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Seedy K’s GameCap: Stanford
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There's one dynamic that really helps your team, a big favorite, beat that other woeful and underdog but game team.
That's if the coach of that other team makes some decisions at critical times more questionable than those made by your team's coach.
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Holding his miscues if not petulance to a minimum, Louisville's Jeff Brohm was outdueled by Stanford's Tavita Pritchard.
Cardinals 52, Cardinal 24.
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With 3:43 left in the 3d, U of L was dominating the territorial battle. 409 yards to 267.
But having settled in, after another eerily nothing-to-write-home about 1st 30, the Cardinals were up just one score, 31-24.
On a 3d & 12 from their own 23, Pritchard and/or his OC signaled in a swing pass hook and ladder. Given how tight the Cards were lined up, it seemed ill fated before the snap.
The reception was made a nanosecond before that catch and lateral back. The latter of which was high and wide and fumbled. Tayon Holloway scooped the pigskin and scored.
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38-24.
U of L's secondary had been as porous as a kitchen strainer — surrendered three 40+ yard wide open catches and scores — thus the outcome was far from defined.
Then Pritchard sealed it.
On the next drive, with the proverbial plenty of time left, Stanford went for it on a 4th & 4 at their own 31.
Davis Warren threw a pick.
Soon enough, Isaac Brown was in the endzone on a 23 yard student body left sweep.
Then the Cardinals victory was for sure.
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Brohm's questionable play calling was generally absent.
Victory blurs the memory, don't you know.
But he could still be seen several times screaming at somebody or another along the sideline.
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Then he made a decision late that had me thinking, "That's why I'm skeptical of Jeff Brohm."
Up by the final margin with eight and a half minutes to play, Brohm prudently decided to sit steady Lincoln Kienholz, who had provided workmanlike winning leadership and performance.
Enter Davin Wydner at QB, with promising reserve RB Marquise Davis behind him.
On the first routine rushing attempt the exchange was fumbled, though recovered by Louisville.
Brohm immediately reinserted Kienholz into the game.
The same Lincoln Kienholz about whom Brohm advised in his post game presser "has been nicked up," and "sat out some of bye week." Who "maybe has played some when he shouldn't have."
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Before Isaac Brown secured Player of the Game honors, Tre Richardson appeared the leader.
The TP wideout from Vandy had 10 receptions for 140 yards.
One of which was frankly hard to watch. On a 3d & 9 at U of L's own 44, Kienholz hit Richardson for a long gain to the Stanford 26.
Where Richardson was slamsandwiched between a visiting safety and corner.
My body still aches just from viewing the hit.
Isaac Brown found pay dirt four times.
Three by land. One aerial.
He averaged 15.4 ypc on 9 totes. Three catches for 33 yards.
He added 27 yards on kick returns, with a nifty nullified by a penalty.
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Hated U of L's uniforms.
Gold is NOT one of the Cardinal's colors.
— c d kaplan
