[06] - It’s Finger Lickin’ Good 🍗

Intro:

Hello everyone it is 🍆🪵, bringing the 🪵 and the BOOM (shoutout Big Justice u the man) for your 🫵 5th weekly preview of the 2024 Season 🏈🏟️🚗👏. Last week we destroyed every inch and gram of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), winning 59-7 and 5xing their total yards. While the Tech offense took a drive or two to get settled, the points flooded 🌊 in from there. This weekend, we drive up to Kentucky to take on number 19 ranked Louisville (LOO-ə-vəl) Cardinals 🐦🔴 in a crucial ACC matchup. Our 3-1 start is our best start since 2017! GET HYPE FOR TECH FOOTBALL

Things Kentucky is known for:

• KFC - COLONEL SANDERS - Louisville basketball stadium is actually called the KFC Yum! Center 😋

• Churchill Downs - host of the Kentucky Derby is next door to Louisville - watch my favorite Derby race of all time using this link. Let’s go Rich Strike! 🏇

• Kentucky Basketball - Go Big Blue! 🔵

• Corn, soybeans, hay, wheat, and tobacco 🌽🫘🌾

NEWS ACROSS THE LEAGUE (or Cal Memes):  

saddest news of the week… no vlog from Ant ‘Scoota’ Carrie (but Bhoomi DMed him on insta?) COLLAB?!?!

STRAIGHT FACTS:

• WHO ARE WE PLAYING AGAINST: #19 Louisville

• WHERE IS THE GAME: L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium

• TIME: 3:30 on Saturday

• WHERE TO STREAM IT: ESPN2

• Career Series against L’Ville: 2-1 Tech leads (Louisville won last matchup in Benz opener last year)

• Spread: Tech +10

• Over/Under: 57.5

Brent Key v. Keydets Quick Recap

Quick Game Summary and Notes

1. we brought the BOOM! 💥 59-7 massacre

2. 38-0 at halftime - Zach Pyron 2 rushing TDs, Haynes King 3 passing TDs, 275yds, i THINK VMI got 1 first down in the first half?!?!

3. Second Half was reduced to 10 minute quarters - i never thought I would ever type those words tbh, that’s how bad VMI was

4. King was benched in the second half along with the rest of the first team (to rest)

5. Pyron threw for a TD to Leo Blackburn, freshman Tre Maddox got in the endzone

6. MOST IMPORTANT DRIVE OF THE GAME: Third string was in, Aaron Philo converts on a 4th down and then Ant “Scoota” Carrie gets his 1st TD as a Yellow Jacket

7. Eric Singleton Jr. - finished with over 100 yards and a TD

8. 3 sacks and 10 TFLs for the defense (the other team was terrible)

Louisville Profile:

• Record is 2-0, ranked 19th according to AP Poll

  • Won against Austin Peay (Go Governors!) 62-0

    • this team is prolly about as good as VMI

  • Won against Jacksonville State University (Go (Game)Cocks!) 49-14

    • this team is worse than GSU

  • Coming off a bye week (meaning they didn’t play last week)

  • They are in the ACC - so this is a conference game

• Jeff Brohm - Head Coach of L’Ville

  • 2nd year HC at Louisville, coached at Purdue in the past

  • Led the team to a 10-4 record, an ACC Champ appearance

    • this was their first 10 win season since 2013

  • Louisville is his alma mater (he played QB there)

    • 9-3 record his season year, threw for 20 TDs and only 9 INTs

  • 66-44 career record as a HC

  • Played 8 seasons in the NFL

• Tyler Shough #9 QB - pronounced Tyler ‘shuck’

  • 600 yards and 6 TDs so far this season passing

  • previously played at both Texas Tech and Oregon

  • he’s old like really old - he turns 25 on Sept. 28th (7th year senior)

  • 15-7 overall as a starter in college

  • fits well into the passing heavy and aggresively minded playbook from Brohm

• Ja’Corey Brooks #7 WR

  • transfer from Bama, played three seasons there

  • 896 yards and 10 TDs at Alabama

  • coming off a upper body injury that limited his playing time last year

  • has 172 yards and 1 TD already this season

not to be that guy but their hand signal is literally an L and their abbreviated name is L’Ville (idk if that’s real Im just doing it). We need to hand them an L this weekend.

Dwood’s 🔑s to the Game:

1. Keep Haynes King protected in the pocket - currently the Offensive line has given up 0 sacks on the season. Let’s keep that rolling.

2. Get some pass rush + win the turnover battle. If Haynes King takes care of the ball and we force at least one turnover I feel confident in our abilities

3. Execute on Special Teams. Clean punts, Make FGs, Good Punt Returns, Block a kick or two?

4. Utilize the big game experience to our advantage. This is Louisville’s first big game of the year so don’t give them free yards (in the terms of penalties).