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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 render our school football picks on the Monday night game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then that I will detract to dip our feet.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this season we do this, as the previous week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer comprising one of the top clubs in the country, plus a legendary football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while I backed the Titans. Weve been swapping wins back and forth so it appears like its my turn for the golden wreath, as I heartily endorse the Irish and will accompany each of the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a street favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days prior to this Monday night affair, I see that the line has spiked a half-point about the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board whatsoever of the best online sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but youre leaning within this season-opening battle on the Cardinals. Besides the place do you think Louisville will hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes IMO and a convincing win, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans management. Lets move ahead to football, where the matches rely and so will our records on this one.
Recall Louisville utilized to play against opponents? They more than held their engineered and own upsets. These were enjoyable games and also the Cardinals were a thrilling golf club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and are out win matches and to change the culture. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down from theVille. However this is a big time for Louisville, a team that has the chance to begin taking actions.
I have read in which the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall as the lead running back. The defense that makes me more worried than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. You have up your Irish, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing flying in this match since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and hes got a team coming off of a dismal 2-10 album where they went winless in ACC action last year. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and trying to turn it.
While this may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is facing a group which made it into the CFP this past year and owned 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 was clicking on all cylinders also, averaging 33 points per match over.
So, my question is, just how will be a quarterback like traveling who is slow to discharge, supposed to get some traction against a swarming Irish shield? Particularly when hes working with a trainer and an offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up and I am desperate to your sage wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to read in your last sentence you are coming over to the sunny side of sport gambling, or youre simply being the identical wise a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers who are making school football picks decide on this. I am the first to realize Louisville was, but 1-11 ATS and fully pumped final season.
Like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A trainer brings a new mindset and with this being a match, Satterfield will sell his team. Louisville does have to expect they will not be taken by that the Irish and not have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is ATS as a road favorite, also a mere 7-9-1 ATS when dishing out 20 or more digits. This defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, whenever you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville could be better than last year but Id submit that they could be coached with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable record left by an coach like Petrino.
I know that laying nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the general public is right, 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 once the Irish come ready to squint at Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
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