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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 render our college football selections and then I shall deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL discussion to dip our toes.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this year we do this, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best teams in the country, and a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while I backed the Titans. We have been swapping wins back and on so it looks like its my turn for the golden wreath, as I will accompany the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a public street favorite and heartily endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days prior to the Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its now offered at a solid -20 round the board at all of the best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but you are leaning in this season-opening clash on the Cardinals. Besides the venue, why do you believe Louisville will hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes IMO and at least a successful triumph, it said a great deal about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to football, in which the games count and so will our records on this one.
Recall those Thursday night matches Louisville used to perform against opponents? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games and also the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
However, like the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders at Appalachian State and are out win games and to change the culture. This wont happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. Yet , this is a moment for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the shield which makes me more nervous. Please do tell you have your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest, flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and hes got a team coming from a dismal record this past year where they went winless in ACC activity. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and trying to turn it.
While that may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team which made it to the CFP last year and owned only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 till they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
So, my issue is, how is a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, designed to get some traction against a swarming defense that is Irish? Especially when he is working with an offensive scheme that is entirely new and a new coach?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep pace and Im desperate to prodigious handicapping expertise and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to read in your last sentence you are coming on to the glowing side of sports gambling, or youre just being the exact identical shrewd a** you are. I will allow the SBR readers who are currently making college football picks decide on that. I am the first to understand Louisville sucked and was, however, 1-11 ATS last year.
But that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, just like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons. A coach brings a new attitude and his team will be sold by Satterfield on building a statement this being a national game. Louisville does need to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and when dishing out 20 or more digits, a ATS. This defense you said might improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even when you dont/cant recruit like Bama or Clemson, it is going to take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, because Louisville might be greater but I would submit that they could be trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document left by an trainer like Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but sometimes the general public is right, and also in this situation they definitely are. Until when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, lets see what happens on Monday night once 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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