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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 Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and that I shall detract to dip our feet.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the best teams in the nation, plus a legendary football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a bet on the Steelers while the Titans were supported by me. We have been placing wins back and forth so it appears like it is my turn to the gold wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will accompany each of the squares putting the thick lumber on a street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days before this Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered in a solid -20 across the board at all of the best internet sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but youre leaning onto the Cardinals. Other than the place is it that you think Louisville could hang with the boys in South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup IMO and at least a convincing win, it said a lot about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move ahead to real soccer, so will our recordings on this one and in which the games rely.
Remember Louisville used to play against big-name competitions? They held their own and engineered several upsets. These were fun games and also the Cardinals were an exciting golf club.
But like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to change the civilization and win games and worked wonders at Appalachian State. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity to begin taking steps.
I have read where the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the defense which makes me more nervous. Please do tell why you have up your Irish.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and hes got a team this past year, in which they went winless in ACC activity coming off of a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and trying to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team which made it to the CFP last year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per game over.
So, my issue is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to discharge, supposed to gain some traction against a swarming defense that is Irish? Especially when hes working with a trainer and an offensive strategy that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to be able to keep pace and Im desperate to your ancestral wisdom and prodigious handicapping expertise!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence youre coming on to the glowing side of sport gambling, or you are just being the exact shrewd a** you usually are. Ill let the SBR readers who are making this is decided on by school football selections. Im the first to understand Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 and sucked last season.
But that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons. A new mindset is brought by A trainer and with this being a national match, Satterfield will sell his staff on making a statement. Louisville does have to hope never and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS when dishing out 20 or more digits. That defense you said may improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even when you dont/can not amuse like Bama or even Clemson, it will take time.
I was a bit facetious because although you have an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville could be better compared to last year but Id submit that they are coached with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document rendered by an awkward trainer such as Petrino.
I know that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the street would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the general public is correct, and also in this instance they definitely are. Until when we get back 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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