A little over nine years ago, I wrote this piece in preparation for what would wind up being known as “The Year of the Cardinal.”
Here’s a snippet:
With the accuracy of the previous four paragraphs taken into account, the fact remains that it is significantly more likely that the Cardinal football team won’t win the Big East and the basketball team will fall short of the national title than it is that both those teams will achieve those stated goals.
But it’s possible. It’s more possible right now that it has been in any August prior to this one.