Football Fiasco

The University of Louisville athletic program has gone through multiple trials and tribulations over the past few years. This being said, the fans are absolutely begging for something to go right. The football team this season is already traveling on a bumpy road, starting their season with a tough loss to Alabama, and then barely scraping by Indiana State and Western Kentucky University.

Pictured: (Left to right) Jawon Pass, Lamar Jackson, Malik Cunningham

The cardinals football team seems to be going through quite a quarterback controversy after star quarterback Lamar Jackson was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the last NFL draft. Both Jawon “Puma” Pass and Malik Cunningham have been playing the role of quarterback in the last few games to see who is the best fit. On  September 17, head coach Bobby Petrino announced that Cunningham would be the new starting quarterback for the cards, and the fans seem to be pretty hopeful and excited about the replacement.

Many Louisville fans are upset by the team’s performance throughout the season so far, feeling that the team should be beating teams like Indiana State and WKU way easier than they did. Fans are also crying out for coach Petrino to be fired on social media sites. Fans are saying Petrine is not the coach he once was and does not deserve to even finish out this season. The cardinal fans are hungry for a good football team similar to the 2016-17 team which held the Heisman winner.

Pictured: Tweets from frustrated Louisville fans.

The cardinal football team heads to Virginia this weekend to face the cavaliers and hopefully pull out another win. The change in the starting quarterback position will hopefully help the cards get the ball rolling earlier in the game and get them geared up to play ACC foes Florida State and Georgia Tech at home in the next few weeks.

Bobby Petrine’s team still has a lot of growing and developing to do. Anxious fans will continue to worry if the cardinals will be good enough this season but the coaching staff really just needs a chance to coach the team and mold them to Louisville football standards.