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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 that I will detract to dip our toes and then leave our school football picks on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the top clubs in the country, plus a legendary soccer program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while I supported the Titans. Weve been swapping wins back and on so it appears like it is my turn to get the wreath, as I will follow the squares putting the thick lumber onto a road favorite and heartily endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days ahead of this Monday night affair, I see the line has spiked a half-point about the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 throughout the board at all the very best internet sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but you are leaning to the Cardinals within this season-opening clash. Besides the venue, why is it that you believe Louisville will hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, IMO and at least a convincing triumph, it said a great deal about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Let us move ahead to football, will our records on this one and where the games 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 a thrilling golf club.
However, such as the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles and will be out to alter the civilization and win matches. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. Nonetheless, this is a major time for Louisville, a team that has the opportunity.
I have read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall as the direct running back. The protection that makes me more nervous than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins. Please do tell youve got your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and hes got a group coming off of a dismal 2-10 album where they went winless this past year. This rebuild is comparable to trying to turn it and carrying a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a group which made it into the CFP last year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per match over.
My question is, how will be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, designed to obtain any traction against a swarming Irish shield? Particularly when hes working with a completely new offensive scheme and a new trainer?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to be able to keep pace and I am desperate to prodigious handicapping expertise and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to read in your last sentence youre coming over to the sunny side of sports gambling, or youre simply being the exact wise a** you are. I will let the SBR readers who are making that is decided on by school football selections. Im the first to realize Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and fully pumped final year.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons, However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new attitude is brought by A trainer on making a statement and with this being a match, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to trust never and the Irish will take them have much fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly with the blue and gold is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS when dishing out more or 20 specimens. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even if you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it will take some time.
I was being a bit facetious because although youve got an impressive handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville might be better but Id submit that they are coached with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable document left by an awkward trainer like Petrino.
I know that laying nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the people is right, and also in this situation they surely are. Until when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, let us see what happens on Monday night when 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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