Some losses will frustrate a fanbase, and some losses are so incomprehensible they will be etched in your memory for the entire season. Last year Miami had the ACC’s signature chokejob moment against Georgia Tech. This year the honor may go to the Louisville Cardinals.
This was a game, I sort of stopped paying attention to. Stanford hadn’t won a game since September 20th. Five of their six losses were by 24 or more points.
Louisville came in fresh off a win at Clemson and a BYE week. They were the college playoff poll’s highest ranked three loss team. The pollsters respected the Cardinals, and they had a realistic path to a top 15 regular season.
Against Stanford, they led 35-21 with under 7 minutes to play. Then in a stunning display of ineptness, Louisville ended up losing 38-35.
Via CBSSports.com Louisville coach Jeff Brohm had this to say…
“A lot of silly things happened throughout the game that cost us,” Louisville coach Jeff Brohm said. “It really happened throughout the entire game, not just at the end. That’s on me. We’ve got to have more discipline. We gave in at the end and did some really dumb things, so we didn’t deserve to win.”
From penalties to bizarre play calling, the Cardinals made the wrong move after wrong move. To Stanford’s credit, they took advantage of Louisville’s trainwreck to earn the victory.
Why in the world is Louisville running a play on 4th down at mid-field at the end of the game? Why did they commit two ghastly penalties with under 5 seconds left to put Stanford in FG range? So many questions so few answers.
It’s hard to believe this is the same team, that boat raced Clemson in Death Valley just 2 weeks ago.
Jeff Brohm now has considerable pressure on himself in these final 2 games. Louisville has similarly reeling but dangerous Pitt team next week. After that if the Cardinals lose to a bad Kentucky team that won’t make a bowl game (barring an upset at Texas) the season might end up really frustrating Louisville fans.
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