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 plan of NFL discussion to dip our toes into uncharted waters and then leave our college football picks.
It will most likely be the first and only time this season we do this, as the last week of display NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best clubs in the nation, plus a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while the Titans were endorsed by me. Weve been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like its my turn for the golden wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will follow the squares laying the lumber on a public street favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days prior to the Monday night event, I see the line has spiked a half-point about the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 across the board whatsoever of the very best internet sportsbooks.
I love the Irish but youre currently leaning within this battle on the Cardinals. Besides the place, why is it that you think Louisville will hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup and a win IMO, it said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans management. Lets move to real football, in which the games rely and will our recordings with this one.
Recall Louisville used to play against competitions? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were fun games and also the Cardinals were an golf club.
However, just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to alter the civilization and win games and worked wonders. 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 steps in the ideal direction.
Ive read in which the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the shield that makes me more nervous. You have your Irish up please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and he has a team last year, in which they went winless in ACC activity coming off of a dismal 2-10 record. This rebuild is akin to seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and taking a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team that made it into the CFP last year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points over the regular season and going a perfect 12-0 until they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
So, my question is, how is a quarterback like traveling who is slow to release, supposed to obtain any traction against a Irish shield? Especially when hes working with a new trainer and an offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to be able to keep pace with the Golden Domers and Im desperate for your ancestral wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to read in your last sentence you are coming around to the glowing side of sport gambling, or you are simply being the same wise a** you are. Ill let the SBR readers that are currently making that is decided on by college football picks. Im the first to realize Louisville was, however, 1-11 ATS and sucked last year.
Like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons However, that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A fresh mindset is brought by A coach on building a statement, and this being a national match, his team will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly with gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS, when dishing out more or 20 specimens. That defense you mentioned might improve as the year progresses but replacing five starters, even if you dont/can not amuse like Bama or even Clemson, it will take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because though youve got an impressive handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this circumstance, because Louisville might be greater compared to last year but I would submit that they are coached with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their document rendered by an awkward trainer such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly three touchdowns on the street would be square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but on occasion the public is correct, and in this instance they surely are. Until when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, lets see what happens on Monday night 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)