There’s no nice way to put it. Wake Forest has a flat out bad defense. They’ve already fired their defensive coordinator and nothing got better. They allowed Clemson to average nearly ten yards per play and then let a struggling FSU offense put up it’s highest yards per play since 2016. They only have 12 sacks on the year and they have one more interception than UofL, who is second to last in the country right now.
If Louisville doesn’t come out running the ball, I don’t know what anyone could possibly say to defend Bobby Petrino. It would be like an opposing team refusing to run against Louisville.