The alarm bells have sounded for quite some time: Louisville is coming.
One team on every schedule sets the bar. Fans of a certain program measure successes by the answer to the question “Would we have beaten (whichever team poses the stiffest challenge) today?”
The name that completes that question changes over time. For Clemson, it was South Carolina, then Virginia, then North Carolina. Now that all those series are in the rear view mirror, the name is Louisville. Quite frankly, it was probably Louisville all along.
Since joining the ACC in 2015, the Cardinals have been dominant.