I don’t know about you all, but the closer the Alabama games gets, the more I refuse to go into it thinking we’re just going to get our asses thoroughly kicked.
And I guess this take begs the larger question: What role do expectations have in determining one’s mentality?
In this case, we expect Louisville to lose by a lot. This expectation is derived from, more or less, the recent history of the programs, whether it be regular season success, conference titles, national titles, recruiting class ranking, coaching acumen, offense, defense, special teams.