are against 3 of the nastiest defenses in the country. Our Offensive Line and young offense in general better grow up fast.
Our next 3 opponents national rankings on defense:
Points per game
#2- Boston College
#10- Florida St.
#20- Wake Forest
Yards per game
#1- Boston College
#15- Wake Forest
#22- Florida St.
Now calling BC and Wake nasty defenses is a bit much considering who they have played. BC is a little better holding FSU to 14 and Duke to 9. But they also have played Maine, Howard and N.Illinois.
Wake however gave up 24 to FSU and 30 to IU and the 'Cuse. But they did shut down Elon and Army.
Oh and these teams played each other with Wake winning 3-0.
I think these squads offenses are not very good. If the Cards don't beat these teams down handily then there's a lot more issues than we have seen so far. And FSU hasn't exactly seen the best of offenses either having played both Wake and BC, along with USF and Texas State. Their win last week over Miami is their best win on the season and although they didn't give up much in the running game, the 'Canes threw for over 400 yards.
I think it's pretty clear that Louisville will be the most talented team they have seen so far and with the Cards sitting at 2-3 and getting little respect, I think the 'Noles are going to be a little overconfident and a little unprepared for what they're going to see come high noon on Saturday. This is a cardinal team who has played a tough schedule with three point losses to undefeated and ranked teams Clemson and Houston. I know Auburn is struggling but they are still better than anybody FSU has seen.
It's close to a perfect situation for an upset if the Cards can avoid bad mistakes at key times in the game. That's why we've lost the three games. A 88 yard fumble TD, a missed sack and key holding call, and a missed FG and bad snap is why the Cards are not 5-0 even with all the OL issues and freshmen playing the skill positions.
What if Jackson would have played the entire game against Clemson? Hell, what if he had started the Auburn game?(at QB)
I watched the FSU/Miami game and the key is containing Cook and putting up TD's so FSU has to throw more. There's no Winston this year to save them.
Louisville 27
Florida State 23