It is two days until game day, but it is beginning to look like Louisville will go into Saturday's tilt against Wake Forest without starting quarterback Will Gardner.
Gardner missed practice again Wednesday following an unspecified knee injury suffered in this past weekend's game at FIU, the (Louisville) Courier-Journal's Jeff Greer writes, and the Cardinals are prepared to go with Reggie Bonnafon against the Demon Deacons if need be.
Bonnafon returned to the team Sunday after the funeral for his father, Wallace. The true freshman missed the win over the Golden Panthers.
The former ESPN four-star quarterback saw meaningful time in the Cardinals' Sept. 13 loss at Virginia, completing 6 of 9 throws for 39 yards. He is 14-for-20 on the season with 151 yards and one touchdown. The local product was the No. 2 player in the state and No. 8 quarterback in the country from the class of 2014.
The quarterback situation for Virginia this weekend also remains unclear, as Greyson Lambert suffered a right ankle injury in the Cavalier's 41-33 loss at BYU.
"Tuesdays are first days of practice, and Wednesday, he was out here today, took some limited reps," coach Mike London said during Wednesday's ACC coaches' teleconference. "The ACC's requirement of turning in the probability of players is (Thursday), and I would say that although he looked OK, if he's not 100 percent, he's not going to play, but we feel really confident about Matt Johns being the guy, even in a backup role or a situation where David Watford can go in the game, as well.
"Again, it's tentative, and after (Thursday's) practice we'll release his status for the game. But we feel good about whoever the quarterback is going to be to be able to go in and lead the team. "
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Former Clemson kicker Chandler Catanzaro encourages Ammon Lakip to kick for an audience of one, Aaron Brenner writes in the (Charleston) Post and Courier.
The Raleigh News & Observer's Laura Keeley and the Palm Beach Post's Matt Porter preview the Duke-Miami game.
Lost in all the hoopla of the last week: FSU has a new president, Sen. John Thrasher.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Ken Sugiura breaks downD.J. White's fourth-quarter interception from Saturday.
Rori Blair made his first start after a miraculous recovery, Jerry DiPaola writes in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Syracuse players and coaches have plenty of thoughts about playing this Saturday's game against Notre Dame at night, Nate Mink writes in the (Syracuse) Post-Standard.
Al Groh returns to Virginia to call the Hoos' game against Kent State.
Virginia Tech is considering using a medical redshirt for ailing cornerbackBrandon Facyson, Mike Barber writes in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
