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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 and then I shall deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our toes.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA football comprising one of the very best clubs in the nation, and a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while the Titans were supported by me. We have been swapping wins forth and back so it appears like it is my turn to the golden wreath, as I heartily endorse the Irish and will follow the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on 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 about the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its now offered at a solid -20 round the board whatsoever the best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but youre currently leaning to the Cardinals. Other than the venue is it that you believe Louisville could hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: YesSwinger, a convincing triumph and IMO, said a great deal about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Let us move ahead to football, where the games rely and so will our recordings on this one.
Recall Louisville used to perform against opponents that are big-name? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were a thrilling golf club.
However, like the former Papa Johns Stadium and its fake (in real life) owner, Louisville football last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and are out to change the culture and win games. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. Yet , this is a significant moment for Louisville, a team which has the chance to start taking actions.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the shield, well, which makes me more nervous. You have up your Irish please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing flying into this game since the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and hes got a team coming off of a dismal album in which they went winless last year. This rebuild is akin to seeking to turn it and taking a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a group 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 over the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
My question is, how can be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, designed to obtain any traction against a swarming shield? Particularly when hes working with an offensive strategy and a new trainer?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to be able to keep up and I am desperate to your ancestral wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am pleased to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the glowing side of sport gambling, or you are simply being the same wise a** you are. I will let the SBR readers who are currently making this is decided on by college football picks. I am the first to realize Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and sucked final season.
But that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons. A new trainer brings a new mindset and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement, with this being a national match. Louisville does have to hope that the Irish will take them and not have a lot of fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly using the blue and gold is ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS when dishing out more or 20 digits. This defense you said may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even if you dont/can not amuse like Clemson or Bama, it will take time.
I was a bit facetious because though you have an impressive handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville could be better compared to last year but Id submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their record rendered by an coach like Petrino.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street would be square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the public is correct, and also in this case they really are. Until when we get back 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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