Expect the Fighting Irish to learn from mistakes Ohio State and Iowa made last season and test a Michigan State secondary that has been in decline over the past two seasons.
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That too would be a huge win for Louisville and revive its conference title chances, depending on what happens when FSU plays Clemson. Kelly had three touchdown passes in fourth quarter but his turnovers (four) brought the offense to a standstill. If Conner and the Panthers can make a run for the ACC championship, Conner’s name will reach national relevancy. James will be out 5-7 weeks with as a freshman, he was named a third-time All-American as he finished second for FSU in tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, forced fumbles, and recoveries.
Sophomore A.J. Westbrook or senior Nate Andrews are in the mix to start in place of James. The Buckeyes have ran back three of their interceptions for touchdowns and Nebraska one.
He had 192 yards of total offense against Ole Miss – more than all but five of his games a year ago – and he averaged 7.5 yards per carry despite a light workload during FSU’s romp over CSU.
Past year the Cardinals held a slim 7-6 advantage at the break before the Seminoles broke open the game with three third-quarter scores en route to a 41-21 victory at Doak Campbell Stadium. Once he gets his foot on the ground, there is not much stopping him. Louisville runs a version of the hurry up offense, and the Seminoles will get to run a high number of plays.
In the UTSA win, Hill hit on two of his six passes for 26 yards.
“It’s on those guys to understand how to get us started early and get off to a quick start because we don’t want to get behind up there”, Fisher said. Those times are no more.
The entire nation knows how great of a person Rudolph is, but not everyone may know that he is one of the best receivers in the country. He’s coming off an ACC-record 610-yard offensive performance at Syracuse that included a highlight-reel leap over a defender for a TD along with 72-yard scores running and passing. On the other hand, Lamar Jackson does look like a top college football player, but who was he playing against so far?
Was it just one game? He has the big arm and poise to really be a threat against the Cardinal defense.
Bobo stated that he almost pulled the trigger and named Hill the starter ahead of the season opener, but decided Stephens’ experience should win out. He had a first 100-yard receiving game. Quarterback Lamar Jackson leads the team in passing (697 yards), rushing (318 yards) and total touchdowns (six).
Despite unbelievable early numbers and the hype that goes along with them, however, Louisville coach Bobby Petrino knows that his team enters the weekend with something to prove. Louisville plays No. 2 Florida State at home on Saturday.
Florida State climbed to No. 2 in the Top 25 following last week’s 52-8 destruction of the FCS Charleston Southern Buccaneers, leaving the team with a 2-0 straight-up record going into Saturday’s Seminoles vs. Cardinals betting matchup at Papa John’s Cardinals Stadium. The last time the Noles traveled to PJCS, they came out with a 42-31 victory.
This game will feature two dynamic quarterbacks.
The eye-popping statistics No. 10 Louisville put up in its first two games of the season doesn’t mean there aren’t areas the Cardinals can and need to improve on.
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MIRROR IMAGE: USF’s Gulf Coast offense also is fast and ranks 10th nationally in scoring at 50.2 points per game, the Bulls’ best start ever.
