I think everyone is over-reacting to the loss.
Syracuse played a perfect game, as clean as my grandmother’s chitlins. . . committing only 16 penalties before scrapping by the feisty Cards by 24.
Louisville was clearly “in the game” for at least the first half of the first quarter.
Yes, I’m sure the Cards are disappointed, but everyone improves more between the first and the second game than at any point during the season. Hence, beginning in 2023, Louisville will begin its season with the second game.
Malik led the Cards to 7 points in 4 quarters, giving the Card nation reasonable hope of scoring as many as 84 points in 12 games (I do not count playoff games before they happen!}.
Yes, there is some cause for concern: Louisville’s schedule immediately toughens as it must face at least one FCS school and one G5 program, each of which will likely exceed the talent of the average ACC team,
I predict they will “run the table,” although that might apply to a food fight at the University lunchroom, and not the gridiron.
But I must join my fellow Cat fans in expressing my joy that several U of L posters have reappeared on our forum the last three months, buoyed by their stunning success in recruiting as yet unsigned players I have no doubt those youngsters from Texas and California have been impressed by the first two minutes and 30 seconds of the Cards new season, further encouraging them to cross more than half a continent to be a part of this football story.
The clear majority now calling for Satterfield’s head need to calm themselves and remember that Rome was not built in a day. Satt’s 15 year plan has only just begun, and I hope and expect they ride him like a broke Ferris Wheel at a County Fair, by holding on for dear life, and suppressing the urge to puke!
