LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- College football's helmet communication system officially arrived in 2024. Louisville coach Jeff Brohm quickly discovered more talk didn't always equal better communication.

Midway through last season, confusion crept in on defense, and Louisville reverted to hand signals. Then came one of the most telling moments:

"Sometimes, you're talking to me too much," Tyler Shough, Louisville's quarterback, told Brohm during a game.

Brohm's deadpan response: "You shut your mouth. I'll talk to you as much as I want."

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That line drew laughs — "I'm just teasing," Brohm said — but it also underscored a larger truth.

"I can maybe talk too much, and it gets muddied," Brohm conceded. "You've got to be a little more concise

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