Impressive bowl performances often provide the momentum a program needs headed into the following season.
That is especially the case when the majority of starters return.
So it is easy to see why expectations are rising around Louisville. Dazzling quarterback Lamar Jackson returns as the definitive starter, and that will no doubt help him and the nine returning starters around him. One of the biggest issues the Cards had throughout 2015 was an undefined leader for the offense. Louisville played three quarterbacks, but it was not until the bowl game when Jackson truly flourished.
Why?