Point/Counterpoint: Notre Dame vs Louisville – Free NCAAF Betting Picks

Notre Dame (9) vs Louisville
Monday, September 2 nd, 8:00 PM at Cardinal Stadium
Swinging Johnson: This week Doug Upstone and I shall deviate from our regularly scheduled plan of NFL debate to dip our feet into uncharted waters and render our school football selections.
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 some regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the best teams in the nation, plus a mythical soccer program to boot, 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 I backed the Titans. Weve been placing wins back and on so it looks like its my turn to the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow all the squares putting the thick lumber on a street favorite.
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 preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its presently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board at all the best internet sportsbooks.
You are currently leaning to the Cardinals although I like the Irish. Besides the venue is it that you think Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes, Swinger, IMO and a successful win, it said a great deal about both the Steelers and Titans management. Let us move ahead to real football, will our recordings with this one and where the matches rely.
Recall those Thursday night matches Louisville used to perform against competitions that are big-name? They held their own and engineered upsets. These were fun games to watch and also the Cardinals were an golf club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its fake (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out to alter the culture and win games and worked wonders in Appalachian State. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a major time for Louisville, a team that has the opportunity.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall because the direct running back. The defense, well, which makes me more nervous than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins. You have your Irish up, please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest, flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and he has a team coming off of a dismal 2-10 album where they went winless last year. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a team which made it into 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 fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per game over.
My issue is, how is a quarterback like Pass who is slow to discharge, supposed to get any traction against a Irish defense? Especially when hes working with a new coach and a completely new offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace and Im desperate to your ancestral wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im pleased to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the bright side of sports gambling, or youre simply being the exact wise a** you are. I will let the SBR readers who are making college football picks decide on that. I am the first to understand Louisville sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 final year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons However, coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A new coach brings a new mindset and with this being a federal match, Satterfield will sell his team. Louisville does have to hope they will not be taken by the Irish and never have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using the blue and gold is ATS as a road favorite, and when dishing out 20 or more specimens, a mere 7-9-1 ATS. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, if you dont/cant amuse like Clemson or Bama, it is going to take some time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because although you have an handicapping that was impressive restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville could be better but I would submit that they could be trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document rendered by an equally inept trainer like Petrino.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the public is right, and also in this case they definitely are. Until when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, let us see what happens on Monday 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)