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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 college football picks on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then that 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 this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season sport of NCAA soccer comprising one of the best clubs 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 best of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while I endorsed the Titans. Weve been swapping wins forth and back so it looks like it is my turn to get the gold wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow all the squares laying the lumber onto a public street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days ahead of this Monday night affair, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point on the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its currently offered in a solid -20 throughout the board whatsoever of the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but youre currently leaning on the Cardinals. Other than the venue, why do you think Louisville could hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes IMO and a convincing triumph, it said a lot about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move to football, so will our records with this one and where the matches rely.
Remember those Thursday night games Louisville used to perform against competitions? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were enjoyable games and the Cardinals were an club.
But just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to change the culture and win matches and worked wonders. This wont happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a group that has the chance to begin taking actions in the perfect direction.
I have read where the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall because the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the defense , well, that makes me more nervous. You have up your Irish please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying into this game. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and hes got a team coming off of a dismal 2-10 record this past year in which they went winless. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it into the CFP last year and owned only 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 until they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders also, averaging over 33 points per game.
My issue is, just how will be a quarterback like traveling who is slow to release, designed to get some traction against a Irish shield? Especially when hes working with a trainer and an offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will be able to keep pace and I am desperate for prodigious handicapping experience and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to read in your last sentence you are coming on to the bright side of sport gambling, or youre just being the exact same shrewd a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers that are currently making college football selections decide on this. Im the first to understand Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and completely sucked last year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A new coach brings a new attitude and with this being a federal match, Satterfield will market his team. Louisville does need to trust the Irish will take them and never have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS when dishing out more or 20 specimens. This defense you mentioned may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even whenever you dont/cant recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was being a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, because Louisville might be better than last year but Id submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their record left by an coach like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that laying nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the public is correct, and in this situation they definitely are. Until next week when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday night once 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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