Just realized

[fincane]

No. We've made backup, 3rd string freshman QBs look like Heisman candidates in the recent past. It was a solid, if not spectacular performance by the D.

Well when you consider they were missing their #1 RB, #1 WR, and were breaking in a new QB to a new system, it may explain those numbers a bit. I am looking for any positive signs, but I will reserve my judgement until I see how some other teams stack up against the Cards.

Just because we have been historically bad defensively the last couple years doesn't mean that a bad performance against UL was "solid". What you've seen here the last few years shouldn't be the bar against which good defense is judged.

That yardage mark along with yards per play(one game I know) would have them in the top 20 last year. Where Stanford finished. So it isn't a comparison against the crap we've seen the last few years. At least the yards say so. They didn't have a better ACC performance last year. Petrino in his first game. Well that defense hadn't faced an opposing offense in over 6 months. They couldn't get better either, right?

Funny people need to find an excuse for everything. Even the people that want everybody gone.

Before the game it was the great Bobby Petrino against Doritos. If we don't change the scheme we're giving up 500 yds. Now its "well he didn't have Parker and Dyer"

When people brought up the fact that Dyer and Parker weren't going to be there it was "well we've made no talent offenses look great before so it won't matter"

How many more excuses do people want to make for a defensive performance that was better than they were expecting anyway.

Everything sucks right now. Won't get better until the unlikely scenario of us beating Nebraska takes place and thats assuming we won't lose before then but I'm not gonna pretend what I saw didn't happen.

 

[fincane]

336 yards to UL. 95 coming on ONE drive. Lots more near the end of the game when we were dead beat. Where the game is won and lost, between those two, is where our D played really well, and the O stunk up the joint.

Let me ask you, if I told you before the game that UL would get 336 total yards, and 95 of it on one drive, would you expect a win or a loss? ANY kind of O and we win that game.

I remember at one point UL's average starting field position was like the 17. They just weren't moving the ball, and were losing the field possession battle. We did nothing with it. Nothing.

No. We've made backup, 3rd string freshman QBs look like Heisman candidates in the recent past. It was a solid, if not spectacular performance by the D.

Well when you consider they were missing their #1 RB, #1 WR, and were breaking in a new QB to a new system, it may explain those numbers a bit. I am looking for any positive signs, but I will reserve my judgement until I see how some other teams stack up against the Cards.

Just because we have been historically bad defensively the last couple years doesn't mean that a bad performance against UL was "solid". What you've seen here the last few years shouldn't be the bar against which good defense is judged.

There are screen shots of us playing some sort of 3 man trap on a referee on 3rd and 2. There are screen shots of us with 10 men on the field in crucial situations. There are screen shots of Louisville stacking the left side of their line with 6 guys and us lining up 3 guys in front of them on 3rd and short. Theres screen shots of McCord lined up covering slot WRs. The coaching and scheme that we run are mind boggling. If you are happy with that defensive performance, then thats part of the problem. We have become so accustomed to absolutely sucking that we are thrilled with a completely mediocre (at best) defensive performance against a lousy offense.

That stuff is embarrassing but you've got no idea what Louisville will be offensively. Dion Jordan(supposed pash rusher) was the third pick in the draft and was covering slot WRs at Oregon. That **** aint foreign to football.

 

[BALLHAWKU]

Anybody pleased with Monday didn't watch the same game as I did. There may have been good individual performances in some plays, but the team looked like **** in every phase, on every play. We didn't hold them to under 400, they allowed themselves to be held to that. They missed TONS of 1st down plays and wide open receivers. I could go on and on, but it's just painful.

Coaching lost that game.

Please clear this up for the Slurpers again, they really dont get it

 

[BALLHAWKU]

336 yards to UL. 95 coming on ONE drive. Lots more near the end of the game when we were dead beat. Where the game is won and lost, between those two, is where our D played really well, and the O stunk up the joint.

Let me ask you, if I told you before the game that UL would get 336 total yards, and 95 of it on one drive, would you expect a win or a loss? ANY kind of O and we win that game.

I remember at one point UL's average starting field position was like the 17. They just weren't moving the ball, and were losing the field possession battle. We did nothing with it. Nothing.

No. We've made backup, 3rd string freshman QBs look like Heisman candidates in the recent past. It was a solid, if not spectacular performance by the D.

Just because we have been historically bad defensively the last couple years doesn't mean that a bad performance against UL was "solid". What you've seen here the last few years shouldn't be the bar against which good defense is judged.

There are screen shots of us playing some sort of 3 man trap on a referee on 3rd and 2. There are screen shots of us with 10 men on the field in crucial situations. There are screen shots of Louisville stacking the left side of their line with 6 guys and us lining up 3 guys in front of them on 3rd and short. Theres screen shots of McCord lined up covering slot WRs. The coaching and scheme that we run are mind boggling. If you are happy with that defensive performance, then thats part of the problem. We have become so accustomed to absolutely sucking that we are thrilled with a completely mediocre (at best) defensive performance against a lousy offense.

That stuff is embarrassing but you've got no idea what Louisville will be offensively. Dion Jordan(supposed pash rusher) was the third pick in the draft and was covering slot WRs at Oregon. That **** aint foreign to football.

