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Notre Dame (9) vs Louisville
Monday, September 2 nd, 8:00 PM at Cardinal Stadium
Swinging Johnson: This week Doug Upstone and render our college football selections on the Monday night match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then also I shall detract from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL discussion to dip our feet.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this year we do this, as the last week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the best teams in the country, and a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the debate after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while I supported the Titans. Weve been placing wins forth and back so it looks like its my turn to the wreath, as I will follow the squares putting the thick lumber on a street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days ahead of this Monday night event, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently offered in a solid -20 across the board at all of the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but you are currently leaning onto the Cardinals in this season-opening battle. Other than the venue is it that you think Louisville will hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup IMO and at least a convincing triumph, it said a lot about the management of both the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to real soccer, where the matches count and so will our records on this one.
Remember Louisville used to perform against opponents that are big-name? They held their engineered and own many upsets. These were fun games to see and the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville football last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out win games and to alter the culture and worked wonders. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down from theVille. However , this is a time for Louisville, a team that has the opportunity.
Ive read in which the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall as the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the protection, well, that makes me more nervous. Please do tell youve got your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying into this game. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a team last year, in which they went winless coming off of a dismal record. This rebuild is comparable to seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and taking a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually occur, the issue 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 till they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense has been clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
My issue is, how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, supposed to gain any traction against a Irish defense? Particularly when hes working with a new coach and an offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to be able to keep pace with the Golden Domers and I am desperate for the ancestral wisdom and prodigious handicapping expertise!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am pleased to see in your last sentence youre coming on to the sunny side of sport betting, or you are just being the exact same shrewd a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers who are making this is decided on by school football picks. I am the first to realize Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 and completely sucked final year.
However, that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons. A trainer brings a new mindset and with this being a federal game, Satterfield will sell his staff. Louisville does need to trust they will not be taken by the Irish for granted and not have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS, when dishing out 20 or more specimens. That defense you said might improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even if you dont/can not amuse like Clemson or Bama, it will take some time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because although youve got an impressive handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville might be greater but I would submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable record rendered by an coach such as Petrino.
I understand that placing 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 in this instance they definitely are. Until next week when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday once 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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