Head coach Bobby Petrino and No. 10 Louisville made a resounding statement Saturday when the Cardinals blasted No. 2 Florida State in a 63-20 demolition in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
The Cardinals (3-0) scored the first 14 points of the game before the Seminoles (2-1) got off the mat and answered with 10. That's when Lamar Jackson and the Louisville offense flexed their muscles, ripping off seven unanswered touchdowns to bury Florida State in a hole it couldn't crawl out of.
The ACC, which looked like a two-horse race between Clemson and Florida State heading into the season, has a new bully with the emergence of Louisville.