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The MRI Says...10/5/07
October 5, 2007 | By Benjamin Miraski
Spurrier did it again. He has never lost to Kentucky, no matter where he has coached. And last night was more of the same with the great Spurrier defense beating out the Kentucky offense. Two turnovers returned for touchdowns by Eric Norwood proved to be a huge difference in this one. And so the MRI takes another loss, although this one was supposed to be close (only 53% chance of Kentucky winning that one).
Thursday's big game leads directly into Friday's contest. While not a king maker, this one is important for at least one of the teams. Louisville needs to win this game to help right the ship for the Big East stretch run. They follow this with six straight games in the conference. Coming from an 0-1 record, they almost need to win out. That's a tough call when they can't stop anyone's offense, and West Virginia, South Florida, and Rutgers are still on the slate.
Side note in tonight's game is that this is a big one for Brian Brohm to stay on the Heisman radar. He needs to show he can light up a lesser opponent again.
Let's see what the MRI says about tonight:
Utah at Louisville - When I received this year's ESPN the Magazine College Preview issue, it had the 3 headed monster of Louisville on the front cover, looking at a title. Sure, the offense had what it takes in order to win. But the defense was what cost the Cardinals last season, and this season didn't look like it could be that improved, did it? Maybe we all had hope, but with two losses, that hope is all gone. This is a huge trap game for the Cardinals. We shouldn't forget what Utah did to UCLA already this season. Big games for Louisville in the Big East follow this. They need to get well right here.
MRI Says: Louisville Confidence Factor: 74.83%
This Week: 1-2
Season Record: 45-17, 72.58%
Lifetime Record: 1407 - 591, 70.42%
All rankings are the current MRI ranking of the team
The MRI is a computer football ranking system. It has been picking games since 2003. Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com
Posted October 5, 2007 10:15 AM
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