Ball-control strategy figures to be smart move against Louisville

Joe Tessitore reveals the top-five players on the Heismanology poll and talks about Lamar Jackson's huge lead. (1:57)Duke went into its game against Louisville last week with one pretty big objective: keep the ball away from Lamar Jackson.

To do that, the Blue Devils had to slow the game down on offense and do a better job converting on third down in order to keep drives alive. On the opening drive, that plan became rather clear: Duke ran down the play clock until only a few seconds remained before snapping the ball and made both of its third-down conversions. That chewed up five minutes on just eight plays.

It continued this way for the whole game, frustrating the Louisville offense. Jackson…