Of all things I said and did during my college years that I now regret - and there are plenty - this statement ranks pretty close to the top.
It was the second night of January, 2007. A few days earlier, three friends and I had made the split-second decision to drive down to Naples for a couple of nights, then head to Miami for New Year's before watching our beloved Louisville football team play in a BCS bowl game for the first time in program history.
A surprisingly cheap and painless ticket search had all but forced the trip.