{"id":313874,"date":"2025-10-18T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313874\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T16:52:09","slug":"louisville-stuns-no-2-miami-cardinals-pick-off-carson-beck-4-times-in-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/313874\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisville stuns No. 2 Miami: Cardinals pick off Carson Beck 4 times in upset"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Athletic has live coverage of No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 9 Georgia.<\/a> from Saturday\u2019s college football action.<\/p>\n

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 No coach has won more games in the Atlantic Coast Conference since the start of the 2023 season than Louisville\u2019s Jeff Brohm \u2014 and Friday night\u2019s was one of his biggest.<\/p>\n

His Cardinals \u2014 13 1\/2-point underdogs \u2014 knocked off No. 2 Miami 24-21<\/a> at Hard Rock Stadium to reshape the conference\u2019s College Football Playoff picture<\/a>. Brohm\u2019s career record is 4-2 against Associated Press top-five ranked teams.<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s Carson Beck, who opened the week as the Heisman front-runner with Alabama\u2019s Ty Simpson<\/a> according to BetMGM, threw four interceptions. His third came with Louisville leading 24-13 with 7:50 to play in the fourth quarter. That looked like it was going to be it for the Hurricanes, but a fumble by Cardinals tailback Isaac Brown moments later opened the door to a more dramatic finish.<\/p>\n

After Canes freshman Malachi Toney scored on a 12-yard end around and Miami connected on a two-point conversion to trim Louisville\u2019s lead to three, Miami forced a punt and took over at its own 15-yard line with 4:05 remaining.<\/p>\n

Beck led the Hurricanes down to the Louisville 31 with 36 seconds left. But on the next play, he was intercepted by South Florida native T.J. Capers on a pass deflected at the line to seal the win for Louisville.<\/p>\n

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Miami does not control its path to the ACC title game right now. <\/p>\n

Virginia and Georgia Tech are undefeated in ACC play and don’t play each other or Miami. <\/p>\n

Long way to go, but keep in mind.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe knew we were playing a great team and had to be really sharp, do some different things,\u201d Brohm said. \u201c(Beck) is a good quarterback, and that\u2019s a good offense. When you get a lead on them and you make them throw it more than they want, you\u2019re gonna have an advantage. Great effort by our guys to come down the road and beat a good football team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cardinals (5-1, 2-1 ACC) jumped out to a 14-0 lead with 5:09 to play in the opening quarter and never trailed. Louisville scored on its opening drive after Brohm ran a fake field goal on fourth down to keep the drive alive and then scored on a Miller Moss sneak a play later.<\/p>\n

Miami (5-1, 1-1 ACC) entered with one of the best pass rushing units in the country, but Brohm\u2019s schemes and play calling all but put the clamps on Canes edge rushers Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor. The Cardinals outgained Miami on the ground 119-63.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did not run the ball well,\u201d Miami coach Mario Cristobal said. \u201cWe also got ourselves off schedule several times. All in all, not good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miami, one of the most penalized teams in college football, was penalized nine times for 68 yards, including three times on offense for false starts.<\/p>\n

Beck\u2019s INT woes resurface<\/p>\n

Beck was one of the biggest offseason acquisitions for the Hurricanes, who had the No. 1 scoring offense in 2024 and needed to replace No. 1 NFL Draft pick Cam Ward at quarterback. Beck threw four touchdown passes in Miami\u2019s most recent win at Florida State and entered Friday\u2019s game leading the league in completion rate (73.4 percent) and passing efficiency.<\/p>\n

But after completing his first five passes, he threw his first pick of the night when he forced a pass into triple coverage for Toney down the field and safety Antonio Watts made a spectacular catch at the Louisville 32-yard line.<\/p>\n

He threw his next interception two passes later once again trying to force the ball downfield to another Hurricanes receiver, Keelan Marion, after attempting to throw off the Cardinals\u2019 defense with a pump fake. Last season at Georgia, Beck threw 12 total interceptions and was highly criticized for trying to make too many plays downfield.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt Friday\u2019s performance has to affect his draft stock. It marks the fourth time since the start of the 2024 season he\u2019s thrown at least three interceptions in a game.<\/p>\n

Brohm\u2019s creativeness key<\/p>\n

Credit Brohm and his staff for outcoaching Cristobal\u2019s.<\/p>\n

From the start, the Cardinals came out giving the Hurricanes unique looks. In the opening series, Louisville had three different players line up at quarterback, including a receiver. It opened up running lanes, as the Cardinals averaged over 4 yards per carry in the game before taking a knee three times to run out the clock.<\/p>\n

The Hurricanes sacked Miller Moss just once. He finished 23-for-37 for 248 yards and two touchdown passes. Brown had 15 carries for 113 yards, and Chris Bell led the Cardinals with nine catches for 136 yards and two scores.<\/p>\n