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 shall deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our toes and then render our school 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 year we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL soccer is somewhat lackluster compared to some regular-season game of NCAA football comprising one of the top teams in the country, and a mythical football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the discussion after my buddy Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a wager about the Steelers while I supported the Titans. Weve been swapping wins back and forth so it looks like it is my turn to the gold wreath, as I will follow each of the squares laying the heavy lumber onto a public street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days ahead of this Monday night event, I see the line has spiked a half-point about the preferred, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where its currently offered in a solid -20 round the board at all the very best internet sportsbooks.
You are currently leaning onto the Cardinals in this clash although I enjoy the Irish. Other than the place is it that you think Louisville can hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, at least and a triumph IMO, it said a great deal about the Steelers and Titans management. Lets move to football, where the matches count and will our records with this one.
Recall those Thursday night games Louisville utilized to play against competitions that are big-name? They held their engineered and own many upsets. These were fun games and also the Cardinals were an club.
However, just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield are out to alter the culture and win matches and worked miracles. This wont happen immediately as the talent level is down from theVille. This is a significant time for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity.
I have read where the Cards coaches have sped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good 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 defense, well, that makes me more nervous. Why you have up your Irish, please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing flying into this match since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest. Scott Satterfield is presently in the big leagues and he has a team coming off of a dismal record this past year where they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is akin to seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor and carrying a hot air balloon.
While that may eventually happen, the problem is that Louisville is confronting a team which made it into the CFP last year and possessed only one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points within the normal season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders also, averaging over 33 points per game.
My question is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to discharge, supposed to obtain some traction against a swarming shield that is Irish? Especially when hes working with a new trainer and a completely new offensive strategy?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will be able to keep pace and I am desperate to the brand new wisdom and handicapping experience!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am pleased to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the sunny side of sports betting, or youre simply being the identical wise a** you usually are. Ill let the SBR readers who are making school football selections decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville sucked and was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 last season.
However, that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, just like he gave up about the Atlanta Falcons. A fresh mindset is brought by A new coach and this being a match, Satterfield will market his staff. Louisville does need to trust not and the Irish will take them for granted have a lot of fight.
Lets also consider, Brian Kelly with gold and all the blue is ATS as a road favorite, also if dishing out 20 or more specimens, a mere 7-9-1 ATS. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take some time.
I was 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 event, because Louisville might be greater but Id submit that they are coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their record rendered by an coach such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the street is square biz for certain and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but at times the public is right, and in this case they surely are. Until when we get down on our NFL Game of the Week next week, let us see what happens on Monday once the Irish come ready to squint at Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)