5 reasons why Louisville football underachieved against Duke
By Derek Snyder
5. Turnovers
This point comes in two parts: one, the turnovers that Louisville gave up and two, the turnovers that Louisville’s defense wasn’t able to force.
Brandon Radcliff fumbled the football inside of the twenty yard line when Louisville was already up 17-7. If Louisville scores on that drive, the Cardinals pretty much put the game away going up 24-7 or at least 20-7. Duke ran a very slow moving, dink and dunk offense throughout the night. There is no way that the Blue Devils would have come back from that.
It is really troubling that Radlciff, a senior, would fumble the football so close to the endzone. Petrino looked very upset with him and you could tell they had a disagreement on the sideline. Fact in point, Radcliff cannot continue to give up the football.
Secondly, Duke did a great job of not turning over the football. They threw a lot of quick screens that gave Daniel Jones an easy read every play and because of this, the Blue Devils were able to keep the game close in Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium.