My poll philosophy is ranking the teams I believe are the best twenty five best in the country following that given week’s games.
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One long party for UofL football fans on GameDay.
Hard to argue with Clemons’ opinion.
No team made a bigger move than Louisville, which jumped seven spots and received six-first place votes after Lamar Jackson and the Cardinals beat Florida State 63-20. The ranking matches their November 5, 2006 standing during Petrino’s first stint with the Cardinals.
What we learned: Notre Dame will again be on the outside looking in this year of the playoff after suffering their second loss of the season Saturday against Michigan State.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Lamar Jackson has become a leading Heisman Trophy contender on a Louisville team that has risen to No. 3 in the nation. Besides playing on the west coast, what has Stanford done to not gain support from voters?
The Tigers, who slipped in the this week’s poll following a close win against Troy, left nothing to chance against the FCS Bulldogs, scoring early and often in improving to 3-0. Louisville has proven that they could be a team that Could challenge Clemson in the ACC after putting 63 on the board against a very great Florida State team because Florida State left their homework on the beach because they thought it would be a pushover, WRONG WORNG WRONG.
Kelly, who after the loss to Texas said critics of his defensive staff needed to “tap the brakes and relax”, took a more urgent tone Saturday night after another disappointing defensive performance. 2 Florida State. Michigan, Clemson, Houston, Stanford, Michigan State, Washington and Texas A&M round out the top ten (in that order). “We will never quit or back down from anyone”. Florida State’s playoff hopes are not dead, with a strong remaining schedule at Miami, and hosting Clemson and Florida.
So far, however, Jackson has certainly earned his plaudits, and there is no one all that close to his insane level of performance through three games. I got my picture taken under a cutout of a leaping Lamar Jackson, got to chat and take a picture with Chris Redman, and was part of the cheering crowd during a SportsCenter live report. FSU was briefly in the game and actually looked as if it might make a run when Auden Tate caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Deondre Francois to make it 14-10 early in the second quarter.
After a three-point home loss to Clemson, the Cardinals were winless after three games last September 18. The Noles went down without a whimper.
Dobbs was 19 of 27 passing for 203 yards and one interception. Running back Dalvin Cook, who had rushed for almost 300 yards in FSU’s two wins over UofL, was limited to 62 and a 3.4 average.
Petrino’s career hasn’t operated as smoothly as his offense. It’s footballs dumbest play and the epidemic struck two dudes in a two hour span on nationally televised games. He said he has confidence in defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder and his scheme. “And when we noticed he was getting rattled we kept coming and kept coming. We noticed that, we smelled it and went after him”. Jackson threw for 216 yards, rushed for 146 more and was responsible for five total touchdowns.
In the re-rank, at least, Ohio State gets the nod.
Memorable day for James Quick, too, with seven receptions for 122 yards.
My next stop was the UofL basketball team’s tailgating spot in the Bronze Lot to say hi to those guys before heading over to CardMarch which started at 9:45. “Tried to give the people what they wanted”.
North Dakota State didn’t make the rankings, but received 74 points after upsetting Iowa.
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All of this because Florida State, which fell from second to 13th in the AP poll, had no answer for a Louisville team that treated the Seminoles as rudely as its first two opponents, Charlotte and Syracuse.
