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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 college football selections on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then also I will deviate to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will most likely be the first and only time this year we do so, as the previous week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the very best teams in the country, plus a legendary soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet about the Steelers while the Titans were backed by me. We have been swapping wins forth and back so it appears like it is my turn to get the golden wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will accompany the squares putting the thick lumber onto a street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days before this Monday night affair, I see that the lineup has spiked a half-point on the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered in a solid -20 round the board whatsoever of the very best online sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but you are currently leaning in this season-opening clash to the Cardinals. Apart from the place is it that you think Louisville will hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, IMO and a successful triumph, said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to soccer, will our recordings with this one and in which the games count.
Remember Louisville used to play against opponents? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
However, such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its fake (in real life) owner, Louisville football last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles in Appalachian State and are out win matches and to alter the culture. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a moment for Louisville, a group which has the chance to start 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 I enjoy Hassan Hall since the direct running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the defense, well, that makes me more worried. Why you have your Irish up please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and he has a group last year, in which they went winless coming from a dismal album. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it.
While that may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a team that made it into the CFP this past year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points within the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders also, averaging over 33 points per match.
My question is, how is a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, designed to get some traction against a shield? Particularly when hes working with a coach and an offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville will have the ability to keep pace and Im desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and your ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to read in your last sentence youre coming over to the glowing side of sports betting, or youre simply being the identical wise a** you are. I will let the SBR readers who are currently making school football selections decide on that. I am the first to understand Louisville sucked and was, however, 1-11 ATS last season.
Just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A fresh mindset is brought by A coach and with this being a game, Satterfield will market his staff. Louisville does need to hope never and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with the gold and blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS, if dishing out 20 or more specimens. That defense you said may improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, if you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping that was impressive resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville might be greater but Id submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record left by an equally awkward coach like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the road is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the people is correct, and in this case they certainly are. Until when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets see what happens on Monday night once the Irish come prepared 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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