Louisville's defense has been its backbone, but Brohm wants more from his base

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- For two drives Saturday, Boston College looked like it had cracked a code and hacked into Louisville's defense.

Short passes, moderate gains, inside runs that slipped through the cracks — nothing spectacular, just enough to stay (and stay, and stay) on the field.

It was football by 1,000 paper cuts. And Louisville's base defense was the papier-mâché. The Eagles ran 23 plays in the first quarter. Louisville ran three. Boston College scored on its fist two drives and led 10-7.

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This is Jeff Brohm's dilemma. He's an offensive architect who devoted a good bit of offseason time to the defense. He recruited and helped to build a defensive front that he believed would be next-level. And it largely has been.

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