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Cards getting 6 points to ND

I’ll wear the “disrespect” cloak as long as it works.

Like the old saying “Call me whatever you want as long as you call me to dinner”.

Last thing I want is to get beat as favorites.

THAT will not earn us any respect.

I think the line is what it is because it’s ND.

The elites ALWAYS get built up, then excused when they fall.

But, it’s a good discussion. Everybody has different ideas!
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Cards getting 6 points to ND

You can't anymore. If what I saw was right,early betters hammered the Cards down to whatever it is now. Jmo,but if it did open at 10,I don't really like that.

I'm not willing to take a whole lot of stock from that NI loss. It's irrelevant now,as the Irish are playing like a wounded animal,we're dinged up and it's a road game. It's gonna take a masterful gameplan by JB and a monumental effort from some guys we wouldn't expect to see it from.
Next man up!
Really? Playing like a wounded animal?

ND just beat Miami of Ohio 28 to 3. They had 2 turnovers, 60 yards in penalties and barely over 400 yards of offense. Leonard finally threw his first TD pass.

It's so typical to throw out the UNI loss because that's what has been done because it's ND. The Irish are an average football team who in my opinion shouldn't be ranked at all. They beat another average team in Texas A&M and that's it. They're not playing well yet they're favored by a TD over a ranked team who is playing well?

Monumental effort? No, that will be when the Cards play Miami, a team that is playing very well. ND had a better team last season and the Cards handled them with a lesser QB.

Of course I can be wrong and ND could play their best game yet. Anything can happen, but I expect to see a Cards victory.

Interesting Game

Three phases win and I would point out...how many times has Louisville started out 0-1 in league play in football AND basketball in the last 20 years? There is no extra value for going 1-0 when outscoring your opponent by 1 or by 12. There is no scoring differential value in college sports for anyone but oddsmakers. We covered, we won. We're 1-0 in the ACC league standings September 22nd 2024.

1. The Georgia Institute of Polytechnology didn't get to where it was by admitting a bunch of imbeciles. Brett Key is a hell of a coach and he managed a game by playing the percentages about as well as you can in the modern game. The defense--and special teams--continually turned those odds against him. They were perfect in the Red Zone this year until yesterday and if Ashton Gillotte was upright scraping down on Jamal King's instead of being turned to the endzone the half would have ended 17-7. Much respect for Key...he actually micromanaged a 12 point loss as a 10.5 point (finishing as an 8.5 point) underdog.

SEC America won't recognize it, but had we played a lesser coached team that game wasn't even competitive. The great play by Riley to get our first TD was setup by a great punt to pin GT to the Louisville 5. Say what you will for Haynes King, but his greatest play yesterday might be running to the sidelines upright after his lateral gaffe play by Quincey Riley. Antonio Watts put a shot to his ribs that propelled him two yards in reverse that fortunately for King didn't result in a collapsed lung. On 4th down we had to beat a good offensive line multiple times to thwart a GT drive.

2. Special Teams played a huge role. Immediate attention will go to Holloway with the block and return, but the pin to the five yard line contributed to the first score for Puryear and the missed FG in the first second quarter from the right hash when it was 7-7 saw penetration straight through the B gap that if the FG kicker had it on frame instead of going wide right it would have been blocked. We might have had a scoop and score in the second quarter instead of the fourth and I'm not so sure that didn't contribute to Keys' hesitation at 4th and 14 at that point in the game.

3. I made the mistake of posting on Twitter on a Keith Wynne thread of saying that I didn't think the UofL d line was very disruptive outside of Tramel Logan. Upon further review, Rene Konga is very disruptive and a big part of Gillotte's theoretical lack of disruptiveness is they're sliding him down into the B gap. I suspect against ND he'll be anchoring on the TE/strong side if for no other reason than to body blow Mitchell Evans and force him to devote more attention to his blocking abilities.

4. Flags. I always compare our reaction to that of the garden variety UK fan that we all know who upon losing a basketball game on a cold night in January at Vanderbilt will always pull out the canard "it was 5 on 8"...the callback of Jamari Johnson's 30 yard plus gainer was laughable when you watch it back. The only crime was that it was pinned on Austin Collins...three O linemen were FIFTEEN yards downfield with Collins being the least downfield among the three. It was a screen intended to have Jamari Johnson getting the ball behind the line of scrimmage making it immaterial that the three linemen were downfield; a wayward NT who couldn't find the ball blew the play up forcing Johnson off his route and Shough having to hesitate to get him the ball. The refs got that right.

