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HOUSTON -- Louisville coach Bobby Petrino was blunt.We blew it, he said.Duke Catalon scored three touchdowns and Houston hurried and harassed Heisman favorite Lamar Jackson all night to propel the Cougars to a stunning 36-10 victory over the Cardinals on Thursday night that dashed the third-ranked teams playoff hopes.Louisville (9-2) entered the game ranked fifth in the College Football Playoff rankings, but was outdone by a Houston team that saw its own playoff hopes foiled by two losses to unranked teams after a 5-0 start.We lost, Jackson said. Cant do nothing about it.The Cardinals were unhappy they werent ranked higher in this weeks CFP rankings after losses by several top teams last week, and some players thought they let that angst affect their play on Thursday.I think we let that get to us too much. I think we paid too much attention to the rankings instead of playing our game, safety Dee Smith said. We were just trying to do too much.Things went wrong quickly for the mistake-prone Cardinals when they fumbled the opening kickoff to Houston (9-2). Greg Ward threw his first touchdown pass on the next play to make it 7-0. Brandon Radcliff lost a fumble later in the first and Houston added a field goal on the ensuing drive to make it 10-0.Jackson threw for 211 yards and a touchdown, but it didnt come until the second half.Houston then scored touchdowns on three straight possessions in the second quarter to push the lead to 31-0 at halftime. Catalon caught a touchdown pass, ran for another score and Houston got the third score in that span on a 50-yard pass by receiver Linell Bonner after a lateral.We were banged up. We were beat up. We were tired. We were exhausted in the month of October, Houston coach Tom Herman said. Thats not an excuse. Thats reality. And our guys fought through it and they fought through that adversity and they never wavered ... and when you get the band back together and you get everybody healthy and everybody fresh and everybody doing their job ... we can play with anybody in the country. And we proved that again tonight.The Cougars were in Jacksons face constantly, sacking him a season-high 11 times and keeping him from hurting them with his feet. He ran for a season-low 33 yards after piling up 338 yards rushing combined in the last two games.After Jackson was sacked for the 10th time he threw up his hands and two of his lineman looked to be yelling at each other about who was to blame for his latest takedown.But the Cougars werent done getting after him just yet. On the next possession he threw the ball away while under heavy pressure from Tyus Bowser and was flagged for intentional grounding, giving the Cougars a safety.Petrino said he saw frustration build in Jackson as the sacks piled up.Oh yeah, there was frustration there, he said. There was frustration on the protection and frustration on himself -- missing a few throws. Thats one of the things on the sideline there definitely was frustration and it grew.Ward threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns to help the Cougars to the victory that left Cougar fans storming the field to celebrate.---=THE TAKEAWAY=LOUISVILLE: The Cardinals may not have made the playoff even if they didnt lose on Thursday night, but the opportunity was theirs for the taking. Now they only have themselves to blame for being on the outside looking in.HOUSTON: The Cougars looked like the team that knocked off then-No. 3 Oklahoma in their opener instead of the underperforming one that lost at Navy and SMU to fall out of the top 25 weeks ago. The victory, which was their fourth straight over a top-10 team, will go a long way toward put a positive spin on what had turned into a disappointing season.---=KEY NUMBERS=The Cardinals set a season-high with 15 penalties, punted a season-high six times by halftime and the 11 sacks they allowed were more than double their previous season-high. Its the fewest points theyve scored since a loss at North Carolina in 2011.---=HEISMAN HOPES=Jackson entered the game as such an overwhelming favorite to win the Heisman that the loss shouldnt put that big of a dent in his chances. However Jackson insists that he isnt concerned about that.Im not even focused on that, he said. Im focused on winning.---=POLL IMPLICATIONS=LOUISVILLE: This loss will send the Cardinals tumbling down in the poll and in the playoff rankings. Theyll likely drop out of the top-10 but could stay in depending on how the teams above them fare this weekend.HOUSTON: The Cougars are likely to re-enter the poll after being unranked since the week after their loss to SMU on Oct. 22. They had the most points of any team not ranked last week so it wouldnt be surprising for them to move up to No. 20 or so after the big win.---=UP NEXT=LOUISVILLE : The Cardinals wrap up the regular season with a rivalry game against Kentucky next Saturday.HOUSTON : The Cougars travel to Memphis on Friday for their regular-season finale. Ryan Madson Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Cheap Dodgers Jerseys . White came in fourth place in the event. He was the two-time defending gold medallist. 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Ben Gamel added his first major league homer, a two-run shot to left-center in the eighth inning to close the scoring.In front of a season-low crowd of 29,932, Nolasco (5-14) started off shaky but was able to minimize the damage until the Angels unraveled in the seventh inning.Ricky started off trying to find his location and his command and missed some spots early in the game, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. One fastball to Cano was up. But then he really settled in and the fifth and sixth inning was smooth.But Nolascos command wavered in the seventh. He allowed a leadoff double to Martin and hit Mike Zunino. He was charged with four earned runs on six hits in his second straight loss and his sixth in his last seven starts.It was just a battle today, trying to find a way to get through the game, Nolasco said. I made the adjustments and tried to go deep in the game. I did a good job of staying on a two-strike splitter there and (Martin) hit it down the line.Martin lined the splitter down the right field line and may have been able to stretch it into a triple, but the ball was picked up by a fan before right fielder Kole Calhoun could get to it and had to settle for a double on fan interference.I certainly thought Leonys Martin was going to make it to third on that play because Calhoun hadnt even gotten to the ball yet, but its just a judgment call, Mariners manager Scott Servais said. You can review it, but youre not going to overturn it unless its just crazy. I didnt agree with the judgment, but thats their call.After Nolasco beaned Zunino, he was removed from the game and relieved by Deolis Guerra, who fared no better.Ketel Marte bunted for an infield single down the third base line and Norichika Aoki singled home Martin and Zunino, makinng the score 4-0.dddddddddddd With Seth Smith batting, Guerra balked to score Marte. Cano reached on a fielders choice when Cliff Penningtons throw home went wild, allowing Aoki to score and put Seattle up 6-0.The Mariners batted around before Dae-Ho Lee finally grounded out to end the four-run inning.Martins three doubles matched a club record for the most in a game. His teammate Kyle Seager was the last Mariner to hit three, doing so Aug. 24, 2011.Ive been seeing the ball really good the last couple games, Martin said. Im trying to not do too much with my body and use my hands a little bit. It worked.Ariel Miranda (4-1) shut out Los Angeles over six innings, striking out three and walking one in his third straight win.Today, we missed some of the pitches and some of the mistakes he made, Scioscia said. When he settled in, he changed speeds well on us. Although we pressured him with guys in scoring position, we couldnt get that big hit early.C.J. Cron scored the Angels only run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a single by Pennington.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: 1B Adam Lind is expected to miss 3-4 days with a sprained finger on his right hand. Lind sprained the finger in Sundays game.Angels: SS Andrelton Simmons was scratched from the lineup with a bruised right hand late Monday. Simmons, who jammed his hand in Sundays game, was initially in the lineup before being replaced by Pennington.UP NEXTMariners: RHP Taijuan Walker will start the second game for Seattle. Walker has battled injuries and inconsistency this season but earned his first win since June 30 in his last start against the Texas Rangers. Walker is 2-2 with a 7.23 ERA in five starts against the Angels.Angels: RHP Alex Meyer will make his third major league start and his fourth appearance. Meyer, who was traded to the Angels from the Minnesota Twins at the deadline with Nolasco, is 2-2 with a 7.71 ERA at the major league level and went 1-1 with a 1.86 ERA in eight minor league games. ' ' '