20th Ranked Duke Defensively Allowing 18th Ranked Louisville To Score 23 Points Duke Being Shutout Offensively Saturday Led To 20th Ranked Duke To Sustaining 23-0 Loss In Louisville Kentucky
When you think of Duke Head Coach Mike Elko the inaugural word that comes to mind is defense because at his previous schools Wake Forest (2014-2016) , Notre Dame 2017 , Texas A& M 2018-2021 he was the Defensive Coordinator!
The defense that 20th ranked Duke Head Coach Mike Elko is known that Tyler Santucci coordinates didn’t show up to stop 18th ranked Louisville’s rushing touchdowns Saturday allowing Louisville to score 23 points though Duke’s offense that is coordinated by Offensive Coordinator Kevin Johns didn’t show up either as Duke was shutout offensively.
As 20th ranked Duke allowed 18th ranked Louisville to score 23 points in the 1st quarter Louisville scored pair of touchdowns as Jawhar Jordan ran for 14 yard touchdown, Brock Travelstead made the extra point. Jawhar Jordan ran for 23 yard touchdown, Brock Travelstead made the extra point putting Louisville up 7-0 before Louisville extended their lead 14-0 over Duke. In 2nd quarter Louisville extended their lead to 17-0 over Duke this time, with a 47 yard field goal by Brock Travelstead. In the 3rd quarter Brock Travelstead would extend Louisville’s lead over Duke with pair of field goals a 20 yard field goal a 24 yard field goal extending Louisville’s over Duke this time, 20 -0 23-0.
Following Duke allowing Louisville to score 23 points Duke being shutout offensively Saturday leading to 20th ranked Duke sustaining 23-0 loss Saturday in Louisville Kentucky Duke Head Coach Mike Elko had this to say!
“The way we started was really flat on both sides of the ball,
“We got behind 14 to nothing on the road against a really good football team. That hasn’t been our recipe (for success) since I got here. It caused us to chase the game a little bit. And in chasing the game, we never found ways to get our footing on offense.”
It just wasn’t pretty,”“It wasn’t pretty at all.”Penalties were a huge factor,”“We committed way too many to have success on the road, and that’s on me as the head football coach. I’ve got to figure out how to get that cleaned up and fixed.”
We’ve talked a lot since I’ve been here,“that our job is to have the next guy ready to go. Today, I didn’t do that. I didn’t do that well enough. And so when it got down to it, we just didn’t make enough plays blocking. There was pressure all night.”
Following Duke allowing Louisville to score 23 points Duke being shutout offensively Saturday leading to 20th ranked Duke sustaining 23-0 loss Saturday in Louisville Kentucky Duke Defensive Tackle Ja’Mion Franklin had this to say!
I don’t think that really was the issue. I think that they were hitting a lot of runs and Jordan was hitting holes a lot faster than we should allow them.”
We want to win every game that’s left on our schedule,”. “So we’re going to attack this short week against an in-state rival. There’s nothing really more that needs to be said about that. We’ll be ready to play this game and we’re gonna be ready to finish out the season strong.”
Duke has a quick turn around as they host Wake Forest Thursday night in Durham!
When Duke plays Wake Forest on Thursday in Durham Duke Head Coach Mike Elko is going to be opposing Wake Forest who he was Defensive Coordinator for from 2014-2016.
Kickoff is set for 7:30pm from Brooks Field @Wallace Wade Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN!
Though, who is commentating the game is to be determined!