...but they blew the timeout situation which was criminal considering it directly contributed to the safety. Truth be told Ga Tech probably caught a one point differential because they would have settled for a FG instead of getting the safety when it was all said and done. That blocking below the waist call on Blue Hicks was straight up garbage and so was the call on Duke Watson who flat made a pancake block out of nothing. If I have one common complaint it was there was a gross inconsistency in holding. Louisville was beating on the edge and getting held consistently; Thor Griffin in one of his few snaps got blatantly held. The old adage of you can call holding every snap is among the first things dispelled by any official I've ever met, but teams have gotten away with it quite a bit against Louisville already.

5. Position-by-position I believe we can all reach the consensus that wide receiver and tight end are an aggregate improvement over 2023. Clearly we can say the same of quarterback. The jury is still WAY out on the offensive line though I will politely say the RIGHT side of the offensive line. Mendoza and Rasheed Miller were bleeding missed blocks yesterday and we basically have right guard platoon between Vic Cutler and Austin Collins. I don't know what the situation is with Renato Brown, but it is crying out for his contribution. Offensive line is a position where we recruited well in Brohm's first year but the secret sauce hasn't been found. We lost Burgess to transfer, we still have Madden Sanker and Joe Crocker who aren't contributing yet. Somehow in the 25 years since I left Lexington they have an embarrassment of riches from the prep ranks with O linemen going to UK, Alabama, Clemson, et al and St. X, Trinity, Ballard, etc. have produced butkus. It's one area where if we are being honest UK is just beating the hell out of us by comparison. Whether we enjoy the thrill of the initial playoffs or not, we don't have a Playoff caliber offensive line set of talent. It's not a matter of not having a Mekhi Becton, an Eric Woods or a Roman Oben. Georgia, Michigan, Alabama and Texas have those NOW...not spread out over a couple decades.

6. That said...we are really good at WR and TE with NFL projected talent. And we appear to have a QB that can deliver the goods to it in a scheme to do it. Brooks is the real deal. Chris Bell is going to be the actor in any Terrell Owens biographical movie. He's a weightroom marvel. Redman looks NFL ready and Jamari Johnson looks like a dead letter certain first day draft pick in two years. I didn't like how Jadon Thompson's injury looked yesterday but am looking forward to Caullen Lacy.

Notre Dame is a very intriguing matchup. To say they should be focused, hungry and motivated on their home field is an understatement and it's a fascinating matchup of strengths vs. weaknesses. Their backs are against the wall in a way that won't become clear until we kick it off Saturday. We have leaked QB runs the last two weeks and Notre Dame has seemingly gone MIchigan's route of assuming the best way to cover a a poor passing QB is to just run the ball 90 % of the time. We aren't getting the Riley Leonard with a bum ankle like we got last year but hopefully we will be the 2nd consecutive ND QB taking the field against us trying to outrun the demons of their last matchup against our defense. Make no mistake about it...our task in South Bend is monumental. There wasn't anything that happened yesterday that convinced me we could do anything against them running to the right side of our formation and their Front Seven is significantly better than a well schemed Ga Tech front.
Have to disagree on ND having a good run defense. GT is 19th, we are 18th and ND is 55th in rush defense.
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You can't anymore. If what I saw was right,early betters hammered the Cards down to whatever it is now. Jmo,but if it did open at 10,I don't really like that.

I'm not willing to take a whole lot of stock from that NI loss. It's irrelevant now,as the Irish are playing like a wounded animal,we're dinged up and it's a road game. It's gonna take a masterful gameplan by JB and a monumental effort from some guys we wouldn't expect to see it from.
Next man up!

BASKETBALL Full Louisville Men’s Basketball Schedule Announced

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville men’s basketball program’s full 2024-25 schedule is now available following the release of the Atlantic Coast Conference slate on Tuesday.



In Pat Kelsey’s inaugural season leading the Cardinals, the home slate is highlighted by home games against Tennessee, Ole Miss, Duke, North Carolina and Virginia. Louisville has five ACC Saturday home games and finishes the season with three straight in the KFC Yum! Center.



