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 leave our school football picks on the Monday night match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then I will detract from our regularly scheduled program of NFL discussion to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this season we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to some regular-season sport of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best teams in the country, and a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the debate 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. We have been swapping wins on and back so it looks like its my turn for the gold wreath, as I will accompany all the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a public street favorite and heartily endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days prior to the Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point about the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 throughout the board at all the best online sportsbooks.
You are currently leaning to the Cardinals although doug, I love the Irish. Besides the venue is it that you believe Louisville could hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes IMO and at least a successful triumph, it said a great deal about the management of both the Steelers and Titans. Let us proceed to real soccer, in which the games count and so will our records on this one.
Recall Louisville used to play against opponents that are big-name? They more than held their own and engineered many upsets. These were enjoyable games and the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
However, just like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders in Appalachian State and will be out to alter the civilization and win matches. This will not happen right away as the ability level is down in theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a team that has the opportunity to start taking steps.
I have read where the Cards trainers have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall as the lead running back. The protection, well, that makes me more worried than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. Why you have up your Irish please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much as the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest, flying into this match. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and he has a team coming off of a dismal album this past year in which they went winless. This rebuild is akin to carrying a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it in an F-22 Raptor.
While this may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is facing a group which made it to the CFP this past year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the regular season and moving a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense was clicking on all cylinders as well, averaging over 33 points per game.
My issue is, just how is a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, designed to gain any traction against a swarming Irish defense? Particularly when he is working with a trainer and a completely new offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up and I am desperate to the ancestral wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the glowing side of sports betting, or you are just being the same wise a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers who are currently making this is decided on by college football picks. Im the first to realize Louisville was, however 1-11 ATS and sucked last season.
Just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons, but that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new trainer brings a fresh mindset and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on building a statement, with this being a federal match. Louisville does need to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly using all the gold and blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS if dishing out 20 or more digits. This defense you said may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even if you dont/cant recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take some time.
I was being a bit facetious because although you have an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this event, because Louisville might be better but Id submit that they could be trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their record rendered by an inept coach such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the street is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but at times the general public is correct, and 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 once 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)