Malik Cunningham – Important
QB Malik Cunningham is expected to get his first start on Saturday in the Cardinals’ ACC opener against Virginia. Louisville began the season with sophomore Jawon Pass as its quarterback. But the Cardinals’ offense struggled in a 51-14 loss to Alabama. Louisville was tied 7-7 at halftime with FCS Indiana State in its second game, and trailed Western Kentucky 7-0 in the first quarter this past weekend.
In both of those games, Cunningham replaced Pass during the game and helped the Cardinals survive.
“I think right now we got to look at Malik and get him going,” Petrino told the Louisville-Courier Journal. “Two weeks in a row now where he’s come in and did a great job. Moved the football, got us in the end zone, competed extremely hard. I didn’t think that (Pass) played very well when he was in there. We had to make the change. He’s not the only one. We had other opportunities to make plays and weren’t able to make them.”
