Louisville football is entering football purgatory; The odd part of the season where every somewhat successful college football team gets a chance to rest and recuperate after the regular season while awaiting their fate to come in the form of a postseason bowl game.
Though any New Year Six games and any big-name opponent on the heels of a great season is out of the picture, Louisville still has a shot at getting an attractive match-up with its eye on an eight-win season after an improbable run in conference play.
Sure, some dominoes had to fall their way, but Louisville football also had a ton of key players with breakthrough seasons, without whom Scott Satterfield’s squad may have been on the outside looking in, preparing for what is to come in 2020.