It was Saturday, November 12th 2016. Louisville football was going into a Saturday night home matchup against a decent, but not great, Wake Forest team who was just another hurdling block that stood in the way of a Collision Course with a National Championship appearance.
Louisville was five weeks removed from a devastating loss on the road against Clemson, in a top five matchup, where the opportunity to jump into the top four Playoff rankings was a definite happening, and seven weeks from the 63-20 blowout win over No. 2 Florida State that put Louisville football on the map.