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

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Notre Dame (9) vs Louisville
Monday, September 2 nd, 8:00 PM at Cardinal Stadium
Swinging Johnson: This week Doug Upstone and render our school football selections on the Monday night match between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and I will detract to dip our feet into uncharted waters.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the previous week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best teams in the nation, plus a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while the Titans were endorsed by me. Weve been placing wins on and back so it looks like it is my turn to get the golden wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will accompany each of the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days prior to the Monday night affair, I see that the lineup has spiked a half-point on the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its currently offered in a solid -20 throughout the board at all the very best internet sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but you are currently leaning to the Cardinals. Besides the venue is it that you believe Louisville could hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup IMO and a successful win, said a lot about the Steelers and Titans direction. Lets proceed to real soccer, where the matches count and will our recordings on this one.
Recall those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to play against competitions? They more than held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an exciting club.
But such as the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to change the civilization and win matches and worked miracles in Appalachian State. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. This is a major time for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity to start taking actions.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall since the direct running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 the defense which makes me more nervous. Why you have your Irish up please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing flying in this match since the Notre Dame defense will keep them cozy in their nest. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a group coming from a dismal 2-10 record where they went winless in ACC action last year. This rebuild is akin to seeking to turn it and carrying a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group that made it into the CFP this past year and possessed 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 until they fulfilled Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders as well, averaging over 33 points per game.
So, my query is, how is a quarterback like Pass who is slow to release, supposed to obtain any traction against a swarming shield? Especially when he is working with a new trainer and an offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form where Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace and Im desperate for prodigious handicapping expertise and the ancestral wisdom!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im happy to see in your last sentence youre coming over to the glowing side of sports betting, or you are just being the same shrewd a** you are. I will let the SBR readers that are making school football selections decide on that. Im the first to understand Louisville completely sucked and was not only 2-10, but 1-11 ATS final year.
Just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A new mindset is brought by A coach and with this being a national match, Satterfield will sell his staff. Louisville does have to hope they will not be taken by the Irish and never have a lot of fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS, when dishing out more or 20 digits. This defense you said may improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, if you dont/cant amuse like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take some time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because although youve got an impressive handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, because Louisville might be greater compared to last year but Id submit that they are coached by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their document rendered by an equally awkward coach like Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that placing nearly three touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but sometimes the people is correct, and in this instance they surely are. Until when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, lets 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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