Didnt to have the break news for you comparing our coaching staff to Oregon is night and day

 

[The Franchise]

336 yards to UL. 95 coming on ONE drive. Lots more near the end of the game when we were dead beat. Where the game is won and lost, between those two, is where our D played really well, and the O stunk up the joint.

Let me ask you, if I told you before the game that UL would get 336 total yards, and 95 of it on one drive, would you expect a win or a loss? ANY kind of O and we win that game.

I remember at one point UL's average starting field position was like the 17. They just weren't moving the ball, and were losing the field possession battle. We did nothing with it. Nothing.

No. We've made backup, 3rd string freshman QBs look like Heisman candidates in the recent past. It was a solid, if not spectacular performance by the D.

Well when you consider they were missing their #1 RB, #1 WR, and were breaking in a new QB to a new system, it may explain those numbers a bit. I am looking for any positive signs, but I will reserve my judgement until I see how some other teams stack up against the Cards.

Just because we have been historically bad defensively the last couple years doesn't mean that a bad performance against UL was "solid". What you've seen here the last few years shouldn't be the bar against which good defense is judged.

I expected a win no matter what. There's no justifiable reason for that loss.

I watched the game, and the defense was still porous. It wasn't good, and it wasn't as bad as it has been. I don't need to focus on stats, and I'm not going to throw out a drive early or a drive late. The game is 60 minutes, and you don't get to throw away drives. UL left a ton of yards on the field that they won't be leaving out there later in the season when Petrino gets the offense oiled up.

 

[The Franchise]

No. We've made backup, 3rd string freshman QBs look like Heisman candidates in the recent past. It was a solid, if not spectacular performance by the D.

Well when you consider they were missing their #1 RB, #1 WR, and were breaking in a new QB to a new system, it may explain those numbers a bit. I am looking for any positive signs, but I will reserve my judgement until I see how some other teams stack up against the Cards.

Just because we have been historically bad defensively the last couple years doesn't mean that a bad performance against UL was "solid". What you've seen here the last few years shouldn't be the bar against which good defense is judged.

That yardage mark along with yards per play(one game I know) would have them in the top 20 last year. Where Stanford finished. So it isn't a comparison against the crap we've seen the last few years. At least the yards say so. They didn't have a better ACC performance last year. Petrino in his first game. Well that defense hadn't faced an opposing offense in over 6 months. They couldn't get better either, right?

Funny people need to find an excuse for everything. Even the people that want everybody gone.

Before the game it was the great Bobby Petrino against Doritos. If we don't change the scheme we're giving up 500 yds. Now its "well he didn't have Parker and Dyer"

When people brought up the fact that Dyer and Parker weren't going to be there it was "well we've made no talent offenses look great before so it won't matter"

How many more excuses do people want to make for a defensive performance that was better than they were expecting anyway.

Everything sucks right now. Won't get better until the unlikely scenario of us beating Nebraska takes place and thats assuming we won't lose before then but I'm not gonna pretend what I saw didn't happen.

You can talk about what "people" said before the game, but don't make it appear that I was saying any of that ****. I expected us to throttle UL for all the reasons I listed repeatedly before the game--QB starting his first game, brand new system on both sides of the ball and on STs, missing their best player in Parker, etc.

 

[Jfizz1021]

The defense actually played well enough to win. If our offense was somewhat competent, we would have had a nice lead at the half. We got worn-out towards the end since they were on the field the whole second half. Other than that, I though Chick looked better than he's looked since his freshman year, and there's some hope for both Jenkins and Hertelou on the D line.

This and the fact that Louisville dropped a few passes. On a couple of those, the WR's were wide open and would've probably been big gains.

 

[Cane Dynasty]

That was the worst Lville team they will field for the next 3 +years. They schit stomped us. No 2 ways about it.

 

[Cribby]

We were crap in all 3 phases against a mediocre team. Again.

Enough of this "the offense was good enough to win" or"the defense was good enough to win". It's fcking loser talk. If either was dominant or even good enough, then you beat that UL team with all the advantages we had that night.

This , my god.

 

[McGahee2TheHouse]

ThomasM won't have anything to say about the defense once we pay Nebraska.

He probably crowned Dorito after the UF game also.

 

[riceman]

So the QB was 20 of 28, yet you want me to believe under normal circumstances he would have completed way more passes? That's the way some of you are trying to make it sound. I've got news for you. When you are 20 of 28, you're not really getting a **** of a lot of drops and missed passes. Not as many as some of you are implying, at least. Trying to make it sound like he was 10 of 30 with 20 dropped passes is a bit disingenuous. How's he going to complete more than 8 more passes? Complete 30 in 28 attempts?

Anybody pleased with Monday didn't watch the same game as I did. There may have been good individual performances in some plays, but the team looked like **** in every phase, on every play. We didn't hold them to under 400, they allowed themselves to be held to that. They missed TONS of 1st down plays and wide open receivers. I could go on and on, but it's just painful.

Coaching lost that game.

They missed an easy TD where bush was a good 1-2 seconds behind the receiver who was wide *** open about 7 yards from the endzone. Went through the guys hands and he had enough time to clench his fists and put them up to his head in disgust before Bush got there.

