Louisville football pulled off a gutsy win over North Carolina, as the Cards secured their fifth straight win and improved to 7-3 this season. The Cards defeated UNC 16-14, led by their defense, which played one of its best games this season.
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The defense recorded six sacks, eight tackles for a loss, three pass breakups, and one interception. They held UNC to zero points in the second and third quarters and were dominant nearly the entire game.
Jeff Brohm and the Cards improve to 6-2 in conference play and remain in third place in the standings. While the Cardinals secured a much-needed win to keep their ACC Championship dreams alive, those dreams took a major hit on Saturday.
Louisville's ACC Championship odds plummet after Wake Forest's dominant win
The Cardinals entered Saturday needing a lot of help from SMU. Wake Forest entered Saturday in second place in the ACC, 5-1 in conference play, including a head-to-head win over Louisville. Well, as many Cards fans know, Louisville didn’t get any help from SMU, as the Mustangs were blown out and lost to the Demon Deacons, 49-7.
The Cardinals' path to Charlotte is now much more difficult, as Wake Forest and Louisville have just two games remaining and the odds certainly aren’t in the Cardinals' favor. Louisville entered this week at +1100 to reach Charlotte for the ACC Championship Game, but after Wake’s dominant win, they took a huge hit. Miami is now locked in to make it to Charlotte, Wake is -10000, and the Cardinals are third at +2500.
For Louisville to reach Charlotte, Louisville would need to win and Wake Forest to lose. However, Wake Forest is facing Georgia Tech this weekend, who is 3-7, and the Demon Deacons open as a dominant 20.5-point favorite. The Cardinals need the Demon Deacons to pull off a stunner for Louisville’s playoff hopes to survive another week, as Wake officially clinches their berth to Charlotte with a win.
As for Louisville, they face 6-4 Pitt at home this weekend for their final home game, and the Cards travel to Lexington to face the Kentucky Wildcats. Louisville's ACC Championship dreams may be on life support, but they can still finish strong and end the season on a seven-game win streak heading into next season, when the playoffs expand to 24 teams.
Louisville fans will be Georgia Tech fans this weekend, as the Cardinals need chaos to absolutely happen. The Yellow Jackets just beat Clemson on the road, and Colorado stunned Houston on Friday. So, crazy things can happen. Maybe this is the one time Louisville gets a little bit of magic.
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