Louisville Flattens Florida State, 63-20

By Mark Bacon

The Cardinals opponent at Papa John’s Stadium was not the lowly garden variety, like bottom-feeder Charlotte or Syracuse. It was Florida State University, as dominant a team as college football has had in the last decade. Or more. Louisville annihilated them, 63-20.

J-Hazz, producer of the Main Event Sports Radio Show on WLOU said it best on the program last night: “Unbelievable.” I, too, was left speechless. But have a few thoughts I’d like to share with readers.

LAMAR JACKSON—Through three games, the Louisville quarterback has as strong of a case as anyone for the Heisman. He’s responsible for 18 touchdowns—eight passing and 10 rushing—and on Saturday, he looked nearly as good against the country’s No. 2 team as he did running all over Conference USA doormat UNC-Charlotte two weeks ago.

Jackson finished the day with 216 passing yards and 146 yards on the ground. At the end of Louisville’s win, only one other team had scored as many touchdowns as Jackson has singlehandedly this season. He was a YouTube star at Boynton Beach High in Florida, and he looked the part again Saturday, cutting and spinning his way into the end zone and baffling Florida State's defense.

2. Let’s not ignore Louisville’s defense, either

LOUISVILLE'S DEFENSE—Todd Grantham’s unit was just as dominant as Jackson on Saturday—which might be the most impressive thing we learned about the Cardinals. Grantham runs the closest thing to an NFL defense there is in college, driving home to his players that they must master multiple positions. His biggest knock as a coordinator at Louisville had been his unit’s propensity to give up big plays, but that didn’t happen Saturday; the unit allowed just 284 total yards and held Florida State’s star running back Dalvin Cook to just 54, his fewest this season and his fewest in a regular-season game since Week 3 of 2015.

Devonte Fields and Josh Harvey-Clemons, two of Louisville's most dynamic pass-rushers who could have left for the NFL last spring, looked like some of the top defenders in the games—and like their bet to stay in school another year to up their draft status might be paying off. The level of elite talent on Grantham's speedy unit is indisputable, and Louisville is milking it for all its potential.

THE HEISMAN RACE—(1) Lamar Jackson (2) Who Cares?

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