—Spread check (Indiana State): No line.
—The story’s behind a paywall, but Matt Fortuna of The Athletic spent 48 hours with Louisville as the Cards prepared for Bama.
VanGorder wanted to know how much time he had left. In Friday night’s meeting, the first-year Louisville defensive coordinator had already gone over punt coverage, showing the team film of Texas A&M to prepare for whatever new Tide special teams coordinator Jeff Banks, a former Aggies assistant, would have in store for them.
He had reviewed the three bullet points on the white board — communicate, explosiveness, win third downs — and he had matter-of-factly mentioned how he believed Alabama would start Jalen Hurts at quarterback, switch to Tagovailoa shortly thereafter, and then go from there the rest of the way.