"This isn't fun."
It wasn't the first time I'd heard those three words during the 2013 Louisville football season, but it was the time I agreed with them the most.
The Cardinals were 8-1, hosting a Saturday night conference game in mid-November, and about to say goodbye to three first round draft picks including a beloved quarterback who had already established himself as one of the best to ever do it at UofL. All of those things are supposed to add up to fun, but there we were, enjoying life as much as a 13-year-old boy dragged to the opera by his parents.