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Louisville prediction roundtable with the Campus Insiders staff. Breaking down what will happen in Saturday’s matchup between the Seminoles and Cardinals.
Here are five reasons why I believe the Florida State Seminoles will defeat the Louisville Cardinals on the road this weekend.
The Seminoles came up big in last week’s 52-8 throttling of Charleston Southern and leapfrogged Clemson in the rankings-but they lost star defensive back Derwin James to an injury in the process.
The Florida State defense knows that. Arizona State Kalen Ballage was also impressive (against a frightful Texas Tech defense) and scored eight touchdowns, tying an NCAA record for most touchdowns in a game.
On Saturday, the Cardinals will honor Ali with a special helmet decal on the back of their new chrome lids. Notre Dame now holds a three-game winning streak and hasn’t allowed Michigan State to score more than 13 points in those three losses.
“They’ve been to the championship game”.
“But they’ve got a lot of depth there”.
He’s thrown for 697 yards and seven touchdowns and rushed for 318 yards and six more scores on 32 carries. The return game has also been solid with Jesus Wilson returning a punt 89 yards last week.
“I did good, I guess, but I still have room for improvement”, Jackson said. The dual-threat quarterback has done most of his damage from the pocket, but I expect him to use his legs more against the Cardinals. It’ll be interesting to see how it fares against Dalvin Cook, who averaged 136.67 yards against ranked opponents last season.
Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops has earned the nickname “Big Game Bob” for all of his victories in important games throughout his career, but one could argue that Jimbo Fisher has been just as impressive over a shorter period of time. While that may be enough to dominate defenses like Charlotte and Syracuse, the Seminoles will produce a much more hard task for Jackson. He had a first 100-yard receiving game. Currently, the Tide have allowed just one touchdown and scored two.
After two years in the ACC, Louisville could finally be the legit team to compete for the ACC Atlantic title.
This will be the 17th meeting between the two teams overall but just the third as conference cohorts. The ‘Noles may have a backup capable of covering like James and another capable of filling in the run game like James, but there’s no one on the roster that can do both the same way.
In 2014, the Cardinals jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the second quarter before Heisman victor Jameis Winston rallied the Seminoles to a 42-31 win. Despite starting three freshmen at linebacker, the UM D leads the nation in both sacks (10) and tackles for a loss (28).
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