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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 that I will detract to dip our toes and leave our school football selections on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will probably be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer comprising one of the best clubs in the country, and a legendary football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while I supported the Titans. We have been swapping wins on and back so it appears like its my turn for the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will accompany each of the squares laying the heavy lumber onto a public road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days ahead of this Monday night event, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently offered in a solid -20 across the board at all the best online sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but youre leaning within this clash to the Cardinals. Aside from the venue is it that you think Louisville could hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes, Swinger, IMO and at least a convincing triumph, said a lot about the direction of both the Steelers and Titans. Lets move ahead to real soccer, where the matches count and so will our recordings on this one.
Recall all those Thursday night matches Louisville used to perform against big-name competitions? They more than held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games to watch and also the Cardinals were an golf club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to change the culture and win matches and worked wonders. This will not happen immediately as the ability level is down from theVille. However , this is a major moment for Louisville, a group which has the chance.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall as the direct running back. The defense that makes me more nervous than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. You have up your Irish please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a group coming from a dismal 2-10 record this past year in which they went winless. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it into the CFP last year and possessed 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 fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
So, my issue is, just how will be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, supposed to get some traction against a swarming Irish defense? Particularly when hes working with a coach and an offensive scheme that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville will have the ability to keep up and I am desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and your ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to see in your last sentence you are coming over to the sunny side of sports gambling, or youre simply being the same wise a** you usually are. Ill allow the SBR readers that are currently making college football selections decide on this. I am the first to understand Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 and sucked last season.
Just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons, but that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new trainer brings a new mindset and this being a game, Satterfield will sell his staff. Louisville does have to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS when dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you mentioned may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even when you dont/cant amuse like Bama or Clemson, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, because Louisville might be greater than last year but I would submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record left by an trainer like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that laying nearly three touchdowns on the road would be square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the general public is right, and also in this instance they certainly are. Until once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week next 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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