Louisville’s non-conference schedule, which includes nine home games, was released in July. The full schedule features 19 games on Denny Crum Court and can be viewed here online or as a printable PDF.



The Cards will play two conference games in 2024, intermingling non-conference and conference action in the month of December. UofL’s home league opener is against Duke at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8 on ACC Network.



The road trip to Florida State on Dec. 21 is between a game the Cards playing at Kentucky on Dec. 14 and closing non-conference play against Eastern Kentucky at home on Dec. 28.



UofL will kick off 2025 against North Carolina on New Year's Day in the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals will travel to Charlottesville, Va., for a midday matchup against Virginia on Saturday, Jan. 4 before retuning home for a Tuesday-night game against Clemson on ESPN2 or ESPNU.



A trip to the northeast is due for the Cardinals in mid-January as they travel to Pitt on Jan. 11 and then Syracuse on Jan. 14. Louisville will come back home for a rematch with Virginia on Saturday, Jan. 18 on ESPN or ESPN2.

Louisville will face the first of three new opponents in the ACC on Tuesday, Jan. 21 when it visits SMU in Dallas.



The Cardinals will play a standalone midweek game against Wake Forest on Jan. 28 before getting back out on the road. Louisville plays at Georgia Tech on Feb. 1 and then at Boston College on Feb. 5; the Cards play five of their seven February games away from home.



Miami makes a trip to The Ville on Feb. 8 prior to two more road trips for the Cardinals: at NC State on Feb. 12 and at Notre Dame on Feb. 16.



Louisville plays four of its last five regular season contests at home, beginning with Florida State in the KFC Yum! Center on Feb. 22 at noon on The CW. The Cardinals play their final away game in Blacksburg, Va., on Feb. 25 at Virginia Tech.



UofL closes out the regular season with three home games: Pittsburgh (March 1), Cal (March 5) and Stanford (March 8).



The Cardinals are slated to have 12 games on ACC Network, four on The CW and at least nine on the ESPN family of networks including the three Battle 4 Atlantis games.

FOOTBALL Brohm Press Conference - ND

(Opening statement)
“Definitely excited about this weekend and the opportunity ahead for our football team.
It will be a great chance to test and see exactly how we stack up against one of
the nation’s best. I know our team is looking forward to having a great week of practice
and trying to get better each and every day and going out there and trying to play our
best on Saturday.”
(Key to getting the right fit at QB in the portal)
“Well there are risks involved without question you know it’s not like you can go and
fully scout them and get to know them. Things have to happen fast and you need to do
your research and you’ve got to trust what you see but also get to know the individual
as fast as you can because that position is very important. Luckily for us Tyler has come
in and done a great job and really led this football team really good through three games
and of course were got many tough games ahead of us; but to this point he’s played
very well and has been a great addition for us.”
(On Notre Dame and a “revenge game”)
“Without question when you lose to a certain team one year maybe when you’re
supposed to win you’re going to be prepared and go above and beyond to make sure it
doesn’t happen again so I’m sure they are going to do that. First off it’s a very talented
football team; I mean really talented across the board. A lot of great players and they
are well coached, the defense has been outstanding, they want to run the ball and use
their quarterback as a runner and not turn it over; you know presents challenges. When
you face those types of teams you have to find a way to kind of beat them at their game
a little bit while still doing what you do well. It will present challenges for us, last year
we just played very efficient football, they turned it over a lot which really hurt
them. The game was still close for a while until we broke a couple runs that really
shifted the momentum to us. With Notre Dame it’s important to figure out a way to get a
lead and to make them do some things that they’re not as comfortable doing and when
you do that you can create a little bit of advantage, but until then they are very talented
and they are going to challenge you and it’s going to be a tough game for us.”
(On preparing for Notre Dame)
“Well because the game didn’t go the way they wanted to last year, we expect their
best. They will be ready to play, and they will be fired up to win this football game. So
that’s why we have to worry about ourselves, have a great week of practice, and come
ready to play. We can’t have a lot of mistakes and there’s things we have to correct from
this past week that we can’t do again, in order to keep this game close as long as can
and figure out a way to win in the end. So, without question we expect their best and
they will be ready to play.”
(On Riley Leonard)
“Well once again he is very similar to the quarterback we faced last week verse Georgia
Tech, he can run the football, he can use his legs to win. They have done a good job
this year of calling specific quarterback runs and making you defend against an extra
blocker, which presents challenges. He still has the ability to throw the ball so I just think

