Louisville Football Postgame Quotes vs. Virginia

Virginia 30, Louisville 27 (OT)
October 4, 2025
Louisville, Ky. | L&N Stadium

UofL head coach Jeff Brohm
(Opening Statement)
"It was a disappointing day. When you give them 14 points on offense, it is really disturbing and disappointing. So that falls on me. The execution on certain things was disappointing and shouldn't happen – like dropping a ball on a simple toss to get a first down and forcing balls when things aren't there – can't happen. Not every play is going to be open and work perfectly, so you have to take a sack or step up and run. There are a lot of things we need to do so, obviously, I am not doing a good job of practicing those things for them to show up. We can't give the other team 14 points. Did we play hard until the end? Yeah. Did we come back and tie the game at the end? Yeah. When these things happen, you have to let these wounds sting and let them sting for a while. It has to burn and let it really bother you. If it doesn't bother you, then you shouldn't be playing football or coaching football. Losses are going to happen but to give people 14 points like that is very disappointing. We have to coach that better, analyze it and coach the little details of it, practice throwing the ball away, stepping up and running the ball, taking the sack, finding the checkdown, catching simple balls. There are a lot of things -- like getting dumb penalties and being more efficient up front – to work on. We still had a chance to win at the end and didn't come through on a pass in the flat that we have to throw and catch. It is a loss that hurts, and we will try to improve and get better and move on to our next game.

(On what he considers the biggest struggle with offense right now)
"All I can do is analyze the ones that have happened. We had an interception the last game that we just forced it right down the middle – stared something down and had a dry route wide open underneath. Today we dropped a simple toss to just get around the edge and get a yard. We forced some balls and probably forced some more. We've got to know where the underneath throw is, know where the check down is and then step up and run the football or throw it away. And we've got to have some running game and some other guys step it up as well. Not to put too much pressure on the quarterback, but we can do better than that, and we need to do better than that, and we'll work hard to improve on that."

(On what he says to quarterback Miller Moss to get him refocused)
"You've got to stay locked in on a progression, you've got to stick with it. If it's not open or you get pressured, you've got to run it or throw it away. And when you throw it away, you've got to throw it way out of bounds or if not, you just take the sack. Some things came up and that happened too many times today and that was disappointing. We've got practice it. We're going to have to just simulate some things and make sure we're doing some things better. Sometimes, maybe we're not blocking really well either, but you can't turn the ball over. You've got to punt the ball and let your defense play. We didn't punt at all in the first half, you can't just expect that you're never going to punt. You're going to get sacked every now and then, they're going to guard somebody, or they're going to make a play and get a stop and you live with it and move on. We've got to definitely improve on that."

Miller Moss, R-Sr., QB
(On the offense in the third quarter)
"I thought we played well in the first half. I thought some self-inflicted wounds, some penalties maybe hurt us a little bit. I felt like everything we were doing was working. They obviously made some adjustments coming out of halftime and had a good plan coming out. We kind of got in a rut, it didn't feel like we were in a very good rhythm. I don't think I can point to one thing specifically without watching it, but [we] obviously didn't come out in the third quarter in the way that we expected to and the way that we needed to win the game."

(On what led to the turn-around in performance)
"Like I said before, we were out of rhythm. We got behind the sticks a couple times. I think that the first drive of the second half was going alright, then we ended up getting a penalty, getting to third and long, which obviously we can convert and we did throughout the day but is not ideal offensively… and just kind of got into a rut. I am going to have to watch it, I can't point to anything specific right now. Obviously, you've got to play, you can't fall asleep offensively for a quarter and expect to beat a good team."

Wesley Bailey, R-Sr., DL
(What did the defense do so well against Chandler Morris)
"We've got a great d-line. From Rene Konga, Clev Lubin, Jordan (Guerad), myself, Denzel (Lowry) throughout the line. We've got great pass rushers that are versatile, aggressive and they know how to rush the passer."

(On the mentality of the defense)
"Every time we break the huddle to enter the field, we break it down on 'Red Swarm.' And that's what we do. At the end of the day, we are Louisville Football, and we are going to swarm to the ball. We're aggressive, we're physical, we're violent, and the offense has got to do what they've got to do. At the end of the day, we're on defense, we play defense and that's all we're going to do. We're going to do our job and do our part and get the offense back the ball and then we're just going to play our football, play Cards Football."

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Wesley Bailey

Rene Konga

Clev Lubin

Miller Moss

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