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Louisville stop rate defense ranked 92nd

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nccardfan said:
Agreed, but where do turnovers come from... usually getting pressure on the opposing team's QB. Rushing 3 and dropping 8 ain't the answer against a running or even somewhat mobile QB.
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Typically we rush four. It just hasn’t been effective. We did a cover 0 against BC and got burned for a 50 yard touchdown. We simply haven’t been good enough on defense. Oftentimes when we bring a linebacker those are the times we lose the QB and allow a long scramble.

Top defenses get pressure off 4 rushing linemen. And top defense have linebackers and safeties that can cover one on one. So far we have not shown any of that. I do think our corners have played ok.
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Louisville stop rate defense ranked 92nd

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Knucklehank1 said:
We are 98th in turnover margin. We simply do not create turnovers on defense. We are one of the worst schools in country for turnovers gained. And are mid-pack for turnovers lost. Not a great recipe.
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Agreed, but where do turnovers come from... usually getting pressure on the opposing team's QB. Rushing 3 and dropping 8 ain't the answer against a running or even somewhat mobile QB.
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How come I don’t feel good about

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Thecycle27 said:
I think their schedule and some of the spots isn’t getting enough discussion. As of today they have/will play 3 top 10 teams with 2 of those on the road. Traditional powers are that who have dudes. Two of which teams got a buy before playing them. Then the ACC gives the Miami game a noon time game and Clemson a night game.

They were 1 score in all their losses. The only game that they lost and had more talent was SMU. That is one they needed and flat screwed it up.

It sucks but part of the process. They have to coach better and recruit better moving forward. They absolutely need to bail on the Georgia and Texas AM series. Sorry—that is dumb in this playoff era.
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I would disagree on Georgia and aTm. They are non conference games. Clemson still has a great shot at the playoffs even though they got licked by Georgia. I especially want a chance to play those teams in Cardinal Stadium. Those will be big crowds for us.
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LOUISVILLE VS BOSTON COLLEGE GAME THREAD

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Rollem Cards said:
Even at Half Time in my mind I didn’t think we were “out of it” IF we could get our head on straight.

But my eyes were seeing what appeared to be some “give up”.

Thankfully my eyes were wrong.

As I said before, I’m hoping this was the experience they needed to finish out strong.
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"But my eyes were seeing what appeared to be some “give up”."

Naw, that was what you were seeing from certain posters here on the message boards...
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Something going terribly wrong in Lexington

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Well, my first response to reading the title of this thread was “so what else is new?” It may be a bit of a leap to conclude that the Yuts have packed it in, everybody has a bad game here and there. I think they will still be a handful, but I also think this is our best opportunity in the past five years or so to win back the GC. Let’s go beat Clemson.
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Something going terribly wrong in Lexington

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It’s always a good week when UL wins and UK losses; but the way things played out in Kroger Field last night suggests that Stoops and UK have some under-lying issues that suggest that more than just injuries and poor performance are contributing to their decline. If there was ever a time to beat Auburn it was this season, and the way Auburn abandoned their pre-game strategy of passing the football in favor of running against UK’s “vaulted front four”, it exposed more than just UK’s defense. Stoops and his staff have lost control of their team.

I watched UK give both UGA and Ole Miss much more than I had ever expected, and it raised concerns as to just how UL would be able to win. Everything has changed, as it appears the players may “have packed it in”. For those UL fans questioning our own fundamental tackling, there is some consolidation in watching UK give up 220+ yards to Hunter when most of the yardage was after contact.

It’s a long way off, but we must beat UK this year regardless of what we do between now and then.
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How come I don’t feel good about

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I think their schedule and some of the spots isn’t getting enough discussion. As of today they have/will play 3 top 10 teams with 2 of those on the road. Traditional powers are that who have dudes. Two of which teams got a buy before playing them. Then the ACC gives the Miami game a noon time game and Clemson a night game.

They were 1 score in all their losses. The only game that they lost and had more talent was SMU. That is one they needed and flat screwed it up.

It sucks but part of the process. They have to coach better and recruit better moving forward. They absolutely need to bail on the Georgia and Texas AM series. Sorry—that is dumb in this playoff era.
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A Honest Discussion

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The issue with the defense is the blown coverages. To me that is coaching. They played really good against BC except for 3-4 plays that resulted in 100 yards. That has happened in every game. I wasn’t really upset with the Miami performance but again blown coverages led to 14 points. The SMU game they looked completely disorganized. Again blown coverages and assignments. Teams have figured out going fast against them is a good idea.

Let’s talk basic stats which go to the point of who Louisville plays.

Offensively every ACC team Louisville has played except Miami is near the top 50 in scoring defense. Louisville offense is 21st in scoring offense. Nothing wrong with the offense statistically. They are playing solid defenses and scoring. Keep in mind the new time changes has helped defenses.

Defensively they have faced 3 top 30 scoring offenses. The rest outside the top 50. They are sitting at 72nd in scoring defense. Statistically the defense is an issue this season.

Last season they were offensively 41st in scoring offense and 33rd in scoring defense.
I am not surprised they had a good year and pulled out close games.

There is no reason for Louisville in the ACC not to be in the Top 50 every year in scoring defense. There just aren’t that many really good offenses in the conference. If they get that consistently they will contend.
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