Louisville football is far ahead of schedule. And the Cardinals are competing for a spot in a big-time bowl game only a year removed from the most disappointing season in school history.
That’s right. It’s not a typo. A big-time bowl. It is not out of the realm of possibility to think that the Cardinals have a legitimate chance to receive a bid to the Orange Bowl come season’s end.
Louisville would have a lot of work to do, and it would take some help from their Atlantic Division counterparts Clemson, but if the Cards and Tigers win out, it would more than likely land Clemson in the College Football Playoffs and leave Louisville to reap the benefits as the highest-ranked remaining team in the ACC.