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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 render our school football selections on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then that I shall detract to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this year we do this, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the best teams in the country, and a mythical football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while I backed the Titans. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like it is my turn for the golden wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will accompany each of the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days ahead of the Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point on the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its currently offered in a solid -20 throughout the board at all of the best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but you are leaning within this battle on the Cardinals. Besides the venue, why do you think Louisville could hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, and a win IMO, said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Let us proceed to soccer, will our recordings on this one and in which the matches count.
Recall Louisville utilized to perform against big-name opponents? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games and also the Cardinals were an exciting club.
However, such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to change the civilization and win matches and worked miracles. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. However this is a big moment for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity to start taking actions in the right direction.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great 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 wins the defense, well, that makes me more worried. Why you have your Irish up, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing flying into this match since the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and hes got a team coming from a dismal album last year, in which they went winless. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and trying to turn it.
While that may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a group which made it to the CFP this past year and owned only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points over the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging over 33 points per game.
My query is, just how is a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, designed to gain some traction against a Irish shield? Particularly when hes working with a coach and a completely new offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up with the Golden Domers and I am desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and the sage wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to read in your last sentence you are coming on to the sunny side of sports betting, or youre just being the exact same wise a** you are. I will let the SBR readers who are currently making school football selections decide on this. Im the first to understand Louisville fully pumped and was not just 2-10, but 1-11 ATS final year.
Just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A fresh mindset is brought by A trainer on making a statement, and with this being a federal game, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to trust not and the Irish will take them for granted have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using all the blue and gold is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also if dishing out 20 or more specimens, a ATS. That defense you said might improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even when you dont/can not amuse like Clemson or even Bama, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because though you have an impressive handicapping restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville might be better but Id submit that they could be coached with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record left by an inept coach like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that laying nearly three touchdowns on the road would be square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but at times the people is correct, and in this case they are. Until when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, lets see what happens on Monday once the Irish come ready 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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