There is no shortage of criticism of this FB Program (TJ, Petrino, his assistants and the players), as well as questions as to how we got to this place. What is missing is any real explanation as to the “how, who and why”. For me, the lack of transparency is not about what the fans need to know; rather its about what CBP and his staff have been doing without any accountability, and specifically how we avoid experiencing anything like this again. No one learns from mistakes without understanding the root cause(s).

I believe CardsDan has come about as close to providing some clues as to “the who, what and when”, but I would hope that before Bobby gets any paycheck that he sits down with Vince and provides “chapter and verse” as to the genesis of this train wreck ................. otherwise, I am afraid that any new HC will struggle with turning this around any time soon.

Is Bobby just a bad recruiter or what exactly has happened to him??

I am NOT here to cast stones, as I remember the pain of Joker and Billy G years. Those took away alot of the joy of watching 2 sports for multiple seasons.

I haven’t followed his downfall closesly, so I was genuinely wondering how he went from being one of the best offensive minds in college football to this....

A healthy rivalry is good for both schools and the state. I hope you get Brohm or Brown.

Interesting that Roger Burkman's wife is the judge in the UofL lawsuit against Dr. Ramsey. Stites and Harbison also part of the lawsuit. No wonder Brian Cromer quit the board.

These numbers are embarrassing:

lost 54-23 at Syracuse.... 518 yards allowed (326 rushing)
lost 77-16 at Clemson.... 661 yards allowed (492 rushing)
lost 56-35 at UofL vs Wake Forest.... 591 yards allowed (368 rushing)
lost 38-29 at BC.... 430 yards allowed (251 rushing)
lost 66-31 at UofL vs GT.... 554 yards allowed (542 rushing)

UofL has allowed an average of 58 pts per game over the past 5 games.
a total of 2,754 yards allowed, which is an average of 550 yards per game. (395 average rushing yards allowed per game)

in all the ways that we suck, offensive line may be the most glaringly awful unit on the team. It’s close between them and any member of the front 7 on defense. Even Becton was consistory neaten last night. Guys are slow, soft and poorly coached across the unit. Of course, it doesn’t help that Bobby insists on throwing the ball downfield 90 times a game. Just putrid.

Penalty after penalty, boneheaded play after boneheaded play. Just unbelievably horrible coaching. We shoot oursleves in the foot repeatedly every game.

Updated Crash and Burn Stats after the Syracuse game:

This provides Louisville's W-L record under Bobby Petrino since the Houston game in Nov 2016. And compares it with previous periods:

The results in the 26 Games since and including the Houston game in 2016 have been:

0-3 in 2016 (with Lamar)
8-5 in 2017 (with Lamar)
2-8 in 2018 (with "Puma"/Malik/Travis)
8-8 with Lamar (6-7 vs P5 Competition)
2-8 with "Puma"/Malik/J Travis (0-8 vs P5 Competition)
10-16 altogether !!

In the current 26 game span:

4-11 vs the ACC !!
1-4 vs the SEC !!
1-0 vs the B1G (neutral venue vs Purdue)
1-0 vs the MAC (Kent State)
1-0 vs the C-USA (Western Kentucky)
0-1 vs the AAC (@ Houston)
2-0 vs "The Little Sisters" (Murray State, Indiana State)

Bobby Petrino's two Tenures at Louisville, compared:

BP 1.0 was 41-9 (0.820)
BP 2.0 is 36-25 (0.590)
BP 2.1 was 26-9 (0.743) before Houston game
BP 2.2 is now 10-16 (0.385) from the Houston game through the Clemson game
BP Overall Both Tenures at Louisville is now 77-34 (0.694)

Beginning with the Houston game Nov 17 2016, Louisville under Bobby Petrino has been:

6-15 vs Power Five (P5) conference competition
2-1 vs G5 competition
2-0 vs FCS competition

The last time Petrino's Cards won a game against a P5 opponent was @ Kentucky Nov 25 2017. Since that game, all 9 Cards' P5 games have been Losses:

2017 (N) Mississippi State 27-31
2018 (N) Alabama 14-51
2018 @ Virginia 3-27
2018 vs Florida State 24-28
2018 vs Georgia Tech 31-66
2018 @ Boston College 20-38
2018 vs Wake Forest 35-56
2018 @ Clemson 16-77
2018 @ Syracuse 23-54

Louisville now holds the second longest active P5 losing streak vs P5 opponents. In these 9 straight P5 Losses, Louisville has been outscored 428-193, for an average score of 48-21.

