Charleston Gazette-Mail · Sep 19, 2016
Doug Smock: Lamar Jackson has No. 3 Louisville flying high
Louisville’s Lamar Jackson leads the Cardinals’ high-powered offense into Huntington Saturday night to face Marshall.
When last Marshall met Louisville — and won 17-13 — it was 2011 and Charlie Strong’s voice boomed with disgust through the loudspeakers of gorgeous Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.
Strong’s Cardinals, members of the Big East, had just lost to Florida International and Marshall back-to-back at home, and Strong bellowed about the inability to defend the home turf.
Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was a mistake-prone freshman in his fourth game. When Marshall departed, the Cardinals were averaging just 18.8 points a game — and that included a contest against Murray State.