federal match. Louisville does need to hope never and the Irish will take them have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS, if dishing out more or 20 specimens. This defense you said may improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, whenever you dont/cant recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was being a bit facetious because though you have an impressive handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville might be greater compared to last year but I would submit that they could be trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their document rendered by an coach such as Petrino.
I understand that laying nearly three touchdowns on the highway would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but at times the public is right, and also in this situation they definitely are. Until once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets see what happens on Monday 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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