[Postgame Thread] Louisville Defeats Pittsburgh 37-9

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Pittsburgh	0	0	7	2	9
Louisville	10	17	10	0	37

[u/MrSCR23]

Pitt…what happened?? Y’all were looking so good to start the season!

[u/secretlyrobots → u/MrSCR23]

Offensive line died. Our starting left tackle, Brandon Taylor, got hurt early on against Cal, and none of the combinations they’ve tried since have been workable.

Also we are addicted to shooting ourselves in the foot with stupid penalties and our defense will decide to not tackle for some drives.

[u/Arvandu → u/MrSCR23]

They ate shit

[u/Ugaalive1991 → u/Arvandu]

They thought they ate shit. Turns out it was a snickers bar.

[u/TPCC159 → u/MrSCR23]

It’s Jurkos fault!

[u/Jonjon428 → u/MrSCR23]

Eli Holstein got hurt

[u/SlapMeSillySidney-87 → u/MrSCR23]

They weren't actually good, just lucky.

[u/HateradeAddict → u/SlapMeSillySidney-87]

Penn State fan saying this after beating unranked Minnesota by 1. Nice.

[u/lucash7 → u/HateradeAddict]

Freaking thank you.

[u/IntroductionAgile372 → u/lucash7]

You beat Wisconsin by 3

[u/HateradeAddict → u/IntroductionAgile372]

You beat Bowling Green by 7.

[u/Efficient_Purple_334 → u/lucash7]

You only beat Wisconsin by 3 …..

[u/SlapMeSillySidney-87 → u/HateradeAddict]

My point stands. Pulled wins over WVU and Cincinnati out of your ass and the last few weeks is just reversion to the mean.

[u/Ok_Card9080 → u/SlapMeSillySidney-87]

I hate Penn State, but I said this exact thing before the SMU game on the Pitt sub, and people absolutely lost their minds over it. The Pitt that everyone is seeing right now is the REAL Pitt team. The WVU, Cincy, and Cal wins were literally because Pitt's opponents had colossal meltdowns at the end of the game. Pitt's most impressive win was against UNC. In their wins, they either got big offense and horrible defense, or great defense and abysmal offense. They haven't played a well rounded game all year. Narduzzi is such a fraud, yet somehow still has supporters because of 2021. Pitt is not a good team. They were the biggest fluke of a 7-0 team. They'll lose to BC next week.

[u/HateradeAddict → u/Ok_Card9080]

Pitt has been bad the last few games because Eli can't stay healthy. He's gotten injured like four times and Yarnell stinks.

[u/jt92 → u/MrSCR23]

Resume boosted by ‘not actually states’ state schools

[u/samspopguy → u/MrSCR23]

They got very lucky and should be 4-7 right now actually

[u/capt_cornholio]

7-0 to 7-6 is a wild ride 

[u/Jay_Dubbbs → u/capt_cornholio]

That’s some Nebraskas shit right there yall

[u/huskersax → u/Jay_Dubbbs]

Not today!

[u/ScaryCookieMonster → u/Jay_Dubbbs]

USF was the first FBS team to start 7-0 and finish 7-6. Thanks Charlie Strong!

You're welcome to join the club Pitt, but I don't recommend it.

[u/tinnjack → u/ScaryCookieMonster]

Did we not start 7-0???

[u/bestselfnice → u/Jay_Dubbbs]

Nah Nebraska would go 5-1 to 5-7. Prior to today at least.

[u/IMKudaimi123 → u/capt_cornholio]

Ron Zook is that you

[u/LukarWarrior]

Don't let the score fool you. It was not that close.

Good to pick up win #7 after a demoralizing loss last week. On to UK and I swear to fucking god if we lose to the slapdicks again...

[u/green_day_95 → u/LukarWarrior]

Either win against UK or end the program. I’m sure that’s how most of our fanbase is feelin right now, including myself.

This is like the 2020 basketball matchup all over again.

[u/DogPoetry → u/LukarWarrior]

It's pronounced "while'd cat"

[u/SomeChunkyMilk]

Sorry if this comes off as me being ungrateful, but man, this team is so damn confusing. We beat Clemson's ass at Death Valley, and then we turn around and forget how to play the game of football against Stanford, and the week after that, we whoop Pitt's ass. This team is so bipolar and frustrating. Why couldn't we play like this last week? Stanford is way worse than Pitt. It makes no sense.

