Louisville Football vs. LSU: 5 Bold Predictions For The Citrus Bowl
By Derek Snyder
Take a quick look at our five bold predictions for Louisville football’s bow; game against the LSU Tigers on Saturday afternoon.
The big day is finally upon us, as the Louisville football team will be squaring off with the LSU Tigers on Saturday afternoon in the 2016 Citrus Bowl. The Cardinals will be looking to beat the Tigers and end their two-game losing streak, while the Tigers are looking to shut down the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner.
This game will surely be entertaining and will be competitive throughout.
With that being said, let’s look at our five bold predictions for the game:
5. Derrius Guice Won’t Rush For Over 100 Yards
Derrius Guice is the future of running backs in the Southeastern Conference and maybe even the country. Coming into this year as Leonard Fournettes’ back-up, Guice took advantage of Fournette missing time and was the SEC’s leading rusher at the end of the regular season.
With that being said, I don’t think that Guice is more special than Dalvin Cook at Florida State or Wayne Gallman at Clemson. The Cards played pretty well against these guys and I expect them to be focused on shutting Guice down on Saturday.
He will have his opportunities to get carries just because of how LSU runs their offense, but the Cards will be able to load the box against Tigers’ quarterback Danny Etling.
Etling doesn’t possess an arm that will give Louisville’s secondary much trouble, but we did say the same thing about UK quarterback Stephen Johnson a few weeks ago.