Florida State Seminoles
Florida State’s offense took a big hit with the injury to QB Jordan Travis. Now, the attack will be guided by QB Tate Rodemaker, who is 32/56 with 57.1% pass completion for 510 yards, 5 TDs and 0 INTs. To help him in the aerial game, the team has WRs Keon Coleman with 639 yards and 11 TDs, Johnny Wilson with 592 yards and 2 TDs, in addition to TE Jaheim Bell with 503 yards and 2 TDs. In the ground game they have RBs Trey Benson with 838 yards and 14 TDs.
The defense is an interesting unit, but it gives up yards. They have so far given up 140.1 rushing yards on average per game, in addition to 3.93 yards per carry and 12 TDs. In the aerial game, there are 175.3 yards given up, in addition to 8 TDs and 9 INTs.
Louisville Cardinals
The Cardinals have QB Jack Plummer, a transfer from Purdue, to guide this offense and he is 221/334 with 66.2% pass completion for 2,952 yards, 21 TDs and 11 INTs. To help him in the aerial game, the team also got some WRs in the transfer portal such as Jamari Thrash, who has 801 yards and 6 TDs, in addition to Chris Bell, who has 381 receiving yards and 2 TDs. In the ground game, the team has the return of RB Jawhar Jordan with 1,076 ground yards and 13 TDs, in addition to Isaac Guerendo with 639 yards and 8 TDs.
Louisville’s defense gives up an average of 96.7 yards per game in the ground game, in addition to 3.26 yards per carry and 12 TDs. In the aerial game, there are 217.9 yards per game given up on average, in addition to 16 TDs and 12 INTs.
Conclusion
Even without their starting QB in the last game, the Seminoles managed to beat their Florida rivals and put themselves back in a position to make the playoffs. To confirm their trip, they need to win this game. Louisville, winning the ACC, will be able to win a very interesting bowl for the team in 2023, in addition to winning a championship that hasn’t been around for a long time.
If the Louisville team can avoid the mistakes that Florida made against Florida State, I even believe they’ll be able to win the game. However, in this type of match, any point on the spread is interesting and that’s why I will go with the +3.5 handicap as the best bet in the match.