Louisville Football Postgame Quotes vs. James Madison
September 05, 2025 | Football
Louisville 28, James Madison 14Â
September 5, 2025Â
Louisville, Ky. | L&N StadiumÂ
Louisville Head Coach Jeff Brohm
(Opening Statement)
"I am definitely proud of our football team. We hung in there on a rough night and just continued to play for 60 minutes and found a way to win. Â So that is the great part. I thought our defense, which I thought was playing well the last weeks of camp, came through for us. They did a great job and found ways, with the help of the crowd noise, to push them back at times and, of course, got some sacks. The key touchdown in the end zone was the critical touchdown that got us over the hump. Then we found a way to hit a run at the end. So, it was just a good win. I was proud we hung in there. There is a lot to learn from it. I need to do a better job against the blitz package that we saw today. It was a heavy and extensive blitz package that was bringing the heat. I hadn't seen a lot of that in video, but they were playing feast or famine, and they got to us quite a bit. Those are things that we have to learn on offense and find a better package for that. But to get a win with it is good. Our guys played well. Even though things weren't going our way, in the end our receivers blocked, our tight ends blocked, our o-line blocked, and our runners ran hard. It was a tough night for us overall."
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(On Clev Lubin and other transfers stepping up)
"Well, he's done a great job. We do have some veterans, and even the ones that have been here really improved, stood out and have done a great job. The newcomers have (also) stepped in and been great teammates. To me, that was the key to our victory. This was not our best night of football by any means, but defensively, we did some really good things, and we were on the field for a long time. Offensively, we've got to get better. But, to come out with a win in a game that we knew would be tough, because we really haven't been challenged before. We saw some different things, but I was proud of our team. They came through and played hard to the end, and that's the sign of a team that really wants to win."
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(On JMU's blitz package and how it impacted the run game)
"Well, it did (impact the run game). It got to us. When you're bringing everybody and you're bringing more than you can block, and then when we tried to get through some quick game, they (JMU) sat on them and almost returned one for a touchdown. They (JMU) were dialed in on being aggressive. Then luckily, we popped a big pass, and we popped a big run. And really, when teams are selling out, you've got to hit big plays. You're not going to get chunks of yards throughout the game. You just have to find a way to not get too many negative plays and then hit a couple big ones. There's a lot we can learn from, but we did hit a few that helped us get some points. We definitely could play better, but I do think that we stuck together for the entire game."
Quarterback Miller Moss
(On offensive continuity after two games)
"They are obviously two very different opponents. I thought JMU did a really good job defensively tonight. They're a good team. They're an aggressive team and they emptied the clip defensively in terms of what they threw at us looks-wise. I give them a ton of credit for what they did. It's always better to learn from wins, and I think that's the most important thing at the end of the day. But we know offensively, we got some room to grow, and I think this will be a good tape for us to learn from."
(On what it's like to have a weapon like Isaac Brown in the backfield)
"I was talking to him and Duke throughout the game, telling them to stay patient, because you kind of have a feeling as the game goes on that they're going to break one at some point. That was cool to see that come to fruition. This was a good game for him in terms of battling through something with the team -- especially battling through some adversity, including not popping something in the first half or early in the game, staying patient, trusting it, and then putting the game away on that touchdown run. Those guys are super talented, and I'm super lucky to have the opportunity to play with them."
Defensive Lineman Clev Lubin
(On making big plays on defense after the half)
"We're a real resilient group. We got a lot of guys who've been through a lot of things, whether it's on the field, off the field, and we all come in ready to dominate. So even though they scored on us, we knew we were going to continue to set the tone, and knew the offense was going to have our back sooner or later. I know they struggled early, but at the end of the day, we got too many good offensive pieces, and they were going to figure it out sometime."
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(On being able to acclimate so easily and well)
 "Truthfully, I just think it's because I'm a baller. It's the moments I wanted to come here for. I knew Louisville had the program for it, and I think the pieces that we have are showing up every weekend so far, and you just have to continue to do that. We've got this bye week, get rid of the miscues and just continue to grind things out and figure out how to get better the next week."
