The recent history of opening games has revealed a lot about each team Louisville football has put out on the field. In 2015, we were introduced to a freshman Lamar Jackson running all around an elite Auburn defense. In 2017, we unfortunately learned that the defense was going to be an issue all season long against an up and coming Purdue team under newly appointed head coach, Jeff Brohm.
This year is going to be different. It will be hard to predict what kind of season Louisville will have after the season opener, and even the next two games after that against Indiana State and Western Kentucky.