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 in 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 that I will detract to dip our toes into uncharted waters.
It will most likely be the very first and only time this year we do so, as the previous week of exhibition NFL football is somewhat lackluster in comparison to a regular-season game of NCAA soccer featuring one of the greatest teams in the country, and a mythical soccer program to boot, Notre Dame.
Without further ado, lets begin the discussion after my friend Doug Upstone got the best of me last week while I supported the Titans. Weve been swapping wins on and back so it looks like it is my turn for the golden wreath, as I endorse the Irish and will follow all the squares laying the lumber that is heavy onto a road favorite.
After reviewing the college football odds almost six days before the Monday night event, I see the line has spiked a half-point on the favorite, opening at Notre Dame -19 1/2 to where it is now offered in a solid -20 across the board at all of the best online sportsbooks.
I like the Irish but youre leaning to the Cardinals within this battle. Apart from the venue, why is it that you believe Louisville will hang with the boys?
Doug Upstone: Yup at least and a convincing triumph IMO, it said a great deal about the direction of the Steelers and Titans. Let us move to soccer, so will our records on this one and where the matches count.
Remember all those Thursday night matches Louisville utilized to perform against competitions? They held their engineered and own upsets. These were enjoyable games to see and the Cardinals were an golf club.
However, for example the former Papa Johns Stadium as well as its phony (in real life) owner, Louisville soccer last year was worse than the usual three-day-old pizza.
Scott Satterfield worked miracles in Appalachian State and will be out to change the civilization and win games. This wont happen right away as the talent level is down from theVille. However this is a time for Louisville, a group which has the opportunity to start taking actions in the right direction.
I have read in which the Cards coaches have popped up the slow mechanics of QB Jawon Pass (good name for a QB) and that I like Hassan Hall as the lead running back. Than having a ticket for the Colts at OVER 9 for season wins the protection which makes me more worried. Why you have up your Irish please dont forget.
Swinging Johnson: The Cardinals wont be doing since the Notre Dame defense will keep them snug in their nest, flying in this game. Scott Satterfield is currently in the big leagues and hes got a team coming from a dismal 2-10 record in which they went winless in ACC activity last year. This rebuild is akin to carrying 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 group that made it to the CFP last year and owned one of the stingiest defenses in all of college football, devoting only 17.2 points over the normal season and going a perfect 12-0 until they met Clemson in the CFP semifinals. The Irish offense was clicking on all cylinders also, averaging over 33 points per game.
So, my issue is, just how will be a quarterback like traveling who is slow to release, designed to obtain any traction against a swarming Irish shield? Especially when he is working with a new coach and an offensive scheme that is entirely new?
Please, Doug, rescue me Im lost! I find no way, shape or form in which Louisville is going to have the ability to keep pace with the Golden Domers and I am desperate for your ancestral wisdom and prodigious handicapping experience!
Doug Upstone: Well, Swinger, I am pleased to read in your last sentence youre coming over to the sunny side of sports gambling, or you are simply being the exact shrewd a** you usually are. Ill let the SBR readers that are making school football picks decide on that. I am the first to understand Louisville fully pumped and was not just 2-10, but 1-11 ATS final year.
However, that staff COMPLETELY gave up on coach Bobby Petrino, like he gave up around the Atlanta Falcons. A new coach brings a new mindset and this being a federal match, Satterfield will market his team on creating a statement. Louisville does need to hope the Irish will take them for granted and not have a lot of fight.
Let us also think about, Brian Kelly using all the gold and blue is simply 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite, and if dishing out 20 or more specimens, a mere 7-9-1 ATS. This defense you mentioned may improve as the season progresses but replacing five starters, even whenever you dont/can not recruit like Clemson or even Bama, it is going to take some time.
Swinging Johnson: Well Doug, I was becoming a bit facetious because although you have an impressive handicapping resume, you miss the mark from time to time. And in this case, you happen to be shooting blanks because Louisville could be greater compared to last year but Id submit that they are trained with a Rhesus monkey and enhance upon their deplorable record rendered by an equally awkward coach such as Petrino.
I understand that placing nearly 3 touchdowns on the road is square biz for sure along with Joe Q. Public never got rich by betting the heavy street chalk, but at times the general public is right, and in this instance they are. Until next week once we get back on our NFL Game of the Week, then lets 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)
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