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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 I shall deviate to dip our feet and render our school football selections on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best clubs in the country, plus a mythical football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us 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 backed by me. Weve been placing wins back and forth so it looks like it is my turn to the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will accompany each of the squares laying the heavy lumber on a road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days ahead of the Monday night affair, I see the line has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its presently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board whatsoever of the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but you are currently leaning on the Cardinals in this clash. Other than the venue is it that you believe Louisville can hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, at least and a win IMO, it said a lot about the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move to soccer, will our records on this one and in which the games rely.
Remember those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to play against big-name competitions? They held their own and engineered several upsets. These were fun games to watch and the Cardinals were an golf club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders at Appalachian State and are out win matches and to alter the culture. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity.
I have read where the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall because the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the shield, well, which makes me more nervous. 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 comfortable in their nest, flying into this match. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and he has a group coming off of a dismal 2-10 album last year where they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is akin to seeking to turn it in an F-22 Raptor and carrying a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is facing a team which made it to the CFP last year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
My question is, how can be a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, supposed to gain some traction against a defense? Particularly when hes working with a coach and an offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep pace with this Golden Domers and Im desperate to handicapping experience that is prodigious and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to see in your last sentence you are coming on to the bright side of sport gambling, or you are simply being the same wise a** you usually are. Ill let the SBR readers that are currently making this is decided on by school football picks. I am the first to understand Louisville fully pumped and was 1-11 ATS, although not just 2-10 final year.
Just like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new trainer brings a new mindset and his team will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement, with this being a federal match. Louisville does have to trust never and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS if dishing out 20 or more specimens. That defense you said might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even if you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it will take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because though you have an impressive handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, because Louisville could be greater but Id submit that they are trained by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable record left by an equally awkward coach such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but at times the general public is right, and also in this case they certainly are. Until once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, let us see what happens on Monday night when 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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