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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 picks on the Monday night match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then also that I shall detract from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL discussion to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA soccer featuring one of the greatest teams in the country, and a legendary soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a wager on the Steelers while I supported the Titans. Weve been swapping wins forth and back so it looks like it is my turn to get the wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will accompany the squares putting the thick lumber onto a road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days ahead of this Monday night affair, I see that the lineup has spiked a half-point on the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its now offered at a solid -20 round the board at all of the very best online sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but youre leaning on the Cardinals within this season-opening battle. Apart from the venue, why is it that you believe Louisville will hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup IMO and at least a successful triumph, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans management. Lets move ahead to real soccer, so will our records on this one and in which the matches count.
Recall Louisville used to play against opponents that are big-name? They more than held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games to watch and also the Cardinals were an club.
But just like the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out win games and to alter the culture and worked miracles. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. This is a major moment for Louisville, a group that has the chance.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall since the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the protection which makes me more worried. You have up your Irish please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying in this game as the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and hes got a group this past year, where they went winless in ACC action coming off of a dismal 2-10 record. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it.
While this may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it into the CFP this past year and owned one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points over the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders also, averaging 33 points per game over.
So, my issue is, how will be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, supposed to gain any traction against a swarming defense? Especially when hes working with an offensive scheme that is entirely new and a trainer?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep pace and I am desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and your brand new wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to see in your last sentence you are coming around to the glowing side of sport betting, or you are just being the same shrewd a** you usually are. Ill allow the SBR readers who are making this is decided on by school football selections. Im the first to realize Louisville fully pumped and was not only 2-10, but 1-11 ATS last year.
Just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A coach brings a fresh attitude and this being a federal match, Satterfield will market his team. Louisville does need to hope the Irish will take them for granted and not have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS, if dishing out 20 or more digits. That defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even when you dont/cant recruit like Bama or Clemson, it will take time.
I was being a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping that was impressive resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, because Louisville might be greater than last year but Id submit that they are coached with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their own album rendered by an inept coach such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing 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 on occasion the public is correct, and in this case they are. Until once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, let us see what happens on Monday when 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)