At the risk of delving into the cliché bag, it is nevertheless worth remembering that the college football season is a marathon and not a sprint. So while it’s quite common to see national championship contenders and Heisman Trophy favorites emerge at this early, a lot can and will happen between now and December.
With all that out of the way, however, the performance of the entire Louisville team and, in particular, that of Cardinals’ quarterback Lamar Jackson are impossible to overlook. The buzz was starting to build when Jackson and the Cardinals were putting up video-game numbers on Charlotte and Syracuse.