The Louisville game opposed western Kentucky, the team’s first at the time of COVID-19.
With 11,179 enthusiasts in the stands, just short of the 12,000 capacity, there were examples of the new general everywhere.
Everyone in the box had a mask when he wasn’t playing, just like the apprentices and all the staff. Field interviews were conducted remotely with coach ScottSatterbox with a constant microphone foot.
Even the sounds were different. Although not as strong as it would have been if Cardinal Stadium were filled to about its capacity for 60,800 people, the groups agreed on a background noise point in the game, which included the music and noise of the crowd.
But when the game started, there wasn’t much idea. Football and Louisville beat Western Kentucky 35-21. Satterfield said all he thought was his mask.
“It’s not news, but it’s hard to breathe with the mask, ” said Satterfield. “It’s raining there, it’s raining and your mask is raining. It’s a little hard to do it that way, but I liked it to the point. “On the 15-meter line, you have more space on the sidelines, but once you’ve started playing football, it’s football. It’s fun to pass out and compete.
Louisville will continue to review 3 times a week, once every Monday, Wednesday and Friday as the season progresses. You will receive Miami (1-0) at 7:30 p. m. on Saturday and will be the site of the ESPN College GameDay College Football Show.
Is there a more effective player on the Louisville list than Ean Pfeifer?There probably isn’t. The closed wing, a Vanderbilt graduate movement, put three passes into his career and each for touchdowns.
He put two in last year, one in Miami and one in NC State. He scored the first landing of the year with 10:57 time to play on Saturday, a 28-yard pass from Quarterback Micale Cunningham.
With this catch, he has become the first player in Louisville history to score a landing in his first three receptions.
Newcomer Braden Smith, a move from Northwest Mississippi Community College, made a record debut for the Cardinals in 110 yards. He is the first catcher since Deion Branch in 2000 to record a hundred yards or more on his Louisville debut.
Louisville’s defense was the hot topic during the off-season and many perceive that if the defensive step forward, it would help the Cardinals enroll in the ACC elite.
Well, on Saturday they opened the season with a forged performance.
The defensive yielded 2four8 yards, the lowest overall against an FBS opponent since ceding 150 against Kent State in 2017. It also held the West Kentucky defensive, yielding 3. 4 yards consistent with the game and forcing Hilltop’s consistent opponents to convert only four of 12 into a 3rd chance.
Supporter Dorian Etheridge said he considers it a byproduct of Louisville’s defensive bet temporarily and for a short time at the time of year under defensive coordinator Bryan Brown.
“They attacked us, attacked us, ” said Etheridge. ” We’re looking to replace the narrative of our defense, and it starts with each and every game. We’ve adjusted the little things. “
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