LOUISVILLE, Ky. — To the east, the volume was cranked to 11. The Louder Than Life festival — four days of distortion pedals and tattoo ink — was rattling the decibel meter like a jackhammer in a cathedral.

To the south, the horses were thundering at Churchill Downs, where the margins were tighter than a fourth-down measurement.

And in between — right in the middle of Louisville's 40–17 win over Bowling Green — Caullin Lacy staged his own main event. No amps, all spotlight.

All he needed was the football, and some daylight.

He touched it 14 times. And he turned it into 281 all-purpose yards, including a 75-yard punt return worthy of strobe lights and a string-bending solo. He caught nine passes for 110 yards, returned kicks like he was late for a concert, and left Bowling Green defender

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