‘Aggressive’ Louisville stuns No

Andrea Adelson, ESPN

• Senior WriterOct 8, 2023, 12:46 AM ET Close ACC press reporter.
• Joined ESPN.com in 2010.
• Graduate of the University of Florida.When No. 25 Louisville brought native

  kid Jeff Brohm house, it was for minutes like Saturday night: A historical 33-20 win over checking out Notre Dame, snapping the No. 10 Combating Irish’s record 30-game regular-season ACC winning streak.Brohm, who matured in Louisville and went on to star at quarterback for the Cardinals, now has Louisville 6-0 in his very first year as head coach. After Louisville finished the upset over the Irish, fans stormed the field, and vocalist Jack Harlow might be seen standing beside Brohm screaming, “He’s the s–!”” It’s a great win,” Brohm stated in his postgame news conference.”

  And yeah, I like big games. Our team likes big games. If you can’t get up for those, this possibly isn’t the sport for you. But you’ve got to come ready to play, and you have actually got to do all the little things. You have actually got to be aggressive.”That is exactly the way Louisville played the Irish, coming after

  quarterback Sam Hartman from the start. It was reminiscent of the method Louisville played Hartman last season when he was the starting quarterback at Wake Forest and had six turnovers in a loss to the Cardinals. On Saturday’s opening drive, Hartman tossed an interception– his very first of three on the day.In addition, Louisville sacked Hartman 5 times, and the Irish might not get their running game going– acquiring only 44 lawns on the ground. In all, Notre Dame turned the ball over 5 times.Afterward, Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman stated, “No one has affected our quarterback quite like Louisville did.”Editor’s Picks 1 Associated”Everyone is going to blame Sam,”Freeman said.”You better point the finger at me. We need to do a better job of protecting our quarterback and putting him

  in circumstances to have a greater percentage for success.”Duke attempted to make Hartman uncomfortable last week, however he had the ability to make 2 critical plays at the end of the game, consisting of a 17-yard operate on fourth-and-16, to lead Notre Dame to a come-from-behind triumph. That wasn’t to be against Louisville, which totally controlled the game in the 2nd half and was extremely plainly the more physical team.”We were aggressive in our packages against their personnel looks,”Brohm said.”We were going to make them beat us tossing the football, make him throw it over our head.

  I believe when we got the very first interception on the first drive, they probably stated maybe we can’t toss it over their head as much, and after that we used more pressure. “It was the first time in school history that Louisville beat an AP top-10 opponent in back-to-back seasons. Last year, it was Hartman and No. 10 Wake Forest. This year, it was Hartman and Notre Dame. While the Louisville defensive line controlled the line of skirmish, so did the Louisville offensive line– a week after not playing its finest game versus NC State.Cardinals running back Jawhar Jordan was the difference-maker with a season-high 143 backyards and two goals, while quarterback Jack Plummer played an effective game, going 17-of-24 for 145 lawns and a touchdown.It was

  a signature win for Brohm early in his tenure, after Louisville hired him far from Purdue to replace Scott Satterfield.But for Notre Dame, now with two losses, another big game awaits against USC with College Football Playoff hopes all however over.

  “You don’t have much time to pity yourself, “Freeman stated.”I’m going to really count on our leaders to ensure our people understand we need to learn from this game and after that we need to progress and prepare yourself for USC. We can not sit here and mope and feel bad for ourselves.

  We need to move forward. This will be a real test of our management.”