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Notre Dame (9) vs Louisville
\nMonday, September 2 nd, 8:00 PM in Cardinal Stadium
\nSwinging Johnson: This week Doug Upstone and leave our college football selections on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and then that I will detract from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL discussion to dip our toes.
\nIt will most likely be the very first and only time this year we do this, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the best clubs in the country, plus a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
\nWithout further ado, lets begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while the Titans were supported by me. Weve been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like it is my turn to the golden wreath, as I heartily endorse the Irish and will accompany each of the squares laying the lumber onto a public street favorite.
\nAfter reviewing the college football odds almost six days prior to this Monday night event, I see that 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 whatsoever of the very best internet sportsbooks.
\nDoug, I enjoy the Irish but you are leaning within this season-opening battle to the Cardinals. Aside from the place is it that you believe Louisville will hang with the boys?
\nDoug Upstone: Yup IMO and at least a convincing win, it said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move ahead to real football, so will our records with this one and in which the games rely.
\nRecall those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to perform against big-name opponents? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
\nHowever, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
\nScott Satterfield will be out to change the culture and win matches and worked wonders. This wont happen right away as the ability level is down in theVille. Nonetheless, this is a big time for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity to begin taking actions in the right direction.
\nIve read in which the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall as the lead running back. The defense, well, that makes me more worried than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins. Why you have your Irish up, please dont forget.
\nSwinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest flying into this game. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a group this past year, in which they went winless coming off of a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is comparable to attempting to turn it and taking a hot air balloon.
\nWhile this may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a group which made it to the CFP last year and owned one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points within the regular season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging over 33 points per game.
\nMy question is, just how will be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to discharge, designed to obtain any traction against a shield? Particularly when hes working with an offensive scheme that is entirely new and a trainer?
\nPlease, Doug, save me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep pace and Im desperate for the ancestral wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
\nDoug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to see in your last sentence youre coming around to the sunny side of sports gambling, or youre just being the exact same shrewd a** you are. Ill allow the SBR readers who are making college football selections decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville wasnt only 2-10, but 1-11 ATS and fully pumped final year.
\nJust like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons However, coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A new trainer brings a fresh attitude and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on creating a statement, with this being a game. Louisville does need to hope not and the Irish will take them have a lot of fight.
\nLets also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is just 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS if dishing out more or 20 specimens. This defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, even if you dont\/cant recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it will take time.
\nI was becoming a bit facetious because though you have an handicapping that was impressive resume, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, because Louisville might be greater but Id submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record left by an equally inept trainer like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
\nI know that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the street is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the public is right, and in this case they certainly are. Until next week once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, lets see what happens on Monday night once the Irish come ready to squint at Louisville.
\nFree College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
\nFree College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)<\/p>\n