When Bobby Petrino left Louisville the first time in 2007, fans were deeply hurt, not cheering. Bobby had built on the success of John L. Smith and then some. Louisville had reached near the top of the College Football world for the first time in program history.
Sure there was the Fiesta Bowl before, but there was nothing like THE Blackout, when our 5th ranked Cards beat #3 West Virginia in a historic top 5 match up. There was nothing like our first BCS win in the Orange Bowl.
We’ll never forget when we defended the bird against the Miami Hurricanes, and all of those fun blowout wins against UK.