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Louisville Football: Q&A with Chop Chat, FanSided’s FSU Site-Experts

By Derek Snyder

Oct 30, 2014; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals running back Brandon Radcliff (23) runs the ball against the Florida State Seminoles during the first quarter at Papa John
Oct 30, 2014; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals running back Brandon Radcliff (23) runs the ball against the Florida State Seminoles during the first quarter at Papa John /
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Oct 30, 2014; Louisville, KY, USA; Florida State Seminoles running back Dalvin Cook (4) runs the ball against the Louisville Cardinals during the second half at Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium
Oct 30, 2014; Louisville, KY, USA; Florida State Seminoles running back Dalvin Cook (4) runs the ball against the Louisville Cardinals during the second half at Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium /

This is going to be a huge game for the Louisville program. What is it going to take for the Cardinals to be able to pull of an upset on Saturday?

JP: Well, of course we don’t want you to win! But if Louisville is going to pull off the upset, it’s going to be for two reasons. First off, the Cardinals are going to have to keep the FSU defense on their toes. At the start of the Ole Miss game, the Rebels were throwing everything at the ‘Noles and we couldn’t stop a cold. When they put everything on Chad Kelly’s shoulders and he had to do it all, you saw what happened: game over. Lamar Jackson can’t be the only person the coaches rely on.

Second of all, forget the last two seasons and giving up halftime leads in both games. This is a Louisville team that, I feel, can hang with the Seminoles and win the game without question. If they are leading again into the third quarter, they can’t worry about a possible let down and keep their foot on the gas and finish the game, something that didn’t seem to take place the last two meetings.

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KH: I think Lamar Jackson is going to have to continue playing the way he’s been playing. Granted, he hasn’t been doing it against elite competition. Can he continue that on Saturday? I think he’ll play well, but we’ll find out if the hype is for real that’s for sure.

The Louisville defense will have to play lights out and probably force a couple of turnovers from the young quarterback. The Louisville offense will have to avoid turnovers themselves as they had two turnovers last year that the ‘Noles converted into TD’s. If Derwin James is out, they should look to attack that side of the field. FSU will have capable replacements, but they will not be Derwin James if that’s the case.

It should be a great game, it’ll be my birthday, and nothing would be better than a ‘Noles win over another top notch program like Louisville.

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