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Louisville Football: 5 takeaways from the Cards’ win over Boston College

By Derek Snyder

Nov 5, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Louisville Cardinals line backer Keith Kelsey (55) reacts after a play during the second quarter against the Boston College Eagles at Boston College at Alumni Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 5, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Louisville Cardinals line backer Keith Kelsey (55) reacts after a play during the second quarter against the Boston College Eagles at Boston College at Alumni Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 29, 2016; Charlottesville, VA, USA; The Louisville Cardinals offense lines up against the Virginia Cavaliers defense in the second quarter at Scott Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 29, 2016; Charlottesville, VA, USA; The Louisville Cardinals offense lines up against the Virginia Cavaliers defense in the second quarter at Scott Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

2. The offensive line played much better against an even tougher defense

One of the biggest reasons why Louisville struggled to beat Virginia last Saturday was because of the play offensive line. The Cardinals couldn’t control the line of scrimmage, which gave Lamar Jackson no time to throw the football and the running backs didn’t have very many holes to run through either.

We definitely didn’t give the offensive line a break this past week because they just can’t be that bad against an even worse defense. Virginia is one of the worst defensive units in the ACC and Louisville let them look like Alabama.

However, they rose to the occasion and played a very solid football game this week. The play action passing game was on point and that was because the offensive line did a great job of keeping the pressure out of the backfield, not to mention they were opening running lanes well before that.

It was a solid day for the O-line against a very good Boston College defensive front seven.

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