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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 college football selections on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and then that I shall deviate from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL discussion to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will probably be the first and only time this season we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season sport of NCAA football featuring one of the top teams in the nation, and a legendary soccer program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion 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. Weve been swapping wins on and back so it looks like it is my turn to the gold wreath, as I will follow all the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a public road favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days prior to the Monday night event, I see the line has spiked a half-point about the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its presently offered in a solid -20 throughout the board whatsoever of the best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but you are leaning on the Cardinals in this season-opening clash. Apart from the place, why is it that you think Louisville will hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup IMO and a successful triumph, it said a great deal about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move ahead to real soccer, in which the matches rely and so will our recordings on this one.
Recall Louisville utilized to perform against big-name competitions? They more than held their own and engineered many upsets. These were fun games to watch and also the Cardinals were an exciting club.
However, just like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out win games and to alter the civilization and worked miracles in Appalachian State. This will not happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. Yet this is a time for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity to begin taking actions in the perfect direction.
I have read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall since the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the shield that makes me more nervous. 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 match. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and hes got a group coming from a dismal record where they went winless last year. This rebuild is comparable to attempting to turn it and carrying a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team which made it to the CFP this past year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per match over.
My issue is, just how will be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, designed to gain some traction against a shield that is Irish? Especially when hes working with an entirely new offensive scheme and a coach?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to be able to keep pace and I am desperate for your ancestral wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to read in your last sentence you are coming over to the bright side of sport betting, or you are just being the same wise a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers that are currently making this is decided on by school football selections. I am the first to realize Louisville was not only 2-10, however 1-11 ATS and sucked last year.
But that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, just like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons. A coach brings a new attitude and with this being a game, Satterfield will market his team on making a statement. Louisville does need to trust never and the Irish will take them have much fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS, when dishing out more or 20 digits. That defense you said may improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, if you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take time.
I was being a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville could be better but Id submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document left by an trainer such as Petrino.
I understand that laying nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but at times the general public is correct, and in this case they certainly are. Until next week once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday 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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