The Louisville Cardinals open their season against Alabama in Orlando, Florida, on Sept. 1 and are 25.5-point underdogs against the Crimson Tide, per OddsShark.com.
But wide receiver Dez Fitzpatrick is confident, telling reporters he believes the team's wideouts have more talent than Alabama's defensive backs (h/t Zach Barnett of College Football Talk):
"Every receiver in our receiver corps can honestly beat every one of their DBs one-on-one in coverage. It ties into the other stuff, if the blocks are right, if the quarterback's drop is right, we ran eight-yard routes instead of a 10-yard route, that's the kind of stuff I feel like we need to sharpen up.