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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 on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and then that I will detract to dip our feet.
It will probably be the very first and only time this year we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season sport of NCAA football comprising one of the top teams in the nation, plus a legendary soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while I endorsed the Titans. We have been placing wins back and on so it appears like it is my turn to get the golden wreath, as I heartily endorse the Irish and will accompany each of the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a public street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days ahead of the Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point on the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered in a solid -20 round the board at all the very best online sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but youre currently leaning within this season-opening battle on the Cardinals. Aside from the venue do you think Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes a convincing win and IMO, said a great deal about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to soccer, so will our records on this one and in which the games count.
Recall those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to play against opponents that are big-name? They more than held their own and engineered upsets. These were enjoyable games to see and also the Cardinals were an club.
However, such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out win matches and to alter the culture and worked miracles. This will not happen immediately as the talent level is down in theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a group which has the chance.
I have read where the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall as the direct running back. The protection, well, which makes me more nervous than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. Please do tell youve got up your Irish.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing much flying into this match as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a team last year, in which they went winless in ACC action coming off of a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is comparable to seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and carrying a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it into 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 going a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders also, averaging over 33 points per match.
My issue is, how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, designed to obtain any traction against a swarming Irish shield? Especially when hes working with a trainer and an offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep up with this Golden Domers and Im desperate for prodigious handicapping expertise and your brand new wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence you are coming around to the glowing side of sports gambling, or youre simply being the exact identical wise a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers who are making that is decided on by college football selections. Im the first to realize Louisville was not just 2-10, but 1-11 ATS and fully pumped final season.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons but that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A trainer brings a new mindset and his team will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement, with this being a game. Louisville does need to hope they will not be taken by the Irish and not have a lot of fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS when dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, even if you dont/cant amuse like Clemson or Bama, it will take time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, because Louisville might be better but Id submit that they could be trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their document rendered by an inept trainer like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but at times the general public is correct, and also in this situation they are. Until when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, let us see what happens on Monday night 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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