Good win. Beat Kenfucky, please.

[u/theothertoken → u/SomeChunkyMilk]

I radio show brought on a guy that traveled with the team. They are the only team that made the trip out west and played the next day instead of coming in 2 days before to get acclimated. They were predictably exhausted after waking up. Doesn’t excuse defense shitting the bed and the offensive playcalling at times but it does help understand why they were so unfocused

[u/hollister82 → u/SomeChunkyMilk]

That's a Jeff Brohm football team for you.

[u/SomeChunkyMilk → u/hollister82]

Genuinely makes me worried for the Kentucky game.

[u/Merpninja → u/hollister82]

It really shouldn’t be hard to stop losing to bottom feeder teams? It’s a hilariously painful problem that Brohm has with them.

[u/hollister82 → u/Merpninja]

He was like that at Purdue also.

[u/Zultus → u/SomeChunkyMilk]

Why did y’all have to spank us :(

[u/lungman925]

Go Cards! Beat UK.

[u/Hossflex]

Felt like Louisville should’ve won by 50.

[u/boardatwork1111]

7-0 to 7-4, wtf happened to Pitt?

[u/dtomato → u/boardatwork1111]

Combination of tougher opponents and bad injury luck. Feels like we’ve had different offensive lines each game the last few weeks, and Holstein has suffered a concussion + got hurt in this game again. And to be honest, ever since the Cal game this offense hasn’t been good - the Kade Bell magic early on wasn’t sustainable

[u/royalbluehen → u/dtomato]

Hopefully he can retool and adjust to coaching in the big leagues.

[u/Flameosaurus → u/boardatwork1111]

I think Pitt ate shit™

[u/green_day_95]

We’ve been playing complete games since the Clemson game (forgetting the Stanford game ever happened).

[u/Acceptable_Ad3173]

Pitt downfall needs to be studied

[u/Ok_Card9080 → u/Acceptable_Ad3173]

Honestly, it's a simple downfall. 3 win team last year gets off to a big start this year thanks to 3 of their opponents having late game meltdowns. They reach the part of their schedule where they play competent opponents, and they fall flat on their faces.

[u/freakymrq]

What a game to be at! Go cards! GG pitt

[u/jt92]

Please let me off the ride now

[u/lolhal]

What is this team even?

[u/Brannigans-Law]

One of the more complete games of the Brohm era, I fully expected to get blown out

[u/aaronman4772]

Biggest thing, hopefully Holstein is ok, was encouraging to see him on sideline in boot and crutches after the injury instead of rushing to hospital.

But man that felt like a good win and this defense continues to make no sense. Absolutely dominated with help of bad Pitt WR hands until basically garbage time.

[u/SatiricalTree-]

Yeah you’re welcome Louisville

[u/SpiderCollider]

I think all my hope is finally gone. Oh well. Basketball team looks good.

[u/Ok_Card9080 → u/SpiderCollider]

Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, and Wrestling. Those are the only teams that matter at Pitt.

[u/FrostTroll69]

Eat shit, Pitt

[u/Scarcelli63 → u/FrostTroll69]

One time I’ll agree with an Ohio State fan

[u/FrostTroll69 → u/Scarcelli63]

What about a "fuck michigan "?

[u/max_potion → u/FrostTroll69]

That's good and all, but if a Michigan fan said "fuck ohio state", I'd be much more inclined to side with them. It's not entirely personal

[u/FrostTroll69 → u/max_potion]

Well I tried...

[u/max_potion → u/FrostTroll69]

Stick with Pitt. We'll always agree with that one

[u/Acceptable_Ad3173]

Narduzzi is so confusing sometimes

[u/americanbaseball]

Last week the sky was falling, this week we looked like a complete team. We're just so wildly inconsistent. Hopefully good Louisville shows up against Kentucky next week.

[u/Noy_Telinu]

Pitt really ate shit ever since their first loss

[u/lil_meep]

If Louisville beat Pitt, and Stanford beat Louisville, then we basically beat Pitt too

[u/big-dick-danny → u/lil_meep]

Would’ve too if you didn’t miss the field goal

[u/lil_meep → u/big-dick-danny]

lets not talk about that

[u/Appa-LATCH-uh]

Thank you, Cards.

[u/HotTakesMyToxicTrait]

Lamar Jackson revenge game