Three weeks into the season, Louisville looked like a team that might have something to say in April.
On Sunday at Littlejohn Coliseum, scheduling gave way to good sense. No. 20 Louisville didn’t get sentimental. It got serious.
That’s it. Not just the ACC title hopes. Not just the playoff talk. But the illusion.
This was less a football game than a series of unfortunate events.
This Friday night game against Clemson isn’t about math. It’s about meaning.
The No. 20-ranked Cardinals host Clemson under the Friday night lights of L&N Stadium — in blackout uniforms, with a blackout crowd.
Short week. Short press conference. Jeff Brohm met with the media Monday morning, still stung by Louisville's overtime loss to California but with little time to dwell on it.
This is where it begins, and I can't remember a better opening weekend.
The University of Louisville football team has been picked to finish fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, according to the league’s annual preseason poll released Wednesday.
Respectfully, Blue Devils, hold Louisville’s beer.