UL -4
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Louisville is not a very good football team. Not nearly good enough for some of you to act as if UK stands no chance. Pitt basically went into prevent defense in the 2nd quarter yesterday.
They don't have the O line of UT and definitely not Miss St, nor is Jackson the same level of passer as Dobbs or Prescott.
They have a hard time stopping the run, and UK has a pretty good stable of backs. Outside of Jackson they don't have much of a running game.
They don't have the O line of UT and definitely not Miss St, nor is Jackson the same level of passer as Dobbs or Prescott.
They have a hard time stopping the run, and UK has a pretty good stable of backs. Outside of Jackson they don't have much of a running game.
Doubtful...most Bowl Projections have Louisville in the Sun Bowl vs. Pac 12 Opponent or Pinstripe Bowl against a B1G opponent...we shall see...the only outside chance is the Independence Bowl...
I agree. UL is terrible. Talent wise we are at least a TD better than them. However we haven't played up to our talent. We win this game easily if we have anything that resembles a passing game. 200 yards passing with no INTs and we win. The other thing that I would also look at as the number of coaching mistakes. How many poorly used time outs, bad alignments, not getting players on and off the field, etc. This season we have pretty much given games away with mistakes.
Louisville will cover spread..... we are horrible and poorly Coached to boot. They will have all day to throw and then scramble if they have to. Their dline will destroy our oline.Barker will throw at least one pick six and several interceptions and Towles will be put back in. Not because they are bad our Oline is beyond horrible at pass blocking.
Games are won upfront and we have two worst lines in Power 5 football. We cant pass block or rush passer without blitzing. I hope I am wrong...but watching Charlotte get pressure was disturbing
Games are won upfront and we have two worst lines in Power 5 football. We cant pass block or rush passer without blitzing. I hope I am wrong...but watching Charlotte get pressure was disturbing
We won't know who the starter is until they take the field. Jackson has a cannon arm, but is very inaccurate at this point in his career. I'm sure that will get better as he matures and adjust to the college game. He will be a good one. I don't think UofL has an offensive line able to give Jackson the amount of running room he needs. We just need to keep him from scrambling for big gains on obvious passing (3rd and long) downs. If we can get off the field on 3rd down, we have a fighters chance. I think the game will be relatively low scoring. Likely in the 20's, 24-20, something like that.
By the numbers UL should be a 8 point favorite. LVSC setting the line at 4 and the books dropping it to 3 says they are begging the public to bet UL.
I don't understand how people can not see the fact that we are very close, but both the coaches and players need to grow. This staff is working on 3 of the top 4 recruiting classes in our HISTORY, so they deserve time to let some of their recruits grow up. Talent and age can make a coach go from terrible to great. Worked for Brooks and his staff and it can for Stoops and Co.
Talent and age can make a coach go from terrible to great.
Yes but Stoops can't get out of his own way.
Yes but Stoops can't get out of his own way.
Do you have any idea what you are talking about? Have you done any research on Louisvilles o-line?
you don't even mention our run-blocking which is way better than pass blocking. Mark my words, Coach Stoops has pretty much already indicated he is going to run the ball all day long vs. UL and I think it will work. We will run the ball down their throats and squeak out a victory.
You don't know any of this. You're just making up negative comments with no facts whatsoever to support what you're saying. I hope we win but I don't feel good about it. I'm not going to rip the team and act like I can see into the future. That serves no purpose. We're not good but UL may be just as bad or worse.
I've watched every game they have played. It is there weakness problem is we can't get a pass rush with 4 guys against anybody. Did you read my post or just clueless about football
Again another poster who is clueless...we ain't running the ball against them. Watch the games. 2nd and long as Boom tries to bust it outside with nothing there
realize you are comparing them to teams that killed us. They don't have to be as good as UT or MSU to be a favorite. GBB
I'm really surprised the line isn't more. I wish it was more because I want to bet on us, but can't do it without at least 10 points. UL competed against Clemson. The only team we really competed against that doesn't suck is Florida, and everyone seems to compete with Florida. I hope our kids get fired up like they did last year and put us in a position to win, and then finish it unlike last year. No more excuses. Let's go Cats.
Louisville ranks dead last in FBS sacks allowed, but we can't get to them...everyone can get to them but us...UL ran for -1 yard vs Pitt, but their OL will dominate us...cut it out.
I've watched every UL game minus ones played during UK or UK gameday travel time...they have more negative offensive plays than we have, and that's saying something. If you don't allow the large play and make them drive the ball, they will eventually miss a block, false start or hold and set them back into a huge hole.
Their defense has good players but under performs. Their offense is young and inexperienced but can hit a big play if you fall asleep.
This will be a tight game.
Yeah, it was pretty boring watching our offense only put up 51 points (plus a interception for a TD).
I don't know if I can agree about their run defense, they have the 17th ranked rushing defense in the country.
They padded their stats against some horrible offenses. A true freshman ran for close to 200 yards against them on Saturday. Pitt was running at will on UL and they don't have a Boom Williams on their roster
Good post and this is where I'm getting my confidence. In the last 15 years or so the team that rushed for more yards has only lost one time and it was last year because Parker caught for around 2800 yards. UL's rush offense has been mostly non-existent unless Jackson is running the ball. Jackson isn't enough of a threat to throw to hurt us running like Dobbs and Prescott did. We dominated Bonnafon when they tried that last year and their Oline was significantly better. Bolin's numbers throwing to everyone but Parker against us were awful. I like our chances playing at home
Stats don't tell the whole story. If I'm a RB I'd MUCH rather run against Boston College than Florida, Tennessee, Miss St, and Georgia but the stats don't bear that out. Just as UL's defense was supposed to be all-madden last year but Chubb broke 30-40 year old SEC rushing records on them. The ACC hides behind weak non-conference scheduling and build their profile by beating up on Cuse, UVA, Wake, ect.
Better SOS? UK has the 5th toughest schedule his year, Lil Brothel has the 47th. Good grief.
http://www.fbschedules.com/2015/03/2015-college-football-strength-of-schedule-ncaa-method/
Excuse me I should have said according to Sagarin but you need to look at the date of the article you posted. Good Grief :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
I think stats compiled over a season are relevant. I'd say they are more accurate than most fans feelings and so does Vegas. I'm not saying we can't run against UL, I'm just saying UL is not Charlotte and the running will be significantly tougher. We will have to pass the ball in order to run.
What I wouldn't give for us to run the ball well. That way we wouldn't have to rely on our anemic passing game.
Well of course it will be harder to run than it was against Charlotte but it will also be easier than it has been against any of the 5 teams we played before Charlotte