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Louisville football: How do the Cards slow down Clemson?

By Will Reddington

LOUISVILLE, KY - SEPTEMBER 16: Khane Pass #30 of the Louisville Cardinals tackles Tavien Feaster #28 of the Clemson Tigers for a loss of yardage in the first quarter of a game at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on September 16, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KY - SEPTEMBER 16: Khane Pass #30 of the Louisville Cardinals tackles Tavien Feaster #28 of the Clemson Tigers for a loss of yardage in the first quarter of a game at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on September 16, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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CLEMSON, SC – NOVEMBER 03: Isaiah Simmons #11 of the Clemson Tigers returns an interception for a touchdown against the Louisville Cardinals during their game at Clemson Memorial Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SC – NOVEMBER 03: Isaiah Simmons #11 of the Clemson Tigers returns an interception for a touchdown against the Louisville Cardinals during their game at Clemson Memorial Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Leave last year behind

Last year’s loss to Clemson was about as demoralizing of an experience that a team or fan base can experience. Going into the game Louisville was a 44 point underdog and the over/under was set at 70. Clemson covered the spread and went over by themselves, winning by a total of 77-16.

It felt like every time Clemson ran the ball they were going to score a touchdown.
But this Louisville team is completely different than the one we watched last year. The effort is never lacking, the enthusiasm is always there and there’s no reason to think that this year will be anything like the last, even if the game gets out of hand for Louisville.

An experience like that has to be hard for players to forget. All of these guys have been the best players on their high school teams and came to Louisville to continue to have success. They got blown out a lot last season, but never like that.

But this is a Clemson team who’s been as good as any college football team we’ve seen in our lives. Hanging in there Saturday would speak even more highly of the work that coach Scott Satterfield and his staff have done so far this season.

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The culture in comparison to last year is different within Louisville football this year…. I believe the Louisville-Clemson matchup will be as well.

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