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[QUOTE="cardinalfan123, post: 1088592, member: 2769"]
Honestly I don't know what to expect this season.  On the one hand we've got one of the best offensive minds in college football calling plays (again) and a ton of talent left over from our offense, even without Bridgewater.  Strong recruited a lot of depth and we've got something like 8 or 9 returning starters.  On the other hand we're entering a considerably deeper conference, playing arguably the toughest schedule we've had in years, and breaking in a new defensive scheme with Todd Grantham and a bunch of holes to fill on that side of the ball after losing three defensive players in the first two rounds of the NFL draft.

Still, I can't help but feel extremely optimistic.  Nobody gave us much of a chance when we moved up from CUSA to the Big East and yet we won the conference outright in our second year.  I think we'll beat Miami handily in the opener on Labor Day followed by four cupcakes (Murray State, Virginia, FIU, and Wake Forest).  That'll get us to 5-0 heading to the Carrier Dome with a top 20 ranking.  I didn't watch you guys play much last year so I don't know a whole lot about your team but unless you've got a lights out defense taking the field it'll be a shootout.  This is where I become an unapologetic homer and give Louisville the edge simply because Petrino's offense is just about impossible to stop.

Needless to say, I can't tell you guys how awesome it is to see Syracuse on the schedule again.  I really feel that we had a great rivalry brewing in the Big East in football and basketball.  Best of luck to you guys this year (except on October 3rd of course).
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