We are now under 24 hours from year two of the Louisville-Kentucky playing on the final Saturday of the regular season era, and fans on both sides still seem unsure how to feel about it.
When the news of the move first broke a couple of years ago, I broke down the pros and the cons of the Cards and Cats playing on Thanksgiving weekend. I still agree with a lot of what was written back then.
PRO: Big-time college football programs play their arch-rivals in the last game of the regular season
Ohio State/Michigan, Army/Navy, Florida/Florida State, South Carolina/Clemson, Georgia/Georgia Tech; the sport's best rivalries all fall on the final weekend of the regular season for a reason.