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After blowing out then-No. 2 Florida State 63-20 last week, the third-ranked Louisville Cardinals suddenly finds themselves not only in the hunt for an Atlantic Coast Conference title, but are also being looked at as a strong national championship contender as they travel to Huntington, W. Va., to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd at Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Saturday night.The Cardinals (3-0), who opened last spring with 100-to-1 odds to win the national title, are all the way down to 5-to-1 after last weekends nationally televised smack-down of the Seminoles. And quarterback Lamar Jackson, not exactly a household name a few weeks ago, adorns this weeks cover of Sports Illustrated and is leading a number of Heisman Trophy polls.But as coach Bobby Petrino made clear to his team in the following days, its time to move on and focus on the rest of the schedule, beginning with Saturdays road trip to Marshall.We did a great job and it was a great win for us, but we havent reached our goals, Petrino said. Were only three games into the season and we have to get back to work.That focus isnt going to be easy. The Cardinals handed the vaunted Seminoles one of the most lopsided losses it its history. Dalvin Cook was held to 54 yards on the ground, while Deonte Francious was sacked five times and threw for just 101 yards.Our plan going in was to set the edge and get guys playing gaps ... dont give guys many seams, Petrino said. For the most part, we did a great job with that, and that put them behind the sticks.Im going to tell you what my team told me, Jackson said. They were like, we arent taking our foot off the gas. You know that goes for anybody we are playing -- trying to score every time we get the ball.Jackson is putting up video game like numbers so far this season. He has 10 rushing touchdowns through three games, including four each in the victories over Syracuse and Florida State. Hes averaging 9.5 yards per carry. Oh, and hes also a dangerous pocket passer, as his 411 yards against Syracuse two weeks ago can attest. Hes also third in the country in yards per pass attempt at 11.1.Its hardly a one-man show, however. Running back Brandon Radcliff had another 100-yard game against Florida State, with 118 yards and a touchdown. Hes averaging 11.4 yards per carry in 2016, and his 22 career rushing touchdowns are ninth all-time at Louisville. And wide receiver James Quick had seven catches for 122 yards against the Seminoles and now has five career 100-yard receiving games, one of only 12 wide receivers to hit that mark in program history.Marshall enters the week 1-1 after a 65-38 loss to Akron at home last week. Quarterback Chase Litton threw for 413 yards and four touchdowns in the setback.Just know, this Marshall team is not done, Litton promised on the way out of the post-game press conference.The Herd surrendered 379 passing yards, including seven completions of 20 or more yards, had four turnovers and also had a punt blocked. That should bode well for a Louisville offense thats excelled at creating big plays, both on the ground and through the air.Still, Petrino expects the road crowd to be ready to do its best to sway the game in Marshalls favor, remembering his last trip to the university.It was in the second round of the (1987) I-AA playoffs, when I was coaching for Weber State, Petrino said. 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Not awe at what he did setting records that will be tough to top.Looking back now, Sperbeck can appreciate what he accomplished last November when he set a Mountain West Conference record with 20 receptions for 281 yards against New Mexico. But that performance will always be marred for Sperbeck because it came in a loss. At home. On the blue turf where Boise State has lost just four times in conference play since 1998.It was overshadowed by the loss, so it didnt really sink in that much, Sperbeck said. I guess it really didnt matter in the long run.Sperbeck and the 19th-ranked Broncos will see the Lobos again on Friday night when Boise State travels to New Mexico. But dont expect another 20-catch performance from Sperbeck, even if he has become the favored target of quarterback Brett Rypien.The game last year against New Mexico was an aberration in many ways, starting with the Lobos pulling off the 31-24 upset . Boise State essentially abandoned the run game, relying on the right arm of Rypien. He threw 74 passes in that game, completing 40 of them for 503 yards and two touchdowns. But Rypien also threw three interceptions, part of a full buffet of Boise State miscues. The Broncos missed a field goal, fumbled at the New Mexico 1, turned the ball over on downs twice and saw Austin Cottrell get tackled at the New Mexico 4 on the final play of the game.Sperbecks 20 catches were the most by any FBS player since 2012 and just the 11th time a player had 20 or more receptions in a game, according to the NCAA record book. But the loss made it an afterthought.Anytime you have 20 catches on anny team that is an impressive night, Boise State coach Bryan Harsin said this week.ddddddddddddThomas is a guy hes consistent, he continues to be that way. You saw it in the last game as well, but thats not the game plan we want to go into this game with where were throwing the ball (74) times. That was uncharacteristic, kind of the way the game was going, but he certainly stepped up and continues to do that.Sperbecks development into one of the top wide receivers in the Mountain West is even more impressive when considering he never played the position until arriving at Boise State. Sperbeck was an all-purpose star in high school as a quarterback and safety. In his senior season at Jesuit High in Carmichael, California, Sperbeck led his team in passing, rushing, tackles and scoring.But Boise State saw his potential as a wide receiver even if that meant extra work to learn the position.That was a big part of what I did in the offseason from my freshman year into my sophomore year and especially because I didnt play wide receiver in high school, Sperbeck said. I definitely needed a lot of work on it because I was a pretty raw receiver, so it was just something that maybe other people bring into their college career, but I felt like I didnt really have yet.Sperbeck clearly learned the position quickly. He had 51 catches as a sophomore; 81 receptions for 1,412 yards and eight touchdowns last season; and so far this year has 24 catches, three touchdowns and three 100-yard games.That guy, I know he doesnt look it and he doesnt have all the antics after he catches it, but that guy does some really great things, Harsin said. ' ' '