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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 school football selections on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and then I will deviate to dip our feet.
It will probably be the first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season sport of NCAA football comprising one of the top clubs in the country, plus a mythical soccer program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager on the Steelers while the Titans were backed by me. We have been placing wins forth and back so it looks like it is my turn to get the golden 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 college football odds almost six days before the Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point on the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered at a solid -20 across the board at all the best internet sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but you are leaning within this battle onto the Cardinals. Other than the place, why do you believe Louisville can hang with the boys in South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes, Swinger, IMO and a successful triumph, said a great deal about the management of both the Steelers and Titans. Let us proceed to real football, in which the games count and will our recordings with this one.
Remember those Thursday night matches Louisville used to perform against opponents? They more than held their own and engineered upsets. These were enjoyable games to watch and also the Cardinals were an club.
But such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles and will be out win games and to change the civilization. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a big time for Louisville, a staff that has the opportunity.
I have read in which the Cards trainers 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 wins the shield, well, that makes me more worried. You have your Irish up please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much flying into this match since the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and he has a team coming off of a dismal 2-10 album this past year in which they went winless in ACC activity. This rebuild is like trying to turn it and getting a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a team which made it to the CFP this past year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the regular season and moving a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
My issue is, how is a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, designed to obtain any traction against a defense? Especially when he is working with an offensive scheme and a new coach?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace and I am desperate for handicapping experience that is prodigious and the sage wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to see in your last sentence youre coming on to the bright side of sports betting, or you are simply being the identical shrewd a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers that are making school football selections decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 last season.
Just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons, but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A fresh attitude is brought by A coach and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement, with this being a national game. Louisville does need to trust they will not be taken by the Irish and never have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with all the blue and gold is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS, when dishing out 20 or more digits. This defense you said may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, whenever you dont/can not recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was being a bit facetious because although you have an handicapping restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, because Louisville could be greater compared to last year but Id submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their document rendered by an awkward trainer such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the public is right, and also in this situation they certainly are. Until next week once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday when 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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