From Isaac Brown to the passing game to the playoff, Jeff Brohm's answers all pointed toward the same truth: Louisville believes it's time to take the next step.
Data shows front-center airbags reduce severe head injury risk in certain crashes, but safety U.S. safety testers have not made the technology a priority.
The Cardinals already know exactly what they're dealing with.
Brohm is not a podium guy. But sit down to talk football with him — as happened after his main news conference, or on the ACC Network set — and the stories start to fly.
The Atlantic Coast Conference on Tuesday announced two major changes to league policy, requiring pregame availability reports for selected sports and instituting a fine structure for postgame field- and court-storming.
Longtime Louisville Bats manager Pat Kelly got to watch one of his sons pitch as a Bat for the first time.
Redshirt freshman Caden Veltkamp came off the bench to throw for 383 yards and five touchdowns, Lucas Carneiro made a winning 29-yard field goal in overtime and Western Kentucky erased a 28-point deficit to beat Old Dominion 38-35 on Monday at the Famous Toastery Bowl.
The No. 14 Wildcats held on down the stretch to beat No. 9 North Carolina 87-83 on Saturday.
But Florida State outlasted the Cardinals, 16-6, holding Louisville without a touchdown and less than 200 yards of total offense (77 rushing and 111 passing) for the first time this season.
The Cardinals (10-2) lost to Kentucky 38-31 on Saturday, dropping out of the Top 10 of the rankings.