Defeated? Yes, some people might have believed that Florida State’s football team would be defeated on Saturday.
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No. 10 Louisville dominated the Seminoles in every conceivable aspect of a 63-20 victory. Well, Vick himself, thinks he might be even better after the 10th-ranked Cardinals’ 63-20 win upset of No. 2 Florida State Saturday. Now, the road to the conference championship runs through the Louisville Cardinals.
Today’s FSU Florida State Seminoles vs Louisville Cardinals college football game has a start time schedule of 12:00 EST and will air on TV channel ABC. No lead over Florida State was considered safe. He ran around, through, and ultimately past would-be ‘Nole tacklers all day, picking up 146 yards on 17 attempts, an 8.6 YPC average that saw him rush for four scores and throw for another.
“He’s got tremendous confidence”, Petrino said.
“I’m just proud of how he prepared for the game, how he was able to stay calm”, he said. Star running back Dalvin Cook, who also came in as a Heisman contender, had 16 carries for 54 yards. The defense chipped in with nine sacks.
With James out and a handful of other FSU defenders hit by injuries throughout the game, the Cardinals struck for seven plays of more than 20 yards. Louisville torched Florida State in all aspects of the game, making big plays on defense and special teams too. This is the type of loss where the coaching staff must re-examine everything they’re doing on both sides of the ball. “[The defense] played with a lot of effort, toughness and concentration”. They gashed the FSU defense with plays of 30 and 31 yards before Jackson finished the job with a two-yard TD run.
Petersen was thrilled with the performance of Washington’s defence against Portland State’s unique run game.
The city was whipped up into a frenzy all week ahead of ESPN’s first-ever live broadcast of its popular ‘College GameDay’ show from Louisville.
There are still landmines along the way, starting in two weeks at Clemson and a late-season trip to Houston – which all of a sudden got WAY bigger with this win. “I just read that stat”.
Florida State added a late touchdown and field goal to avoid the worst loss in school history. Defensively, Louisville is yielding 212.5 yards in passing and 120.2 in rushing against the opposing teams. Louisville marched down the field 9 plays 79 yards for another rushing touchdown from Louisville backup running back forcing his way into the end zone with 7:40 left in the half.
Another unbelievable performance by Lamar Jackson, who has quickly captured the attention of the college football world with his lightning speed, unnatural reflexes and super arm strength.
Jaire Alexander contributed two 60-yard punt returns – including a 69-yarder for a touchdown – and a fumble recovery leading to another Louisville score. Armstrong ran for 95 yards and threw for another 200 and three touchdowns for the 3-0 Cornhuskers. After a punt on the following drive, the Louisville offense would get into scoring position in every other drive in the first half, scoring four more touchdowns to take a 35-10 lead at the half.
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Fisher did not say Jackson wasn’t a great player.
