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Louisville Football: Five bold predictions for the Florida State game

By Derek Snyder

Sep 9, 2016; Syracuse, NY, USA; Louisville Cardinals running back Brandon Radcliff (23) celebrates his touchdown run against the Syracuse Orange during the fourth quarter at the Carrier Dome. Louisville defeated Syracuse 62-28. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 9, 2016; Syracuse, NY, USA; Louisville Cardinals running back Brandon Radcliff (23) celebrates his touchdown run against the Syracuse Orange during the fourth quarter at the Carrier Dome. Louisville defeated Syracuse 62-28. Mandatory Credit: Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports /
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Louisville football will be squaring off against the Florida State Seminoles this Saturday afternoon and the winner could be playing in the College Football Playoff in January.

The hype and anticipation for this weekend’s game has been building all week long. The Louisville football program is looking to finally knock off the Florida State Seminoles for the first time since joining the ACC a few years ago. FSU has been able to handle the Cardinals the last two years, but this season may be very, very different.

Sophomore quarterback Lamar Jackson has the nation’s spotlight on him this week as he faces the second best team in the entire country. He has had an amazing two weeks and is climbing the ladder towards being at the top of the Heisman race. This match-up against Florida State will show a lot of people whether or not he is ready to become one of the nation’s elite players.

There has been some discussion about this particular game being Louisville’s biggest game in program history. While that is very exciting to talk about, the Cardinals have been in this situation before and it was actually under current Head Coach Bobby Petrino’s first stint with the Cardinals.

The year was 2006 and the third team in the country faced the fifth ranked team in the country in a West Virginia versus Louisville match-up. This November game was going to give the Cardinals a huge advantage towards getting to the National Championship. Louisville won the game, but lost to number 14 Rutgers only one week later.

The point is that the Louisville football program has been here before. The next biggest game in the program’s history will be whenever they make the ACC Championship, therefore giving them the absolute chance of making the College Football Playoff.

With that being said, this is still a huge game for the Louisville Cardinals. They need to show they aren’t the third best team in the ACC any longer and that they are to be taken very seriously. It’s going to be one heck of a game.

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Here are our five bold predictions for the game on Saturday.

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