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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 that I will deviate from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL discussion to dip our toes into uncharted waters and leave our college football picks.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the greatest clubs in the country, plus a legendary football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while the Titans were supported by me. Weve been swapping wins on and back so it looks like it is my turn to the gold wreath, as I heartily endorse the Irish and will follow the squares putting the thick lumber on a road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days ahead of this Monday night event, I see that the line has spiked a half-point on the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its currently offered in a solid -20 round the board at all the very best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but youre currently leaning within this season-opening battle on the Cardinals. Aside from the venue do you believe Louisville can hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, and a triumph IMO, said a lot about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move to soccer, where the matches rely and will our records with this one.
Recall Louisville used to perform against competitions? They more than held their own and engineered many upsets. These were fun games to see and also the Cardinals were an golf club.
However, like the former Papa Johns Stadium and its fake (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles at Appalachian State and will be out win matches and to change the culture. This wont happen right away as the ability level is down in theVille. This is a major time for Louisville, a group which has the opportunity.
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 lead running back. The protection that makes me more worried than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. Please do tell why you have your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest, flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and hes got a team coming off of a dismal 2-10 record this past year where they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is akin to seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and taking a hot air balloon.
While this may eventually happen, 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, surrendering just 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 as well, averaging over 33 points per game.
My question is, just how will be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, designed to gain any traction against a swarming Irish shield? Especially when hes working with a trainer and an offensive strategy that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up with this Golden Domers and Im desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and your ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to see in your last sentence youre coming on to the bright side of sport betting, or youre simply being the exact wise a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers that are making that is decided on by school football picks. I am the first to understand Louisville sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 last year.
Just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new trainer brings a new attitude and his team will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement, this being a game. Louisville does need to hope the Irish will take them for granted and never 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 mere 7-9-1 ATS, if dishing out 20 or more specimens. This defense you said might improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even if you dont/cant amuse like Bama or Clemson, it will take some time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, because Louisville might be better but Id submit that they are coached with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document rendered by an inept trainer like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road 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 right, and also in this case they surely are. Until when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, lets see what happens on Monday night when 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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