Carson Beck Says Miami ‘Laid an Egg’ In Louisville Loss, ‘I Have to Play Better’

The early-season Heisman push for Carson Beck hit a major stumbling block on Friday night when he threw four interceptions in Miami’s 24-21 upset loss to Louisville.

Speaking to reporters after his disaster performance, Beck could only say he “laid an egg” and has to be better to keep the Hurricanes in the playoff mix.

“It’s a good thing we play 12 games and not just one,” Beck said. “That’s the biggest thing we have to realize is there’s more opportunities. We’ve been very successful this season and, shoot, we laid an egg tonight. I have to prepare better, I have to play better, and I’m going to do that, and come back with fire.”

Miami had climbed up to No. 2 in the AP Top 25 poll this week after starting the season 5-0, including marquee wins over Notre Dame and Florida State. It was the program’s highest ranking since the 2017 team started 10-0.

Beck, who transferred to Miami in January after receiving a reported $4 million NIL deal, looked like a bargain at that price entering Friday. He threw for 1,213 yards, 11 touchdowns, three interceptions and a 73.4 completion percentage in his first five starts.

Friday was the first time in 45 career starts that Beck has ever thrown four interceptions in a game. If there is a reason to be concerned going forward, he has been turnover-prone in recent weeks.

All seven of Beck’s interceptions have come in the last four games (120 total pass attempts). He is just one week removed from going 20-of-27 for 241 yards with four touchdowns and no turnovers against Florida State.

This is part of the Beck experience going back to his time at Georgia. He had 12 interceptions last season, all of them coming in the span of six games from Sept. 28 to Nov. 9.

Louisville entered this game unranked but a solid 4-1 record that included a tight 30-27 loss to a Virginia team currently ranked No. 18. The victory over Miami will almost certainly push the Cardinals into the top 25 when the new poll comes out on Sunday.

The loss dropped Miami to 1-1 in ACC play, but it doesn’t have any remaining games against teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25 this season. This group is still good enough to win the conference and make the playoff, even if the margin of error went down on Friday night.

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