Syracuse came in as not just a bad team. They were a REALLY bad team. They were 0-3, ranked 116th in the nation in scoring offense (less than 11 points a game).
101st in total defense. 1-13 in their last 14 Big East games. But they looked like the defending conference champs, and Louisville looked like the winless team. It was really hard to believe. First play of the game, another blown coverage? How is it possible on the very first play for a receiver to get that wide open. Same old story on defense, poor tackling, miss assignments. The secondary needs to be completely re-worked. The offense ended up with big numbers, especially Brian Brohm and Harry Douglas. But in their first 9 possessions of the game they scored just 7 points.
Mario Urritia had a nightmare of a game. I can't recall ever seeing one player singled out with boos in his own stadium before. Especially a player who is from Louisville. But let's face it, Mario had a rough day, the drops, the penalities. We finally saw Coach K getting in peoples faces. And what was the deal on that muffed punt by Cory Goettsche? How could just ignore trying to down the ball and let it keep bouncing past him toward the Louisville endzone? He got called out by Coach K and benched.

A program that thinks of itself as a player on the national scene doesn't lose at home to Syracuse. I was surprised how many fans left so early, considering how quickly the Cards can score. They almost came back. But the game wasn't as close as the score.

Good bye home 20-game home win streak. Good bye Big East title, good bye Top 25. We will really see what this team is made of now. And as for Coach K, we will learn a lot about him too.