2-3 other easy *** drops for 1st downs. Maybe it's not 20 additional passes, but the defense was atrocious still, especially against a weaker opponent talent wise on their first game.

Check out the threads on here where we're in some weird *** bermuda triangle defense with no urgency while they're inside our 20, and it's 3rd and 2. LB-love triangle is 7 yds off the ball, Lville has 2 yards to get a first down. What. The. ****. Coaching.

Is the defense better than last year? Maybe, but they **** well should be we have legit players at some key positions. Coaching still holds us back. We should've raped that team, yet they're holding out AQM for whatever reason, not letting our guys get push, etc.

He wasn't 7 yards away from the endzone. More like 35-40 because I remember seeing that green FG range line for their kicker on the screen.

There was only one other drop that would've resulted in a first down. First drive of the game. Stop making **** up to discredit a defense that doesn't need made up stats.

Defense sucked ***. Case ******* closed. Offense was worse.

 

[Fountain of Canes]

So the QB was 20 of 28, yet you want me to believe under normal circumstances he would have completed way more passes? That's the way some of you are trying to make it sound. I've got news for you. When you are 20 of 28, you're not really getting a **** of a lot of drops and missed passes. Not as many as some of you are implying, at least. Trying to make it sound like he was 10 of 30 with 20 dropped passes is a bit disingenuous. How's he going to complete more than 8 more passes? Complete 30 in 28 attempts?

Anybody pleased with Monday didn't watch the same game as I did. There may have been good individual performances in some plays, but the team looked like **** in every phase, on every play. We didn't hold them to under 400, they allowed themselves to be held to that. They missed TONS of 1st down plays and wide open receivers. I could go on and on, but it's just painful.

Coaching lost that game.

They missed an easy TD where bush was a good 1-2 seconds behind the receiver who was wide *** open about 7 yards from the endzone. Went through the guys hands and he had enough time to clench his fists and put them up to his head in disgust before Bush got there.

2-3 other easy *** drops for 1st downs. Maybe it's not 20 additional passes, but the defense was atrocious still, especially against a weaker opponent talent wise on their first game.

Check out the threads on here where we're in some weird *** bermuda triangle defense with no urgency while they're inside our 20, and it's 3rd and 2. LB-love triangle is 7 yds off the ball, Lville has 2 yards to get a first down. What. The. ****. Coaching.

Is the defense better than last year? Maybe, but they **** well should be we have legit players at some key positions. Coaching still holds us back. We should've raped that team, yet they're holding out AQM for whatever reason, not letting our guys get push, etc.

He wasn't 7 yards away from the endzone. More like 35-40 because I remember seeing that green FG range line for their kicker on the screen.

There was only one other drop that would've resulted in a first down. First drive of the game. Stop making **** up to discredit a defense that doesn't need made up stats.

Defense sucked ***. Case ****ing closed. Offense was worse.

I agree, I don't know why everyone is patting the Defense on the back. we gave up 31 points. Louisville recievers dropped numerous of balls should have been first down. There was nothing to.make me believe we took that next step to being a good defense. Still had glaring holes. Still got ran on at will. Still miss tackles and diving at ankles.still was soft. Still no pass rush with 3 players and playing patty cake. Litterly nothing has changed. NT is a bright spot. Perryman ,Armbrister, and Crawford. The rest of the Defense sucked. We happy we gave up 144 yds on 44 attempts 33 attempts was my one rb who had 134 yds don't see the improvement in that. We in trouble if we don't stop playing soft and start attacking like Golden said we would. If we attack we can shut down. People I hope they seen that on this blitzes.

 

[Rdcane]

That we held louisville under 350 yards of offense. While I still have no idea what the **** tyriq mccord is doing covering a slot receiver, I guess i gotta applaud Dorito for not putting on an embarrassing performance. Might we indeed be #trending up on D?

After careful consideration and analysis of the posts in this thread I just realized...

 

[jaxtheknife]

After 3 years of goldnofrio claiming yards don't matter just score when excusing their porous D and followed by carefully researched obscure stats to direct attention away from their ineptitude,

They now want to claim that the yards do matter and they deserve plaudits for their one-off so-called "elite" performance based on yards allowed.

Please Al, enough is enough with your simpleton attempts at smoke and mirrors,

Goldnofrio = Gottagoeyo

 

[ThomasM]

Our D played well enough to win the game, period. I'm not saying our D has arrived, and we'll stop everyone on our schedule. Just that blaming the D for THIS loss, and acting like they were just putrid, is just wrong. They gave our O two extremely short fields and we got 3 points. You know how big it would've been to score two TDs there? You know how big it would've been to convert more than ONE third down? Come on now. Anyone who puts this loss on the D is a fool.

Again, I've never said our D was spectacular, and didn't make any mistakes. All I said was they played well enough to win had our O been able to generate some offence.

If Nebraska puts 336 yards on us, what excuse will you make? I sure won't be making any for anyone if they get 500+.

ThomasM won't have anything to say about the defense once we pay Nebraska.

He probably crowned Dorito after the UF game also.