CFB Week 7 Preview: Can Louisville Keep Up Their Winning Ways?
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00:00 the game.
00:03 Fourteenth ranked Louisville taking on Pitt a seven and a
00:10 half point spread in favor of the cards on the road today
00:13 against the Panthers. Joe, of course, we saw Louisville last
00:16 week pull off its best win of the season. They improved to a
00:19 perfect six and oh they hammer Notre Dame. They don't just win
00:22 outright as an underdog at home. They take it to the Irish.
00:25 Five sacks against a stout Notre Dame offensive line that
00:29 was unimpeded. Eight tackles for loss. Louisville was the
00:33 dominant side in that football game with all the excitement
00:37 following last week in the Bluegrass State. How does that
00:39 carry over for an encore performance against Pitt? Well,
00:42 it's a potential letdown spot after the big thirteen point
00:45 win over Notre Dame but I still favor Louisville playing the
00:48 seven and a half points in this ballgame. Kevin, where is the
00:52 offensive identity for Pitt right now? The last year, they
00:54 averaged 183 rushing yards per game. This year, they're
00:58 averaging in this ballgame, 112 rushing yards per game, 190
01:02 through 193 through the year. Now, transferred to tight end.
01:07 Yes. Christian Velo is going to take over. Inconsistent in
01:10 terms of third down situations. This team was predicated and
01:14 built on physicality in terms of the rushing attack and
01:17 working off a play action. You really playing tight end now?
01:22 Yeah. Oh, last week at practice before Pitt's game, there was
01:25 an announcement that he wanted to go play tight end. So, he
01:27 had to leave the position because of how bad Phil
01:30 Drakowicz was this year. Alright. No, no offensive
01:33 identity. It's to your point. Yeah. It's spot on, right? If
01:36 your starting quarterback who Pat Narduzzi was adamant was
01:39 going to remain the starter regardless of how bad the
01:42 offensive output looked and had to go play tight end because of
01:45 how bad the offensive output actually was. It's not great
01:49 for that identity. No, and and not only that, the the defense
01:52 and secondary for Louisville is forcing turnovers and the way
01:55 they're playing the baseline ward down Notre Dame in that
01:58 ballgame. I mean, I can only look Louisville here. I mean,
02:01 Jeff Rom, great coach that has done a fantastic job. I don't
02:05 know if they'll be undefeated at the end of the year but in
02:08 this spot. Yeah. They're focused, dialed in. I can only
02:11 lay it in this ballgame.
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