
Louisville may not be all the way back, but the Cards are on the right track.
Ask Kansas State.
Indeed, the Cards drilled K-State 38-29 last night at Papa John’s.
It wasn’t that close. Louisville led 35-14 before the Wildcats scored
on 52-yard and 59-yard touchdown passes in the fourth quarter. Before
then, however, Louisville was clearly the better team.
The speedy Victor Anderson rushed for an eye-popping 176 yards on
just 18 carries. The former St. X star scored on runs of 29, 56 and 27
yards. Meanwhile, Brock Bolen rushed for 104 yards on 23 carries. It’s
the first time since 2005 two U of L rushers have passed the century
mark in the same game.
But the biggest difference is the Louisville defense. Thank new
coordinator Ron English. The former Michigan defensive coordinator has
revamped the Cardinal defenders. Louisville held the Wildcats to 30
yards on just 12 carries. KSU quarterback Josh Freeman entered the game
as the nation’s third most efficient passer. He departed having
completed 24 of 42 passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns, but many
of those came in the final quarter when the visitors were playing
catch-up.
In three games, Louisville has allowed just 126 yards. That works
out to 42 yards per game. Kentucky gained just 63 on the ground.
Tennessee Tech and Kansas State also gained 63 yards – combined.
That’s a far cry from last year when U of L allowed 165.3 rushing yards per game.
The game did prompt this e-mail from Aaron:
"Louisville had a pretty impressive win last night against Kansas St. Although Kansas St isn't in the top echelon of the Big 12, they are still a decent team. Last night, I didn't see a team that is projected to be next to last in the Big East Conference. Which brings me to the whole reason I'm e-mailing you.
Louisville isn't as bad as we thought they were and they only have themselves to blame for what happened on Labor Day weekend against Kentucky. Jurich's arrogance & Petrino's arrogance is the reason that Louisville got embarrassed on National television against UK. UK officials & coaches have begged for the game between the 2 to be later into the season. But Louisville was so cocky during the "Petrino Era" that they were too blinded to see that playing the game later in the season benefits both schools. Had they not been so arrogant, it may have been a better outcome for Louisville (at least I'm pretty sure that Louisville would have scored a touchdown or 2). I'm not saying that it would have been a win for Louisville but it would have been a better game to watch because both teams looked embarrassing out there. And it's natural to look embarrassing when you field a lot of new players playing their 1st collegiate football game.
I guess its safe to say that Louisville is playing much better that UK now. Yeah, I know the competition is borderline pathetic but that goes for both teams. Out of the borderline pathetic competition that both teams are playing, Louisville is looking much more sharp. One could say that Louisville is looking like the Louisville of old. I'm pretty sure that UK would love to have Cantwell instead of Hartline and they would probably love to have the young green Louisville receivers because they are showing some promise for the future unlike UK's current receivers (with the exceptions of Lyons). Last night's game (on National television) was an eye-opener for those who left Louisville for dead. I know a lot of eyes have been opened in the UK fan base. I've had a lot of people (UK fans) tell me that they are glad the game was the first game of the season because it might have been a different outcome had the game been played later in the season. Who knows? The only things that we do know is that if's don't get you wins so the game can't be replayed this year, UK has the bragging rights along with the Governor's Cup for another year, and UK fans have Tom Jurich and Bobby Petrino to thank for that because those two let their arrogance consume them."
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