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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 school football selections on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then also that I shall detract from our regularly scheduled program of NFL discussion to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the top clubs in the nation, plus a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while the Titans were supported by me. Weve been placing wins forth and back so it appears like it is my turn for the wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will accompany all the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a public road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days prior to the Monday night affair, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its presently offered at a solid -20 across the board at all of the very best online sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but you are leaning in this season-opening clash onto the Cardinals. Besides the venue is it that you believe Louisville can hang with the boys in South Bend?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, and a win IMO, said a great deal about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to real football, in which the matches count and will our recordings with this one.
Remember Louisville utilized to perform against competitions? They held their own and engineered many upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
But such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville football last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out win games and to change the culture and worked wonders at Appalachian State. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. This is a major moment for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity to begin taking steps.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall since the lead running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the protection which makes me more worried. Please do tell why youve got up your Irish.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a team coming from a dismal record where they went winless in ACC activity this past year. This rebuild is akin to seeking to turn it and taking a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a team which made it to the CFP last year and possessed 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 met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per game over.
My issue is, how is a quarterback like traveling who is slow to discharge, designed to get some traction against a swarming shield that is Irish? Especially when hes working with an offensive scheme that is entirely new and a new coach?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep up and Im desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and your sage wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to read in your last sentence you are coming on to the bright side of sports gambling, or you are simply being the exact same wise a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers who are currently making college football selections decide on this. Im the first to understand Louisville fully pumped and was, but 1-11 ATS last season.
Just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A coach brings a new mindset and with this being a match, Satterfield will market his staff. Louisville does have to trust they will not be taken by the Irish and never have a lot of fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS if dishing out more or 20 digits. That defense you said might improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, even if you dont/can not recruit like Bama or Clemson, it is going to take time.
I was a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, because Louisville could be better but Id submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable record rendered by an trainer like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the general public is right, and also in this situation they surely 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 prepared 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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