September 5, 2025Â
Louisville, Ky. | L&N StadiumÂ
Louisville Head Coach Jeff Brohm
(Opening Statement)
"I am definitely proud of our football team. We hung in there on a rough night and just continued to play for 60 minutes and found a way to win. Â So that is the great part. I thought our defense, which I thought was playing well the last weeks of camp, came through for us. They did a great job and found ways, with the help of the crowd noise, to push them back at times and, of course, got some sacks. The key touchdown in the end zone was the critical touchdown that got us over the hump. Then we found a way to hit a run at the end. So, it was just a good win. I was proud we hung in there. There is a lot to learn from it. I need to do a better job against the blitz package that we saw today. It was a heavy and extensive blitz package that was bringing the heat. I hadn't seen a lot of that in video, but they were playing feast or famine, and they got to us quite a bit. Those are things that we have to learn on offense and find a better package for that. But to get a win with it is good. Our guys played well. Even though things weren't going our way, in the end our receivers blocked, our tight ends blocked, our o-line blocked, and our runners ran hard. It was a tough night for us overall."
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(On Clev Lubin and other transfers stepping up)
"Well, he's done a great job. We do have some veterans, and even the ones that have been here really improved, stood out and have done a great job. The newcomers have (also) stepped in and been great teammates. To me, that was the key to our victory. This was not our best night of football by any means, but defensively, we did some really good things, and we were on the field for a long time. Offensively, we've got to get better. But, to come out with a win in a game that we knew would be tough, because we really haven't been challenged before. We saw some different things, but I was proud of our team. They came through and played hard to the end, and that's the sign of a team that really wants to win."
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(On JMU's blitz package and how it impacted the run game)
"Well, it did (impact the run game). It got to us. When you're bringing everybody and you're bringing more than you can block, and then when we tried to get through some quick game, they (JMU) sat on them and almost returned one for a touchdown. They (JMU) were dialed in on being aggressive. Then luckily, we popped a big pass, and we popped a big run. And really, when teams are selling out, you've got to hit big plays. You're not going to get chunks of yards throughout the game. You just have to find a way to not get too many negative plays and then hit a couple big ones. There's a lot we can learn from, but we did hit a few that helped us get some points. We definitely could play better, but I do think that we stuck together for the entire game."
Quarterback Miller Moss
(On offensive continuity after two games)
"They are obviously two very different opponents. I thought JMU did a really good job defensively tonight. They're a good team. They're an aggressive team and they emptied the clip defensively in terms of what they threw at us looks-wise. I give them a ton of credit for what they did. It's always better to learn from wins, and I think that's the most important thing at the end of the day. But we know offensively, we got some room to grow, and I think this will be a good tape for us to learn from."
(On what it's like to have a weapon like Isaac Brown in the backfield)
"I was talking to him and Duke throughout the game, telling them to stay patient, because you kind of have a feeling as the game goes on that they're going to break one at some point. That was cool to see that come to fruition. This was a good game for him in terms of battling through something with the team -- especially battling through some adversity, including not popping something in the first half or early in the game, staying patient, trusting it, and then putting the game away on that touchdown run. Those guys are super talented, and I'm super lucky to have the opportunity to play with them."
Defensive Lineman Clev Lubin
(On making big plays on defense after the half)
"We're a real resilient group. We got a lot of guys who've been through a lot of things, whether it's on the field, off the field, and we all come in ready to dominate. So even though they scored on us, we knew we were going to continue to set the tone, and knew the offense was going to have our back sooner or later. I know they struggled early, but at the end of the day, we got too many good offensive pieces, and they were going to figure it out sometime."
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(On being able to acclimate so easily and well)
 "Truthfully, I just think it's because I'm a baller. It's the moments I wanted to come here for. I knew Louisville had the program for it, and I think the pieces that we have are showing up every weekend so far, and you just have to continue to do that. We've got this bye week, get rid of the miscues and just continue to grind things out and figure out how to get better the next week."
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