Point/Counterpoint: Notre Dame vs Louisville – Free NCAAF Betting Picks

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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Louisville Cardinals and then that I will deviate from our regularly scheduled program of NFL debate to dip our feet.
It will almost certainly be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the last week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster compared to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer comprising one of the very best clubs in the country, plus a legendary football program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets 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 supported by me. Weve been swapping wins forth and back so it appears like its my turn to get the gold wreath, as the Irish are heartily endorsed by me and will accompany the squares putting the thick lumber onto a road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds nearly six days before 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 now offered in a solid -20 round the board whatsoever the very best online sportsbooks.
Doug, I love the Irish but you are currently leaning onto the Cardinals in this season-opening battle. Aside from the place, why is it that you believe Louisville can hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yes, Swinger, at least and a convincing win IMO, said a lot about both the Steelers and Titans direction. Lets move ahead to real football, will our records on this one and in which the games count.
Recall Louisville utilized to play against big-name opponents? They more than held their own and engineered many upsets. These were fun games and the Cardinals were an golf club.
However, like the former Papa Johns Stadium and its counterfeit (in real life) proprietor, Louisville football last season was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked wonders in Appalachian State and will be out to change the civilization and win games. This will not happen right away as the talent level is down in theVille. This is a moment for Louisville, a group that has the chance.
Ive read where the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanisms of QB Jawon Pass (great name for a QB) and I like Hassan Hall because the direct running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season 23, the defense, well, that makes me more nervous. You have up your Irish, please do tell.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals will not 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 team coming from a dismal 2-10 album this past year, in which they went winless. This rebuild is akin to taking a hot air balloon and trying to turn it in an F-22 Raptor.
While that may eventually happen, the issue is that Louisville is confronting a group which made it into the CFP this past year and possessed one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, surrendering just 17.2 points over the regular season and moving a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson from the CFP semifinals. The offense clicked on all cylinders averaging over 33 points per match.
My issue is, just how can be a quarterback like traveling whos slow to release, supposed to get any traction against a swarming shield? Particularly when he is working with a completely new offensive scheme and a coach?
Please, Doug, save me Im lost! I see no way, shape or form in which Louisville will have the ability to keep pace and Im desperate for your sage wisdom and handicapping experience that is prodigious!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am glad to see in your last sentence you are coming on to the sunny side of sports gambling, or youre simply being the exact shrewd a** you usually are. I will let the SBR readers who are making that is decided on by school football selections. Im the first to realize Louisville completely sucked and was, however, 1-11 ATS last season.
But that team COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, just like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons. A fresh attitude is brought by A trainer and his staff will be sold by Satterfield on creating a statement, with this being a federal game. Louisville does have to hope not and they will not be taken by the Irish for granted have much fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly using gold and all the blue is ATS as a road favorite, and a ATS, when dishing out more or 20 digits. That defense you mentioned might improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, when you dont/can not recruit like Bama or even Clemson, it is going to take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because though youve got an handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this instance, because Louisville might be greater but I would submit that they could be coached by a Rhesus monkey and improve upon their document rendered by an coach such as Petrino, you happen to be shooting blanks.
I understand that laying nearly 3 touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy road chalk, but sometimes the general public is correct, and in this case they surely are. Until next week once we get down on our NFL Game of the 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)