Watch: Jeff Brohm, Brian Brohm and Louisville Players Preview Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Facing SMU for their final road game and ACC matchup of the 2025 season, the Louisville football program could not overcome a litany of impactful injuries and woeful underperformance, instead getting decimated to the tune of 38-6 by the Mustangs this past Saturday.

Next up, the Cardinals will return home for their regular season finale against Kentucky in the Governor's Cup. Kickoff against the Wildcats is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 29 at 12:00 p.m. EST.

Prior to their upcoming matchup, head coach Jeff Brohm, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Brian Brohm, middle linebacker T.J. Quinn and center Pete Nygra took time to meet with the media. They discussed the previous game vs. SMU, previewed the upcoming game vs. Kentucky, and more.

Below is the partial transcript from Jeff Brohm's press conference, as well as the videos from Brian Brohm, Quinn and Nygra's press conference:

Head Coach Jeff Brohm

Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach Brian Brohm

Opening Statement

“We are getting ready for our rivalry game, so it is a big game for all of us. I think our team will have a good week of practice; we'll get our guys ready to go. Sometimes when you face a loss, it is not very fun, and you just learn from it quickly, pick up the pieces and move on. So, that is what we are going to do - try to come out and play as well as we can Saturday morning."

(On Injury Updates)

"Chris Bell will be out, and we will try and get some other guys ready that are nicked up that we will not know until the end of the week."

(On Moving on after SMU)

"We had a typical Sunday where we went over the mistakes that we felt we made and what we needed to get better at. We did not shy away from it, there were a lot of things on there that we all could have done better. Now it’s about getting our mojo back as we get going for this week and preparing really hard. Even though there are some new pieces out there, that happens every year to a certain extent, so whoever we have available, needs to be ready to go and have a great week of practice and we need to find a way to win with whoever we have on the field."

(On the morale of the team)

"Anytime you lose it's not fun, especially when you lose a couple in a row, it's not fun, it's not supposed to be. At this time last year, we had the same record that we had right now, and it's what you do with the games ahead of you. We've got a good Kentucky team coming in that's won three of their last four, that's playing well. They'll get a chance to play in front of our home fans and show what we’re made of and show how we can bounce back, and then you progress to the postseason play and you try to put your best performance there and try to finish the season strong. It's up to us right now how we handle that and how we handle that and how we move forward, but I expect our guys to practice well and play well."

(On Kentucky)

"You can tell Cutter Boley is playing very well, he's playing confident. He's definitely got his feet in the ground, knowing what he's doing, he's got some mobility, he can spread the ball around, he can see the field and really the offense runs through him. He's somebody we've got to do a good job of and make sure that we disguise some things, put pressure on him, get after the quarterback. All those things have to happen, we need our defense to defend him well and we need our offense to step up and score points."

(On the quarterback position)

"We're going to try and get Miller [Moss] healthy, he's got an injury he had, we'll try to get him healthy. I could see multiple quarterbacks possibly playing again.”

(On the margin of error being smaller right now)

“Creating big plays and quick strikes is important to winning a game, we have not been able to do that. I think we have to figure out a way to come up with something to get us some easier touchdowns where we don’t have to have long, sustained drives. At the same time when we do, we have to execute on third down and can’t have key penalties - those things set you back unfortunately. We have had some untimely things happen to us that have set us back and put us in a hole. So we have to dig ourselves out of it. We’ve looked at it, we’ve analyzed, we’ve talked about it, we go over it. We just have to continue to work through it and try to play a better game.”

Watch: Jeff Brohm, Brian Brohm and Louisville Players Preview Kentucky

Head Coach Jeff Brohm

Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach Brian Brohm

Middle Linebacker T.J. Quinn and Center Pete Nygra

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