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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 will detract to dip our toes into uncharted waters and then render our college football picks on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will probably be the first and only time this season we do this, as the last week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the best clubs in the nation, and a legendary soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while I supported the Titans. Weve been placing wins on and back so it looks like it is my turn to the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow the squares laying the lumber on a street favorite.
After reviewing the college 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 it is now offered in a solid -20 throughout the board whatsoever of the best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but youre currently leaning on the Cardinals. Besides the place do you think Louisville can hang with the boys out of South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup IMO and at least a convincing win, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans management. Let us proceed to real football, will our records with this one and in which the games count.
Remember all those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to perform against opponents? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games to see and also the Cardinals were an club.
But for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and are out to alter the culture and win matches. This wont happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. Yet , this is a significant time for Louisville, a group that has the chance.
Ive read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall since the direct running back. The protection, well, that makes me more worried than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. You have up your Irish please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much flying into this match since the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a group coming off of a dismal 2-10 record in which they went winless last year. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and trying to turn it.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team which made it into the CFP last year and owned only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
My query is, how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to discharge, supposed to get any traction from a swarming defense? Particularly when he is working with an offensive scheme that is entirely new and a coach?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will be able to keep pace with this Golden Domers and I am desperate for handicapping expertise that is prodigious and your brand new wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence you are coming around to the sunny side of sport gambling, or you are just being the identical wise a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers who are making this is decided on by school football selections. Im the first to understand Louisville was, however 1-11 ATS and completely sucked last season.
However, that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons. A fresh mindset is brought by A new trainer on building a statement, and this being a national match, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does need to trust not and the Irish will take them have much fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also a ATS if dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you said might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even when you dont/cant amuse like Bama or Clemson, it is going to take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville might be better but I would submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their deplorable document rendered by an equally inept trainer like Petrino.
I know that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the road would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the general public is right, and also in this instance they definitely are. Until once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, let us see what happens on Monday night once 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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