#louisville-cardinals

#louisville-cardinals

Michigan State averages 79.3 points per game while allowing 68.4 per contest, resulting in a +362 scoring differential overall.

Louisville averages 81.3 points per game (16th in college basketball) while giving up 60.4 per contest (90th in college basketball). It has a +626 scoring differential overall and outscores opponents by 20.9 points per game. The Cardinals put up 15.8 more points than the Fighting Irish allow (65.5).

Cal storylines: The Bears face their second straight AP Top 25 opponent, having lost 31-21 to then-No. 15 Virginia last week at home . . . Cal has dropped 14 consecutive games to Top 25 opponents, dating back to a 21-17 home victory over No. 21 Oregon in the COVID-shortened 2020 season . . . A loser in back-to-back games for the first time this season, Cal needs one victory in its final three games to secure bowl eligibility . . .

Asked what it will take to upset the Cardinals (7-1, 4-1), Cal coach Justin Wilcox offered no magic formula. Block and tackle. I know that's going to seem like coach-talk and over-simplification but it's true, he said. We have to block and we have to tackle. Without that, we have no chance. I don't care what scheme you have. You just have a dry-erase marker at that point.

Miller Moss threw two touchdown passes to Chris Bell and ran for a score, Louisville intercepted four of Miami star Carson Beck's passes and the Cardinals got one of the most significant wins in their history by topping the second-ranked Hurricanes 24-21 on Friday night. Louisville (5-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) got touchdowns on its first two drives for a quick 14-0 lead, and the Hurricanes (5-1, 1-1) trailed the rest of the way.

Louisville's two-run single by Zion Rose turned a slim deficit into a substantial advantage, paving the way for an impressive comeback victory over Arizona.