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

Posted December 23, 2019

Notre Dame (9) vs Louisville
Monday, September 2 nd, 8:00 PM at Cardinal Stadium
Swinging Johnson: This week Doug Upstone and I shall detract to dip our toes into uncharted waters and then render our college football selections on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this season we do so, as the previous week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best teams in the nation, and a legendary soccer program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while I backed the Titans. Weve been placing wins forth and back so it looks like it is my turn to the gold wreath, as I will follow each of the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a street favorite and heartily endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days ahead of the Monday night event, I see that the lineup has spiked a half-point on the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently offered at a solid -20 throughout the board at all the very best internet sportsbooks.
Doug, I enjoy the Irish but you are leaning on the Cardinals. Apart from the venue, why is it that you believe Louisville could hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes a convincing win and IMO, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans direction. Let us move to soccer, will our records on this one and in which the games count.
Recall those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to perform against big-name competitions? They held their own and engineered several upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an club.
But like the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and will be out win matches and to alter the culture. This wont happen right away as the ability level is down from theVille. Yet , this is a time for Louisville, a group which has the opportunity to begin taking steps in the right direction.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall since the lead running back. The shield, well, which makes me more nervous than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. You have up your Irish please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing flying in this game since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and hes got a team last year, in which they went winless coming off of a dismal record. This rebuild is comparable to carrying a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it to the CFP last year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points over the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders as well, averaging over 33 points per game.
My question is, how will be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, designed to obtain some traction against a swarming shield that is Irish? Especially when hes working with an offensive scheme that is entirely new and a new coach?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep up and Im desperate to prodigious handicapping experience and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to read in your last sentence you are coming around to the sunny side of sport betting, or youre just being the identical shrewd a** you usually are. I will allow the SBR readers that are making that is decided on by college football picks. I am the first to realize Louisville was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 and fully pumped final year.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons, However, that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A coach brings a fresh mindset and with this being a federal match, Satterfield will sell his staff. Louisville does have to hope never and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly using the gold and blue is ATS as a road favorite, also if dishing out 20 or more digits, a mere 7-9-1 ATS. That defense you said may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, even when you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or Bama, it will take time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping that was impressive restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this scenario, because Louisville might be greater compared to last year but I would submit that they are coached by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their record rendered by an awkward trainer such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the street would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but on occasion the people is correct, and in this case they certainly are. Until next week once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday once the Irish come prepared to squint at Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)

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