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Louisville fires head football coach Bobby Petrino

If it were possible to win championships for bad timing, NC State would have a pile of those by now. In this case, it’s the circumstances outside of its control, for once. Louisville finally canned Bobby Petrino, just ahead of the Cardinals’ game against the Wolfpack.

Louisville AD Vince Tyra on firing Bobby Petrino: “I did not have the confidence that it was going to happen next season without a change & it needs to start happening now.” Source told @WatchStadium Purdue’s Jeff Brohm, a UL grad, is “clear cut No. 1 choice” of Cards

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) November 11, 2018

Jeff Brohm is a former Louisville quarterback and has probably already accepted the UL gig, unless he really likes Big Ten weather this time of year.