Louisville Football: 5 reasons to be mad after the Cards’ loss to Kentucky
By Derek Snyder
We take a look at five legitimate reasons why you should be mad about the Louisville football team’s loss to Kentucky.
The Louisville football team was upset by the Kentucky Wildcats for the first time in six years on Saturday. It was a game that the Wildcats dominated and the Cardinals couldn’t finish off at the end. It was a thriller, but unfortunately it didn’t go in the Cards’ favor this time around.
Fans should be very disappointed in this loss. This was a game that Louisville didn’t have any business losing and they were sure to underwhelm again.
Is it really that hard to ask for just another win over the Kentucky football team? It’s not like the basketball team will be pulling a stunner at the end of December.
With that being said, here are five reasons you should be made about this loss:
5. Stephen Johnson looked like the Heisman Trophy candidate
Okay, we all know that’s a bit of an overreaction, but the Cardinals’ defense played absolutely terrible. As if getting killed by Houston wasn’t enough, they let Stephen Johnson throw for 338 passing yards and three touchdowns.
Not to mention, he rushed for 83 yards as well.
Johnson was super efficient on pretty much every pass he threw. Whether it was burning the Cards deep or hitting the consistent flat route; Johnson was on fire.
Louisville’s defense should just be ashamed and there is no getting around it. How do you go from playing Deshaun Watson in October to getting dominated by Kentucky in November?
Oh yeah, to make everything worse, Louisville gave up 581 yards of total offense on Saturday.
Almost 600 total yards to the Kentucky Wildcats. Wow.