KenSucky said:

I think what you all are discussing is an evolution in the game. Look at this article about the same thing happening at the next level that just came out today...

https://washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/11/19/nba-three-point-shooting/

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LeFors4Ever said:

The elite talent is what keeps you from losing those type of games. In football, every team has a let down. It's easier to have a let down when you have Amari Cooper and Jalen Hurts type players all over the field. Because outside of the elite teams, we're close to a Stanford than an Ohio State

The 247 Talent composite score
All of the top 10 teams are 900+
Louisville is #36 with 739
Stanford is #42 with 719
Pitt is #43 at 714

Now the difference is clearly coaching, we're doing way better than a Stanford, but Stanford has guys that could beat us if we don't bring our A game we could lose. That's why you see the gap between top programs. Where we could have the right coach and right players, it still isn't the same as say Clemson who is underachieving with their talent, but still for the most part can run through the bad teams on talent alone.

That's the difference in a power conference and a league like the Big East was, even your teams like Stanford have some talent and are putting money into their program.

Looking at the old CUSA-Big East-AAC in terms of talented rosters in 2024. It kind of shows why it was easier to dominate when we had great teams in the old days.
#33 UCF
#36 Louisville
#43 Pitt
#48 Syracuse
#54 WVU
#59 Rutgers
#60 Cincy
#69 USF
#72 Memphis
#101 UConn

ACC
#5 Clemson
#9 Notre Dame
#13 FSU
#14 Miami
#22 UNC
#24 Kentucky (for reference)
#25 SMU
#36 Louisville
#40 NC State
#42 Stanford
#43 Pitt
#46 GT
#47 Cal
#48 Cuse
#52 Virginia Tech
#58 Boston College
#61 Virginia
#70 Duke
#71 Wake

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Ipartiedwithhopgood said:

I love Jeff, no question about it, but the honeymoon is over.

To go 0-3 to close the season, I won't exactly say "unexcusable," but it's pretty GD embarrassing. If you take a step back and look at the big picture, maybe, hopefully, this will turn out to be a good thing. It has been a love fest, after all. Jeff keeps saying he doesn't like to let anyone...

louisville.forums.rivals.com

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glassmanJ said:

whatever your predictions you have to factor in the CJB will lose a game if not two where we are favored as his past has shown this to be regular a occurrence. i don't he's capable of an undefeated season just yet coaching wise as sometimes, he just cannot adapt to the situation thinking his players will overcome. so at best, there's one loss, if not 2, to either GT, ND and/or Clemson and 1 loss where we were easily favored. then honestly, it'll take a huge game to beat uk on their home field as i think the pressure will be too much on coach's shoulders as it was last year. so 9-3 is a pretty good year, 8-4 a reality, 7-5 means the coaching switch was a failure, 10-2 is a dream, 11-1 is a hallucination and 12-0 is inconceivable. i'm of the 9-3 prediction.

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TheRealVille said:

TheRealVille said:

Well, get used to it because that's what's going to happen, and it's probably the only real option for this team.

There's no post presence. No one is posting up inside, no offensive sets for front court buckets. The emphasis of the offense is to set up open 3 pointers and most everyone has the green light.

I can't see how we don't average thirty 3 point shots a game, especially if we're trailing in a lot of these games.

All of this was foretold before the season started that this was going to be a 3 point shooting offense.

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beantowncard said:

I suspect there are more good coaches than there are big paying jobs. Money doesn’t always buy success….see Tucker, Mel.

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Thecycle27 said:

Never said they had less talent than Stanford. They were a 21 point favorite. Never said the lack of talent was reason the lost to Stanford. I said they lost because the defensive staff played a vanilla defense and their best player got scotched.

I also said to be a championship level program you need elite talent. Louisville isn’t going to have that level of talent. They are going to have equal or similar talent than most in ACC. Overall, not game specific, when you have similar talent as your opponent you have the potential to lose all those games. The lines this year have told us the rosters are pretty similar. To me this season has confirmed Louisville had enough talent to win all their games but could also lose all their conference games. It is a thin line.

There is no explaining the Stanford performance but the loss doesn’t mean anything just like beating Clemson or Notre Dame didn’t mean anything in terms of programs trajectory. The program is in good hands but needs to make adjustments to avoid Pitt and Stanford type performances.

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LeFors4Ever said:

The big fear is that when perception is created, the gap gets bigger.

What no one is thinking about is if Pizza Hut becomes the official Pizza of the SEC and Miller becomes the official Beer of the Big Ten. Or companies in the south like Coca-Cola, Chik Fil-A, etc. all do a SEC official partnership that gives money straight to NIL. The big sponsors don't do that now because it's not like a pro league and it's all spread out. But if the gap grows it will get too large even in NIL

Their TV money alone gives them resources to hire a staff way beyond ours. I mean it will be so hard for any ACC or Big 12 school to keep a coach unless they break the bank, but then if you pay big for a coach your budget for a staff gets smaller.

Like for example, Kentucky could hire a head coach that's worse than Brohm like a Stoops. But the problem is that they could hire position coaches and training staffs where they can double and triple the pay where their position coaches make more than our coordinators. They could have full analytic departments studying film and recruiting. It won't just be about having a better head coach any more, they could have pro football level organizations.

Right now the SEC gap is growing, look at the TV ratings on this chart. ABC is dominating the ratings every week with SEC games. That will mean less games for the ACC in major timeslots going forward. The less the public sees the ACC or Big 12 as legit then the lesser the brand value is. I know we hate them, but it's better for our league when Clemson, FSU, and Miami are all in the top 15. When those teams are good, that makes all their games matter and get bigger timeslots. Then everyone else benefits.

College Football TV Ratings

College football TV ratings for the 2024 regular season, bowls, College Football Playoff and National Championship.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

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