There’s no nice way to start this one.
To me, Louisville’s Friday night loss to Georgia Tech was the worst of the Scott Satterfeld era. It may not have come by the widest margin or stung as much as the higher-profile losses to Kentucky or Miami (pick either one), but I think it’s the most difficult to find an appeasable explanation for.
On the surface, laying out why Georgia Tech scored 46 points on Friday and Louisville tallied just 27 isn’t all that difficult. These are two teams that were fairly evenly matched on paper, the Cardinals gave the ball away three times at crucial moments, and the Yellow Jackets finished the evening with no giveaways.