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 college football selections on the Monday night match between the Louisville Cardinals and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and then also that I will deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL discussion to dip our toes.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do this, as the previous week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season sport of NCAA football comprising one of the greatest teams in the nation, plus a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while the Titans were backed by me. Weve been swapping wins forth and back so it looks like its my turn to get the wreath, as I will follow the squares laying the lumber that is heavy on a street favorite and endorse the Irish.
After reviewing the school football odds almost six days prior to the Monday night affair, I see that the line has spiked a half-point on the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is presently offered in a solid -20 across the board whatsoever the best online sportsbooks.
I enjoy the Irish but you are leaning within this season-opening clash to the Cardinals. Besides the place do you think Louisville could hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup Swinger, a successful triumph and IMO, said a great deal about the management of the Steelers and Titans. Lets proceed to real soccer, so will our recordings with this one and in which the matches count.
Recall Louisville utilized to play against competitions that are big-name? They held their engineered and own several upsets. These were fun games to watch and the Cardinals were an exciting club.
But like the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles at Appalachian State and are out to change the culture and win matches. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down from theVille. This is a huge moment for Louisville, a team which has the opportunity.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the shield, well, which makes me more worried. Please do tell why you have your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest, flying in this match. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and he has a team coming off of a dismal record this past year, in which they went winless. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it into an F-22 Raptor.
While this may eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a group that 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 regular season and moving a perfect 12-0 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per match over.
My question is, just how can be a quarterback like Pass whos slow to release, supposed to gain some traction against a swarming shield? Particularly when hes working with an entirely new offensive strategy and a new coach?
Please, Doug, save me I am lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will be able to keep up and I am desperate to the ancestral wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to read in your last sentence you are coming over to the glowing side of sports gambling, or you are simply being the exact shrewd a** you are. I will let the SBR readers that are making college football selections decide on this. I am the first to realize Louisville fully pumped and was 1-11 ATS, although not only 2-10 last year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that staff COMPLETELY. A new coach brings a fresh attitude on making a statement, and this being a federal game, his staff will be sold by Satterfield. Louisville does have to trust they will not be taken by the Irish and not have a lot of fight.
Lets also think about, Brian Kelly using all the gold and blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS, if dishing out more or 20 specimens. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or Bama, it will take time.
I was a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this situation, because Louisville could be better than last year but I would submit that they are coached by a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable record left by an trainer such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I know that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the street is square biz for sure and Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but at times the public is right, and also in this instance they are. Until next week once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, let us see what happens on Monday night when 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)