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

Notre Dame (9) vs Louisville
Monday, September 2 nd, 8:00 PM in Cardinal Stadium
Swinging Johnson: This week Doug Upstone and I will deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our feet into uncharted waters and then leave our college football selections on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will probably be the first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer featuring one of the very best clubs in the country, plus a legendary football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a bet about the Steelers while I endorsed the Titans. We have been swapping wins forth and back so it looks like its my turn for the golden wreath, like I heartily endorse the Irish and will accompany each of the squares laying the heavy lumber on a public road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days ahead of the Monday night event, 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 round the board at all of the best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I like the Irish but youre currently leaning within this clash on the Cardinals. Other than the place is it that you think Louisville can hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes a successful triumph and IMO, it said a lot about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Let us move to real soccer, where the matches count and so will our recordings on this one.
Remember Louisville used to play against competitions? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games to watch and the Cardinals were a thrilling golf club.
But like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield will be out win matches and to alter the civilization and worked wonders in Appalachian State. This will not happen immediately as the ability level is down in theVille. This is a time for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity to start taking actions.
I have read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall because the direct running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the shield which makes me more worried. 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 cozy in their nest, flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and he has a group coming off of a dismal 2-10 album in which they went winless in ACC action this past year. This rebuild is comparable to carrying a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a team which made it into the CFP last year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders as well, averaging over 33 points per match.
My question is, just how will be a quarterback like traveling who is slow to release, supposed to obtain any traction against a swarming Irish defense? Especially when hes working with a trainer and an offensive strategy that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep up with this Golden Domers and Im desperate for the ancestral wisdom and prodigious handicapping expertise!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to read in your last sentence you are coming on to the glowing side of sports betting, or youre simply being the exact shrewd a** you are. I will let the SBR readers who are currently making school football selections decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville sucked and was, but 1-11 ATS final year.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A new attitude is brought by A trainer on making a statement, and with this being a match, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does need to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have a lot of fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS if dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you said may improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even when you dont/can not amuse like Clemson or Bama, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because although you have an impressive handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, you happen to be shooting, since Louisville might be greater compared to last year but I would submit that they are coached by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable document rendered by an equally inept coach such as Petrino.
I know that laying nearly three touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but at times the people is right, and also in this case they surely are. Until next week once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday night when the Irish come prepared to rumble in Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)