Louisville tops USA Today’s misery index for college football following their disappointing loss to Boston College.
By the way, Tennessee is second on the list.
Here is an excerpt:
Louisville: In the offseason, a couple of coaches familiar with Peter Sirmon’s work in the SEC reached out to the Misery Index to express dismay that Petrino would hire him as the Cardinals’ defensive coordinator. Last year, his defense at Mississippi State was a disaster, and the feeling around the league was that Dan Mullen got the way better end of the deal by swapping him out for Todd Grantham, who was Louisville’s defensive coordinator last year. That has proven to be accurate. Louisville ranks 62nd in total defense and 84th in scoring defense, down from 14th and 31st, respectively, in those two categories last year. Not to put that all on Sirmon, because some very talented defensive players Charlie Strong recruited years ago have cycled out of the program, but it’s a huge part of the problem. And Louisville’s inability to get stops or big plays like sacks (2.0 per game) or interceptions (five this year) just isn’t providing enough extra possessions for Jackson to put on his Superman cape. Louisville radio host Mark Ennis tweeted during the game that outraged fans were “turning and yelling up at the coaches boxes,” which is something he’d never seen in many years of covering the team. Unless there’s a quick fix on defense, it’s probably going to be a familiar theme the rest of this season.
