Cards Win BCS Bowl
Each year only a very few colleges earn the prestigious honor of a BCS bowl win, but that's just what the University of Louisville Cardinals did last night in defeating Wake Forest 24-13 in the 2007 Orange Bowl. Granted, it wasn't the national championship many Cards fans began believing was possible after destroying Kentucky (itself a 2006 bowl-winner), Miami and West Virginia, but, let's be honest, you apparently have to pay your players pretty well to compete at that level.
Finishing the season with a top five ranking will certainly place Louisville atop many prospects' lists. While the Cards still may not compare favorably against the nation's best football schools, including those from the (remove hats please) Southeastern Conference, the Cardinals have built a winning reputation (attending eight bowl games in as many years) and have established themselves not only with the BCS bowl victory but with a Big East Conference Championship, as well.
Will Petrino stay, or will he be lured away to the Miami Dolphins post vacated by Nick Saban? Will Brian Brohm leave school early and declare for the NFL draft? Will Michael Bush forego redshirting his senior year?
Who knows?
One thing, though, is certain. The Cardinals are Orange Bowl, BCS and conference winners. There's no taking that away. All in all the year went very well. The time for fretting over what could have been (if the Cards hadn't lost tempo versus Rutgers), how the team will regroup (due to losing seniors), who'll head the ship (if head coach Bobby Petrino's annual job search scores him a new post in the NFL), etc. are over. We won a BCS bowl game, something only a select few other programs can boast.
Finishing the season with a top five ranking will certainly place Louisville atop many prospects' lists. While the Cards still may not compare favorably against the nation's best football schools, including those from the (remove hats please) Southeastern Conference, the Cardinals have built a winning reputation (attending eight bowl games in as many years) and have established themselves not only with the BCS bowl victory but with a Big East Conference Championship, as well.
Will Petrino stay, or will he be lured away to the Miami Dolphins post vacated by Nick Saban? Will Brian Brohm leave school early and declare for the NFL draft? Will Michael Bush forego redshirting his senior year?
Who knows?
One thing, though, is certain. The Cardinals are Orange Bowl, BCS and conference winners. There's no taking that away. All in all the year went very well. The time for fretting over what could have been (if the Cards hadn't lost tempo versus Rutgers), how the team will regroup (due to losing seniors), who'll head the ship (if head coach Bobby Petrino's annual job search scores him a new post in the NFL), etc. are over. We won a BCS bowl game, something only a select few other programs can boast.
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