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 picks on the Monday night game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and then also I shall detract from our regularly scheduled program of NFL discussion to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will probably be the very first and only time this season we do this, as the previous week of display NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA football featuring one of the greatest clubs in the nation, plus a legendary football program to boot up, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets start the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the better of me last week while the Titans were backed by me. We have been swapping wins back and forth so it appears like it is my turn for the wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will follow the squares putting the thick lumber on a street favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days prior to the Monday night affair, I see the line has spiked a half-point about the favorite, starting at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is currently offered at a solid -20 round the board at all of the best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but you are leaning on the Cardinals. Other than the venue, why do you think Louisville could hang with the boys from South Bend?
Doug Upstone: Yes, Swinger, at least and a successful triumph IMO, said a great deal about both the Steelers and Titans direction. Let us move to real soccer, where the games count and so will our records with this one.
Remember those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to play against competitions? They held their own and engineered several upsets. These were fun games to watch and the Cardinals were a thrilling golf club.
But just for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville soccer last year was worse than a three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles at Appalachian State and will be out win matches and to change the civilization. This wont happen immediately as the ability level is down in theVille. Yet , this is a time for Louisville, a group that has the opportunity to start taking actions.
I have read where the Cards trainers have sped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I enjoy Hassan Hall since the direct running back. Than using a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the protection which makes me more worried. Please do tell youve got your Irish up.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing much as the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest flying into this game. Scott Satterfield is in the big leagues and hes got a group this past year, in which they went winless coming from a dismal 2-10 album. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and attempting to turn it.
While that could eventually occur, the problem is that Louisville is facing a team which made it to 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 till they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders as well, averaging 33 points per game over.
My question is, how is a quarterback like Pass whos slow to discharge, designed to get some traction against a swarming shield that is Irish? Especially when hes working with a coach and an entirely new offensive scheme?
Please, Doug, rescue me I am lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep pace and I am desperate to the brand new wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, Im glad to read in your last sentence youre coming around to the glowing side of sport gambling, or youre just being the same wise a** you are. I will allow the SBR readers who are currently making that is decided on by college football picks. I am the first to understand Louisville wasnt just 2-10, but 1-11 ATS and completely sucked last season.
Just like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons However, that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino. A new trainer brings a new mindset and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on making a statement, this being a game. Louisville does need to hope never and the Irish will take them for granted have much fight.
Let us also consider, Brian Kelly using gold and the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a mere 7-9-1 ATS, when dishing out 20 or more specimens. This defense you mentioned might improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, if you dont/cant amuse like Bama or Clemson, it is going to take time.
I was a bit facetious because although youve got an handicapping restart, then you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, because Louisville could be greater than last year but Id submit that they are coached with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their document rendered by an inept trainer such as Petrino you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the road would be square biz for certain along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by gambling the heavy road chalk, but sometimes the general public is correct, and in this situation they surely are. Until when we get back on our NFL Game of the Week next week, let us 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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