The Cards have won just 2 HOME GAMES against Power 5 opponents in their last 26 games!!:

Nov 11 2017 Virginia W 38-21
Nov 18 2017 Syracuse W 56-10

The Full 26 Game Summary:

Note:
P5 Wins are in Bold Green
P5 Losses are in Bold Red
All G5 & FCS Games are in Light Black

2016
@ Houston L 10-36
vs Kentucky L 38-41
vs LSU (neutral) L 9-29

2017
vs Purdue (neutral) W 35-28
@ North Carolina W 47-35
vs #3 Clemson L 21-47
vs Kent State W 42-3
vs Murray State W 55-10
@ #24 NC State L 25-39
vs Boston College L 42-45
@ Florida State W 31-28
@ Wake Forest L 32-42
vs Virginia W 38-21
vs Syracuse W 56-10
@ Kentucky W 44-17
vs #24 Mississippi State (neutral) L 27-31

2018
vs #1 Alabama (neutral) L 14-51
vs Indiana State W 31-7
vs Western Kentucky W 21-17
@ Virginia L 3-27
vs Florida State L 24-28
vs Georgia Tech L 31-66
@ #17 Boston College L 20-38
vs Wake Forest L 35-56
@ #2 Clemson L 16-77
@ #14 Syracuse L 23-54

we have to be the worst in 3rd & 1 or 4th & 1 situations. Can’t get a stinking yard!

this sentence about Pass: “he hasn’t been in the game long enough to gain any consistency this season.”

Whaaat? I mean, I get that he’s a nerd doesn’t understand football, but how could anyone act as if Pass hasn’t been given enough opportunity?

“The secondary has played serviceably in coverage,” former U of L captain Jake Smith said Monday. “But teams don’t need to throw the ball because we’re so bad in the front seven. Guys look lost out there.”

“Most (former players) I’ve spoken to — 10 or 15 guys — have said this is a poorly coached team,” said Smith, an offensive lineman who captained Petrino’s 2014 team. “It’s kind of a consensus. We have good players. We have good-looking players. (But) they don’t use their hands. For a defensive lineman, you’re not going to stop an offensive lineman unless you get your hands in his chest.”
Smith, a four-year starter at U of L, made pointed criticisms of the current team last month on the condition of anonymity. But after watching the Clemson debacle, he agreed to share his frustrations for the record.
“Pursuit is an issue, and pursuit is coachable,” he said. “I have a hard time speaking to the technique of a corner. But you don’t have a hard time watching effort. It’s just obvious that coaching could be better.”
Specifically, Smith finds fault with the play of the front seven — the defensive line and linebackers — two units coached by Petrino’s sons-in-law, L.D. Scott and Ryan Beard.
“The technique in the front seven is why Clemson, Georgia Tech, Boston College and Wake Forest are able to run all over us and why our sack numbers are so poor,” Smith said. “The run fits at linebacker were atrocious.’’
By “run fit,” Smith refers to a linebacker’s reading of the offensive line to determine what gap to fill to make a play or force a runner into the teeth of the defense.

“Our run fits are routinely bad, which is why you see runners routinely get to the secondary,” he said. “That long touchdown up the home sideline that (Matt) Colburn from Wake Forest had on us is a perfect example.”
Smith said Clemson was able to average better than 13 yards per rushing play because of the lack of gap integrity from the defensive line, which he blamed in part on “non-existent hand technique.”

https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...n-vangorder-contract-clemson-loss/1893147002/

Where has this guy been all year? He looked like the only Corner on the team who has the talent to be on the field in the ACC. So much better than any of our other CBs. God love him but Jones looks like freshman Yeast 2.0, and Rodjay has been burned all year. Mbanasor has been MIA outside of that INT. Here’s hoping someone steps up or we bring in a good DB.