it will be another good test for our defense, we’ll have to be really sharp. Not giving up
big plays will be big, not giving up big quarterback runs it’s one thing if you two, three,
four sometimes five yards but big runs will be a big play. Then you know trying to stop
the run, making them throw the ball vertically will be something we have to really
concentrate on. They’re well coached and they’ve utilized his talents very well to this
point this year. “
(Updates on injuries)
“Well like everyone we had a little injury bug this past week and Jadon (Thompson) will
be out for the year with a knee injury, (Dakadrien) Saunders on the special teams play
will be out for the year with a knee injury, and Quincy (Riley) will be a game time
decision and Maurice (Turner) we’ll see, I’m not optimistic. We’ll continue to work
through that, and those things happen and that’s why you’ve got to have depth. Other
guys have to practice every week like they’re going to be on the field every play and if
they are great, if they’re not they need to keep practicing every day like their numbers
called because it will be called throughout the course of the year. Definitely this game
will have some new pieces out there and they’ll have to perform.”
(On how similar Notre Dame is to last year)
“It’s very similar. On defense, they’re really good. They’re well coached and they
understand the package and they challenge you, they get after the quarterback and
they hit him a lot. Really good up front, two outstanding defensive tackles that are really
highly ranked. My old teammate, Roman Oben, his son [RJ Oben] is a defensive end
transfer who’s done a good job. Their linebackers have played for a long time, they’re
really good. The secondary, two outstanding players - corner and safety - and the others
that are really good. So we’ll have to play well and we’ll have to be sharp in all aspects.
And of course on offense, they pride themselves on running the ball and, with this
quarterback [Riley Leonard], it presents more challenges. He can run the ball and he
can throw it as well, but he will use his feet, they will have designated runs for him, they
will make you account for him and all the plays and formations they have, which is
challenging. We have to prevent him from getting yards in the running game and that
will be a challenge for us and they’ve been really good at it.”

(On the running game against Georgia Tech)
“It was not a great day for us running the ball. Sometimes, that will happen against good
teams. Could we have done some things better? Without question, we could have. We
probably need to make sure we utilize certain runners on certain runs, maybe a little
more specifically and make sure we’re doing what they do best. At the same time, if
people are loading the box and they’re putting some guys in there, unless you’re going
to use your quarterback as a runner a lot, you might have to take what they give you.
That means maybe throwing the ball and doing some things when you get those looks.
But, the team is disguised well now, they’re not going to show you everything they do,
so you’ve just got to be good at both. Yes, being efficient running the ball helped us in
the game last year. Our defense’s performance and our running game is what won us
the game; being efficient and not turning the ball over won us the game. So, to this
point, we have had zero turnovers and that’s hard to do. You practice it, you talk about

it, but it’s hard to do. Possessions will be vital this game, and that will be the starting
point: making sure we’re aggressive but smart enough to not give them more
opportunities and more possessions because they will run the ball at you, they will use
the clock, they will use the quarterback as a runner and we need to try to find a way to
get the lead.”

(On the importance of this game for the program)
“Well this is a huge stage for our team. To go up there and play in this atmosphere
against a really good opponent can be a huge momentum swing in our direction if we
can find a way to win, without question. It gives your team credibility and definitely
elevates your program, so this is one of those games that you’ve got to take advantage
of. You’ve got to come ready to play, you’ve got to give it everything you’ve got, you’ve
got to lay it on the line, you’ve got to be aggressive and take some shots, and you’ve
got to try to win. So, our team hopefully will prepare well this week. I think we
understand what this game means. It’s important like every game, but this is just a great
opponent, in their venue, and that can be special if we find a way to win.”

FB RECRUITING: Note on current commit + potential flips?

Burrus was able to take in his first game at Louisville since committing to the program. It stood out to him how focused the team was pre-game and how good the atmosphere was in the stadium. He was also able to bring his teammates Damien Shanklin (LSU commit) and Jerimy Finch Jr. along on the trip. Burrus is considering enrolling early to get to Louisville sooner.

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