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 will deviate to dip our toes into uncharted waters and then render our college football picks on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this year we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA football comprising one of the best clubs in the country, plus a mythical football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us start the debate after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while the Titans were backed by me. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it appears like its my turn to get the wreath, as I heartily endorse the Irish and will accompany each of the squares putting the thick lumber onto a public road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days ahead of the Monday night affair, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its now offered in a solid -20 round the board whatsoever of the very best online sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but youre leaning on the Cardinals. Apart from the place, why do you believe Louisville could hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, at least and a successful triumph IMO, said a great deal about both the Steelers and Titans management. Lets proceed to football, so will our recordings on this one and in which the matches count.
Recall Louisville used to play against competitions that are big-name? They held their engineered and own several upsets. These were fun games to see and the Cardinals were an golf club.
But like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (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 miracles in Appalachian State. This will not happen immediately as the ability level is down in theVille. Nonetheless, this is a time for Louisville, a group which has the chance.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall as the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the defense , which makes me more worried. You have your Irish up, please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest, flying into this match. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and hes got a team last year, where they went winless coming from a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it.
While that may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is facing a group that made it to the CFP this past year and owned one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging 33 points per game over.
My question is, how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to discharge, supposed to get some traction against a swarming defense that is Irish? Especially when hes working with an offensive scheme and a trainer?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace and I am desperate to prodigious handicapping experience and your ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to read in your last sentence you are coming over to the sunny side of sports gambling, or you are simply being the exact wise a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers who are currently making school football picks decide on that. Im the first to realize Louisville fully pumped and was not just 2-10, however, 1-11 ATS final year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons, However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new trainer brings a new attitude on creating a statement and this being a federal game, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to trust not and the Irish will take them have much fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also if dishing out 20 or more specimens, a ATS. This defense you said might improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even whenever you dont/can not recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it will take time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was being a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville might be greater than last year but Id submit that they could be trained by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their record left by an coach such as Petrino.
I understand that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the street would be square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but sometimes the people is correct, and also in this situation they definitely are. Until next week when we get down on our NFL Game of the 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)