Louisville’s decision to fire Bobby Petrino over the weekend theoretically makes the Cardinals more of a wild card down the stretch, but nothing changes the fact that they simply are not very good. So the oddsmakers have been rather unmoved, and NC State is a 15-point road favorite.
This is terrifying. Someone hold me.
If NC State can get up by a couple scores early, Louisville will probably do what it’s often done when falling behind this season: quit. But last Thursday was also a bitter reminder of what can happen when you let an inferior team keep some hope alive late into a game.