supacane
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This loss hurt bad but i will not make a judgement of the team until I see how they respond v Stanford, but more importantly v SMU.
For me this was my last data point to see if we were ready to go all the way. V a team that runs a conventional attack based on timing and with a schemer that knows how to attack weaknesses, which every team has.
Failure
This game was lost by the coaches and the fans. Yes I said the fans.
The coaches seem to not be able to respond on either side to what Louisville was doing. Against our D they constantly, cut blocked and also ran into that gap we left to get Bain 1 v 1. And they got the ball out quickly. I dont think we ever adjusted. For me thats coaching. On offense, the lack of diversity in the running game costed us. We saw some of it v FSU and even UF. Beck was pressing and went for too many big shots, the check downs were there. He threw one to Bauman that went for big yards and one to Marty Brown that got called back. It was there all night, even on his picks.
As for the fans, it was one of the worst crowds i have been around. It didnt even seem like a regular canes game going crowd. Many came late because of the friday traffic. I ws sitting beside two British, who had no idea about the game visiting for work/tourism.
But the biggest part that p!$$ed me off, was when Poyser recovered the fumble and we scored to make it a 3 point game, back on defense, UL is driving with like 5 mins left and there were so many fans sitting down and not even trying to make noise. I sure thought we were gonna just become insane after that, i was on my feet the rest of the game and I seen us turn games on the head many times. They did not give the team a lift at any point during the game.
Like i said, with the 12 team playoff, i wanna see how we respond the next 2 weeks before i decide if this is a hiccup and being outcoached or we are just not as good as we thought.
Got stuck in Miami with all the construction, didnt get home till 1 am. One of the most diflating losses i can remember. Up there with GT in 2023
For me this was my last data point to see if we were ready to go all the way. V a team that runs a conventional attack based on timing and with a schemer that knows how to attack weaknesses, which every team has.
Failure
This game was lost by the coaches and the fans. Yes I said the fans.
The coaches seem to not be able to respond on either side to what Louisville was doing. Against our D they constantly, cut blocked and also ran into that gap we left to get Bain 1 v 1. And they got the ball out quickly. I dont think we ever adjusted. For me thats coaching. On offense, the lack of diversity in the running game costed us. We saw some of it v FSU and even UF. Beck was pressing and went for too many big shots, the check downs were there. He threw one to Bauman that went for big yards and one to Marty Brown that got called back. It was there all night, even on his picks.
As for the fans, it was one of the worst crowds i have been around. It didnt even seem like a regular canes game going crowd. Many came late because of the friday traffic. I ws sitting beside two British, who had no idea about the game visiting for work/tourism.
But the biggest part that p!$$ed me off, was when Poyser recovered the fumble and we scored to make it a 3 point game, back on defense, UL is driving with like 5 mins left and there were so many fans sitting down and not even trying to make noise. I sure thought we were gonna just become insane after that, i was on my feet the rest of the game and I seen us turn games on the head many times. They did not give the team a lift at any point during the game.
Like i said, with the 12 team playoff, i wanna see how we respond the next 2 weeks before i decide if this is a hiccup and being outcoached or we are just not as good as we thought.
Got stuck in Miami with all the construction, didnt get home till 1 am. One of the most diflating losses i can remember. Up there with GT in 2023