So I say we keep Bobby for the next two games but instead of coaching - we give him a mascot outfit with a bell and a bucket and send his ass to Target. Let Bill Murray coach out the rest of the season and back to free tickets with Thortons coffee. 1$ beers wouldn't hurt either. I'm too defeated to google the stats but I'm pretty sure we're the worst power 5 team by a landslide. Let's just add add some flair to this absurdity and hope there's good news around the corner.

Go Cards don't let UK break 90.

is a tragic character, but one I take pity upon. Gifted, but failed. Cursed with promise, yet grounded by shortcomings. The Tony Kimbro of the gridiron. I guess.

Cards face Mocs in McKenzie Arena at 7 p.m. tonight. Available for viewing at
http://www.socondigitalnetwork.com/socon/game/louisville45-at-chattanooga-on-11092018

Also, just watched a very exciting 6K win (online) for UofL women's cross couhtry's Dorcas Wasike in the NCAA Southeast Regional. She beat the competition by 5.5 seconds! That's huge in Cross Country!

-sonja-

Syracuse has the nation's 15th ranked offense, and the 8th ranked scoring offense. Louisville has the 115th ranked defense. So, bad news there. The good news? Syracuse has the nation's 97th ranked defense. Uh, oh! More bad news. The Cards have the 112th ranked offense. The 117th ranked scoring offense.

Syracuse 54 Cards 21

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Lots of talk about money, mostly stemming from the ludicrous buy out provisions in CBP's contract. I know, I know; no one thought it would be necessary but here we are. FWIW, it appears we are out of athletic spending money mainly because of the totally unnecessary TJ buyout (~$8M) and the unexpected annual $2.4M YUM! flat rate increase for 2018...both actions decisions by the interim school administration.

Even if CBP had been dismissed "the right way" we were still looking at a $4M buy out fee for Mack or a similarly qualified replacement. I won't count Mack's Miami buy out as an "unexpected expense" because that feature/expense is unfortunately getting increasingly common when you are in a serious coaching search.

IOW, A LOT of "unexpected athletic expense" for 2018. And much of available cash on hand and ready reserve going to those expenses. I know the ULAA Hickman/Camp fund has already been hit for about $8M.

But getting back to probable forthcoming CBP buy out expenses of ~$14M for a new hire, if no other courses of action, what about the UofL Foundation?

Bill Olson put over $30M in ULAA money in the school foundation. I'm pretty sure Jurich was quite respectful of that money, borrowing a million here, a million there and repaying with interest. I believe I recall reading somewhere that it was pledged as collateral against the current ULAA stadium bond. But, even if so, it seems that might be a negotiable issue.

I know there are 3 games left but 2018 has gone beyond the proverbial "unexpected bad year". Other than FSU there has been no competitiveness whatsoever in the other 6 losses. Not an annual decline situation here but a total crash and burn situation. I'm not sure there are too many instances where a guy has come back from this type of losing season, especially with a team that had a recent history of doing quite well before he took over.

I simply cannot explain 2018 Cardinal football but it cannot be allowed to spread to out years. I think a change is stunningly unexpected, will be expensive but is necessary. Even with "the right guy" it will probably take a couple or 3 years to correct back to where we were just last year. But is very important to get a coaching selection right this time around - we are not TN, AU or LSU who have often had multiple coaches "under contract".

I was 100% behind CBP's second tour here but, barring a staggering turnaround these last 3 games I think UofL has to pull that multi-million dollar trigger. There is simply no reason to explain this year other than bad talent and/or bad coaching. But either reason falls under coaching.

There may be (but unlikely) better available coaches out there than Jeff Brohm but I'm not sure any would have a more immediate ticket impact he would. All JMO

Peace

Fire Bobby before it gets worse. Players need reassurance immediately.

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The lack of effort on this team is undeniable! Offensive line literally letting defense breeze thru without even trying to block.
Still this all traces back to the coaches. The # of penalties is an embarrasment.
Not sure I’ve seen UL football this bad in the 50 years watching them

Wide open guys in the endzone and we take a sack.

If Charlie or Howard were on the sideline #58 wouldn’t have a jersey any longer. What an embarrassment.

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I don’t remember ever seeing a college football game get bumped off ESPN2 to ESPNEWS. That has to be a first right? LOL!