Florida State vs. Louisville, live stream, preview, TV channel, time, how to watch college football

The Florida State Seminoles will meet the Louisville Cardinals in Week 3 of the college football season on Friday night at Cardinal Stadium.

The Florida State Seminoles will meet the Louisville Cardinals in Week 3 of the college football season on Friday night at Cardinal Stadium.

Florida State is coming off a 24-23 win over LSU last week as they look for their first 3-0 start since 2015 with a win tonight. Meanwhile, Louisville comes into tonight’s matchup with a 1-1 record after knocking off UCF 20-14 last week.

This will be a great night of college football, here is everything you need to know to watch and stream the action on Saturday.

Florida State vs. Louisville

  • When: Friday, September 16
  • Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: ESPN
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Florida State (-2.5) vs. Louisville 

O/U: 57.5

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Florida State vs Louisville Prediction, Game Preview

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Florida State vs Louisville How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 17
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Florida State (2-0), Louisville (1-1)
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Florida State vs Louisville Game Preview

Why Florida State Will Win

Florida State is moving the sticks.

Rolling against Duquesne was no big deal, but the offense stepped up the passing attack against LSU and now gets a Louisville defense that’s been just okay on third downs.

It took a while, but there’s a chance that Florida State finally has an offensive line it can rely on. It allowed just three tackles for loss in the first two games, it’s been good enough for the running game, and it’s all contributing to the O connecting on third down after third down.

As long as the Noles control the time of possession battle and don’t make mistakes, they’re playing well enough to get this done on the road.

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Why Louisville  Will Win

The Cardinals got their groove back with the desperately needed win over UCF.

They might have struggled against Syracuse to start the season, but the offense wasn’t too bad – the turnovers were the problem, and the defense couldn’t come up with a key stop.

The pass rush has been there and there should be enough plays behind the line to matter. Florida State’s offensive line might be playing well so far, but the Cardinals will get creative to get to Jordan Travis.

The run defense has to hold up – LSU did a nice job of keeping the big plays on the ground to a minimum – and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Malik Cunningham has to be the best player on the field.

He struggled throwing it against UCF, but he took off for 121 yards and a score. Last year he ran for two touchdowns in the win over Florida State and was solid through the air, and in the 2020 win he hit the big plays down the field and didn’t run as much.

He’ll have to do it all at home.

The UCF version of Louisville is more real than the one that showed up at Syracuse. Now, with a decent performance from the defense and yet another great day from Cunningham against FSU, the Cardinal season really gets going.

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Florida State vs Louisville Prediction, Line

Louisville 30, Florida State 26
Line: Florida State -2.5, o/u: 57
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Florida State vs Louisville Must See Rating (out of 5): 3

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Florida State vs Louisville Prediction, Game Preview

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Florida State vs Louisville Broadcast

Date: Saturday, October 24
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, KY
Network: ESPN3

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Why Florida State Will Win

Now was that so hard?

Florida State got the running game rolling against a real team – cranking out 241 yards in the win over North Carolina – and the defense was able to hold on late.

The offensive line that’s been such a problem over the last several years and the first part of the season still isn’t great, but at least it’s not a complete disaster anymore. On the flip side, the Louisville offensive front is among the worst in the nation at keeping defenses out of the backfield.

The Cardinal offense is starting to sputter, there are too many giveaways, and the D isn’t taking the ball away like it needs to. However …

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Why Louisville Will Win

Louisville has a … defense?

It’s one of the strangest parts of the the ACC season so far. The Cardinal offense is just okay, but the defense is among the best in the conference. It’s not exactly a brick wall, but outside of the problems in the loss to Miami, it’s been able to hold up well enough to get by.

Florida State might have been able to pull off the shocker against North Carolina, and it might have been decent against Notre Dame, but there’s no pass rush, the secondary isn’t good enough, and there are way too many penalties and little mistakes.

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What’s Going To Happen

All of a sudden, FSU appears to have a different look and feel with Jordan Travis at quarterback. James Blackman wasn’t the problem, but he doesn’t move, and Travis does – that’s why the Seminole offensive line all of a sudden doesn’t look so awful.

But Louisville is finally back at home.

The Cardinals had a three-game road trip that didn’t exactly go well, but watch for the offense to perk up just a little bit after a rough run. The secondary will come through when needed more often than FSU’s will.

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Florida State vs Louisville Prediction, Line

Louisville 27, Florida State 24
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Louisville -5.5, o/u: 61
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 2.5

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