NFL News NFL News, Reports and Updates
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The challenge for Louisville football coach Jeff Brohm in Year 2 of his tenure is to do what no other ACC team that lost in the league’s championship game has done since 2008.
Make it back to Charlotte the next season to play for the title again.
The task is so difficult, it’s only happened once since the ACC began hosting a championship game in 2005.
Boston College pulled off the feat 16 seasons ago when the Eagles lost to Virginia Tech in the 2008 title game after having played for, and lost, the 2007 title also against the Hokies.
Those are quite the odds that Brohm will have to overcome to get the Cards back playing for the league championship.
Brohm does have consecutive championship-game appearances on his resume.
He led Western Kentucky to the Sun Belt championship game in 2015 and 2016 and won both times. He guided the Cardinals to the ACC title game in his first season at the helm after taking Purdue to the Big Ten championship game in 2022.
Brohm is already seeing similar traits in his team that compare to those that played for a championship.
“We’re hungry, and I think one of the reasons is we didn’t finish the season the way we wanted; we lost our last three,” Brohm said.
It was more than just a three-game losing streak. The losses came in three of the Cards’ highest-profile games: the regular-season finale against rival Kentucky; the ACC title game to Florida State; and the Holiday Bowl to a USC squad rife with opt-outs.
The way they closed the season has fueled Brohm’s drive since it happened. And he expects it has been burning in his players, too.
“We made some mistakes at the end that cost us the last three games we played,” Brohm said. “So, if that doesn’t make you hungry and want to go out and reprove yourself, then there’s something wrong with you.”
The Cards don’t…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/brown-jeff-brohm-help-louisville-184541306.html
Author : The Courier Journal
Publish date : 2024-07-24 18:45:41
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
