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Three reasons to be optimistic about Louisville football’s defense

By Presley Meyer

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - SEPTEMBER 19: D' Eriq King #1 of the Miami Hurricanes passes the ball against the Louisville Cardinals at Cardinal Stadium on September 19, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - SEPTEMBER 19: D' Eriq King #1 of the Miami Hurricanes passes the ball against the Louisville Cardinals at Cardinal Stadium on September 19, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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Three positive takeaways from Louisville football’s defensive struggles against Miami.

The Monday after a loss is always the weirdest fall vibe one can experience; and it’s no different for Louisville football fans.

On one hand, the weekend was great. Amazing weather, wall to wall sports action, and finally an opportunity to get a full weekend of distractions from 2020… stuff.

On the other hand, however, it was hard for me to not spend my entire Sunday like Garfield. Shoving my face full of food and depressingly going about my day despite plenty of reasons to enjoy it.

The cause of my distain nearly squarely fell on a handful of plays from a stupid football game.

Yeah, I know it’s 2020; there are more important things to worry about than sports. As I wrote last week, the fact that we even have sports is crazy in and of itself. Regardless of the outcome of the game, I should be able to separate myself from the moment and just enjoy the fact that I get to watch my team play.

All of that rah rah bs went out the window at about 9:08 PM on Saturday night.

As much as I’d like to say it didn’t effect me and I just enjoyed my weekend, it did, and I didn’t as much as I should have.

Losses are fine. Losses to top 20 teams in a rebuilding year are acceptable.

What I saw from Louisville football’s defense on Saturday, though, was inexcusable; and I could not escape that thought for much of the rest of the weekend.

Losses happen. Slip ups happen. But some of the downright egregious errors that we saw from Louisville‘s defense in the second half were downright embarrassing.

I will never lambaste unpaid athletes or bad mouth a college coach, but to say I was disheartened by some of Louisville’s mistakes would certainly be an understatement.

Still, as always, Sunday was a time to reflect. And I came away with some general thoughts about the Louisville defense in its first true test of the season.

Here are three positives we, as fans, should take away from the 47-34 loss to Miami.

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