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 feet and leave our school football picks.
It will almost certainly be the first and only time this season we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer featuring one of the top teams in the nation, and a mythical football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, let us begin the debate after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week with a bet about the Steelers while the Titans were backed by me. Weve been placing wins back and on so it appears like it is my turn to get the wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will follow all the squares putting the thick lumber on a public road favorite.
After reviewing the school football odds nearly six days ahead of this Monday night event, I see the lineup has spiked a half-point on the preferred, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 round the board at all of the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but youre leaning in this clash to the Cardinals. Other than the place do you believe Louisville will hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup , Swinger, IMO and at least a convincing triumph, it said a great deal about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Lets move ahead to real football, where the matches rely and so will our recordings on this one.
Remember Louisville used to play against opponents that are big-name? They held their engineered and own many upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were a thrilling club.
However, just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville football last season was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders and are out to alter the civilization and win games. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. Yet this is a significant time for Louisville, a group which has the chance to start taking actions in the perfect direction.
I have read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and I enjoy Hassan Hall since the direct running back. The shield, well, that makes me more worried than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9. Why you have your Irish up please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much as the Notre Dame defense will keep them comfortable in their nest flying into this match. Scott Satterfield is now in the big leagues and he has a team coming off of a dismal 2-10 album this past year, in which they went winless in ACC action. This rebuild is comparable to taking a hot air balloon and seeking to turn it in an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually occur, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a team that made it to the CFP this past 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 till they fulfilled Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders also, averaging 33 points per match over.
My query is, just how can be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, designed to obtain any traction against a Irish defense? Particularly when he is working with a trainer and an offensive strategy that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form where Louisville will have the ability to keep pace with the Golden Domers and I am desperate to your sage wisdom and handicapping expertise that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am happy to see in your last sentence you are coming on to the bright side of sports gambling, or youre just being the same wise a** you usually are. Ill allow the SBR readers who are currently making school football picks decide on this. Im the first to realize Louisville completely sucked and wasnt just 2-10, but 1-11 ATS final year.
Like he gave up on the Atlanta Falcons but coach Bobby Petrino was given up on by that team COMPLETELY. A new mindset is brought by A new trainer and his team will be sold by Satterfield on building a statement, with this being a game. Louisville does need to trust they will not be taken by the Irish for granted and not have a lot of fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly with all the gold and blue is only 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, also when dishing out 20 or more specimens, a ATS. This defense you said might improve as the year progresses but substituting five starters, when you dont/cant recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take time.
I was becoming a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping restart, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville might be greater but Id submit that they could be trained by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their document left by an trainer like Petrino.
I understand that laying nearly three touchdowns on the street would be square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy street chalk, but at times the people is right, and in this instance they are. Until once we get down on our NFL Game of the Week, next week, lets see what happens on Monday night when the Irish come ready to rumble in Louisville.
Free College Football Pick: Swinging Johnson — Notre Dame -20 (-110)
Free College Football Pick: Doug Upstone — Louisville +20 (-110)