Protection from the sport:

C.L. Brown: Louisville soccer cannot maintain digging early holes if it needs to have good season

Louisville soccer on exterior of ACC championship race after loss to SMU at L&N Stadium

Protection through the recreation:

No. 22 Louisville soccer will look to rebound after taking its first lack of the season when it hosts SMU immediately.

The Cardinals and Mustangs have not performed one another in 40 years and revived the matchup with SMU now being a part of the ACC. U of L, dealing with a Mustangs squad that has outscored its final two opponents, 108-58, will look to go 2-0 in convention motion for the second straight 12 months.

Regardless of a loss at Notre Dame, Louisville, too, has been a balanced workforce. The Cardinals are averaging 41.5 factors whereas solely permitting 16 factors per outing. If Louisville beats SMU, it will be the Cardinals’ first win over the Mustangs in three conferences.

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L.J. Johnson Jr., scored on a 1-yard run shortly after official overview overturned a fumble by Brashard Smith that was recovered by U of L inside its personal 10.

Ja’Corey Brooks caught an 86-yard landing move from Tyler Shough. SMU cornerback Jonathan McGill fell down attempting to contest the throw permitting Brooks to run the remaining 50 yards untouched.

Collin Rogers made a 43-yard subject objective because the Playing cards saved them out of the top zone for the primary time this recreation after permitting the Mustangs to succeed in their 20.

Operating again Don Chaney Jr., scored on a 1-yard landing plunge on fourth and objective as Louisville opened the second half with an eight-play, 78-yard drive.

Collin Rogers made a 55-yard subject objective to cap off the Mustangs’ 37-yard scoring drive.

BRock Travelstead made good on his second subject objective of the sport, this time from 38 yards out. The Playing cards superior to the SMU 23, however a sack sabotaged them from getting any nearer to the top zone

Kevin Jennings burst up the left facet of the road and ran untouched for a 59-yard landing run on a third-and-2.

Brock Travelstead made a 46-yard subject objective to made it 4 consecutive possessions mixed to open the sport with a rating.

The Mustangs hit one other large move on the primary play of the drive with a 31-yard completion to tight finish R.J. Maryland. Backup quarterback Preston Stone changed Jennings, who was injured on a 22-yard run, to throw a 10-yard landing move to Key’Shawn Smith.

The Playing cards answered SMU with a landing drive on its first possession. The important thing play was a 50-yard strike from quarterback Tyler Shough to Ahmari Huggins-Bruce. It arrange a 6-yard scoring move from Shough to Ja’Corey Brooks.

SMU made it look simple mixing tempo offense with large chunks of yardage on its first drive. Kevin Jennings’ 33-yard move to Roderick Daniels Jr., was the large play on the drive that helped arrange Daniels’ 5-yard landing run.

Quincy Riley is out for a second straight recreation. He suffered an undisclosed harm towards Georgia Tech and hasn’t been again for the reason that ACC opener.

Louisville will likely be with out beginning defensive lineman Dez Inform towards SMU immediately. Inform, who was on the sidelines in avenue garments, went out of final week’s recreation towards Notre Dame with a leg harm however stated he was feeling higher on Monday.

Louisville will likely be with out security Devin Neal and extensive receiver Jimmy Calloway towards SMU. Neal has left the workforce, in accordance with a workforce spokesperson.

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 5
• Time: Midday
• Location: L&N Stadium

• TV channel: ESPN
• Streaming: ESPN+
• Radio: Louisville Radio Community (93.9 FM and 970 AM)

Louisville vs SMU will likely be broadcast nationally on ESPN. Bob Wischusen and Louis Riddick will name the sport from the sales space at L&N Stadium, with Kris Budden reporting from the sidelines.

• Sequence file: SMU leads, 2-0
• Louisville’s final win: None
• SMU’s final win: 1984 (41-7)

Louisville 45, SMU 31. Dropping to Notre Dame, largely on account of self-inflicted errors, would be the motivation the Cardinals must get again on the profitable facet. Though each defenses have been nice this season, I can see this being a battle of high-powered offenses with the Cardinals having sufficient ammo to return out on prime.

Sport strains and odds from BetMGM as of Saturday:

• Unfold: 6 1/2
• Over/underneath: 56 1/2
• Moneyline: +200/-250

• Louisville CB Quincy Riley (unspecified) is questionable

The excessive for the sunny day is 81 levels with a low of 59 levels.

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• Saturday, Aug. 31: Louisville 62, Austin Peay 0
• Saturday, Sept. 7: Louisville 49, Jacksonville State 14
• Saturday, Sept. 14: BYE
• Saturday, Sept. 21: Louisville 31, Georgia Tech 19*
• Saturday, Sept. 28: Notre Dame 31, Louisville 24
• Saturday, Oct. 5: Louisville vs. SMU* | midday
• Saturday, Oct. 12: Louisville at Virginia*
• Saturday, Oct. 19: Louisville vs. No. 9 Miami*
• Friday, Oct. 25: Louisville at Boston Faculty* | 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 2: Louisville at No. 15 Clemson*
• Saturday, Nov. 9: BYE
• Saturday, Nov. 16: Louisville at Stanford*
• Saturday, Nov. 23: Louisville vs. Pittsburgh*
• Saturday, Nov. 30: Louisville at Kentucky

*ACC recreation

• Saturday, Aug. 24: SMU 29, Nevada 24
• Saturday, Aug. 31: SMU 59, Houston Christian 7
• Saturday, Sept. 6: BYU 18, SMU 15
• Saturday, Sept. 14: BYE
• Saturday, Sept. 21: SMU 66, TCU 42
• Saturday, Sept. 28: SMU 42, Florida State 16*
• Saturday, Oct. 5: SMU at Louisville* | Midday
• Saturday, Oct. 12: BYE
• Saturday, Oct. 19: SMU at Stanford*
• Saturday, Oct. 26: SMU at Duke*
• Saturday, Nov. 2: SMU vs Pitt*
• Saturday, Nov. 9: BYE
• Saturday, Nov. 16: SMU vs Boston Faculty*
• Saturday, Nov. 23: SMU at Virginia*
• Saturday, Nov. 30: SMU vs California*

*ACC recreation

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