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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 match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then I will deviate to dip our feet.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best teams in the nation, plus 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 the Titans were backed by me. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like its my turn to get the wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will accompany all the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a street favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days prior to the 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 it is currently offered at a solid -20 across the board at all of the best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but youre currently leaning on the Cardinals. Aside from the place is it that you think Louisville can hang with the boys in South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup at least and a successful win IMO, said a great deal about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move to real soccer, where the matches count and will our recordings with this one.
Recall those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to play against competitions that are big-name? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games and also the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
But just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to alter the civilization and win matches and worked wonders. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down in theVille. Nonetheless, this is a moment for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity to start taking steps.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall as the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the defense, well, that makes me more nervous. Why you have up your Irish, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing as the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest flying into this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a group coming from a dismal album in which they went winless this past year. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it.
While this may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a team which made it to the CFP this past year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points over the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
So, my question is, how is a quarterback like traveling who is slow to release, designed to obtain some traction against a swarming shield? Especially when he is working with a new coach and an offensive scheme that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace and Im desperate to your brand new wisdom and prodigious handicapping expertise!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am pleased to see in your last sentence you are coming around to the bright side of sports betting, or youre just being the identical wise a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers who are making college football selections decide on that. Im the first to understand Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 and completely sucked last season.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A coach brings a fresh attitude and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement, with this being a game. Louisville does have to hope they will not be taken by the Irish and not have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and when dishing out 20 or more specimens, a mere 7-9-1 ATS. That defense you said may improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, even if you dont/can not amuse like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was being a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville might be greater but Id submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable record rendered by an awkward coach like Petrino.
I understand that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the street would be square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the people is correct, and in this case they are. Until next week when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday night once the Irish come ready to rumble in Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)
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