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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Lamar Jackson and Louisville needed less than two minutes Saturday to get rid of a whole weeks worth of bad feelings from a lackluster effort against Duke.Jackson broke a school single-season record with four first-half touchdowns, Louisville had three interceptions leading to 17 points and the seventh-ranked Cardinals burst past North Carolina State 54-13 on Saturday.I was mad at myself from the Duke game and coach saw that, said Jackson, who completed 20 of 34 passes for 355 yards. I was like, `Ive got to prove I cant be out here, looking bad, looking to run all the time. I tried to do less running and more throwing.Jackson passed for three touchdowns and ran for a 36-yard score on the opening drive, giving him 34 TDs with five games to play. Dave Ragone and Brian Brohm each had 33.Jackson, a sophomore quarterback and Heisman frontrunner, had 359 of his 431 yards on offense by halftime. He threw TD passes of 74 yards to Jaylen Smith, 3 yards to Cole Hikutini and 16 yards to Jamari Staples.As for the record, Jackson added, Thats a goal, I guess. I accomplished it.Jeremy Smith ran for a pair of 1-yard TDs for Louisville (6-1, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), which reclaimed its high-scoring ways a week after managing a season-low 24 points against Duke and holding the ball for just 22 minutes.Not to mention, its physicality.I think our guys took it personal and felt like we were the most physical team out there today, Louisville coach Bobby Petrino said. We executed well. ... The game plan was to throw the football and our guys ran really good routes.Blanton Creque had four field goals and six conversions to set a single-game school scoring record for a kicker with 18 points. Consecutive pickoffs by Jonathan Greenard and Stacy Thomas set up second-quarter TDs.Whatever hope North Carolina State (4-3, 1-2 ACC) had of using its athleticism to slow the Cardinals and Jackson was quashed after kickoff.Jacksons TD run capped a 72-yard, 93-second drive just as 55,218 were settling into their seats on homecoming. Louisvilles next two scoring drives totaled 2:48 and the Cardinals might have had another if not for James Quicks fumble after a catch.Jackson was just getting started making big plays.His 67-yard pass to Hikutini -- who finished with a career-best 118 yards receiving on six catches -- set up Jeremy Smiths first touchdown run. Hikutinis TD catch capped the next drive and Staples grabbed his first scoring pass of the season. Louisville outgained the Wolfpack 553-250 and held them to just 14 yards rushing on 25 attempts.All this against an N.C. State defense that last week forced four turnovers and returned an interception for a TD at then-No. 3 Clemson before falling in overtime. The Wolfpack managed two third-quarter touchdowns to avoid a shutout, but not the rout.And while N.C. State coach Dave Doeren acknowledged that players were hurt by the Clemson loss, he didnt expect this kind of hangover.We werent ready to play today and thats on me, Doeren said. It was not our best against their best. When you turn the ball over, youre going to look bad. When you give up long plays, you are not going to look good. ... That wasnt the team we played with seven days ago.THE TAKEAWAYN.C. State: The Wolfpacks upset quest after last weeks game slipped away at Clemson never got started. They were outgained 244 to minus-1 after one quarter before finishing with their second-lowest yardage this season.Louisville: Other than a scoreless third quarter, Jackson and the Cardinals clicked on all phases in their most emphatic win since destroying Florida State. Jacksons TD passes to Jaylen Smith and Staples might have been his best, along with his run that got his day started. The Cardinals became bowl eligible for the seventh straight season.POLL IMPLICATIONSLouisvilles latest rout could boost its poll position and grab the attention of the playoff committee with the initial rankings just a couple of weeks away. Thomas, a linebacker, certainly thinks so.I feel like we made a pretty good statement that were a team to contend for the playoff, he said. Although they (the Wolfpack) had a pretty good game against Clemson, we knew we had to come in and handle our business.GOOD COMPANYJackson (16 rushing touchdowns, 18 TD passes) is closing in on becoming the seventh FBS player and first since Jordan Lynch of Northern Illinois in 2013 to score at least 20 touchdowns and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in the same season. Among the other six are three Heisman winners (Tim Tebow, 2007; Cam Newton, 2010; Johnny Manziel, 2012).NUMBERS GAMEAccording to a tweet by ESPN Stats and Info, there have been eight instances of an ACC team yielding 40-plus points before halftime. N.C. 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North Melbourne has been dealt a savage blow ahead of their crunch meeting with AFL premiers Hawthorn, losing Ben Brown and Scott Thompson.The pair were named in the Kangaroos team on Thursday night but failed fitness tests on Friday, with Ryan Clarke and Brad McKenzie replacing them in the Roos 22.dddddddddddd.Brown suffered a knee injury in Norths last-out loss to the Western Bulldogs, while Thompson has an adductor complaint from the same match. ' ' '