Few teams in FBS land bring back as many starters as Louisville -- 10 on offense, eight on defense. The Cardinals are loaded at skill positions, with potential All-Americas Tutu Atwell at receiver and Javian Hawkins at running back. Louisville extended its straight-up win streak over Western by 17 on neutral grounds last year. The rematch is in Derby City, with fans in attendance. The Hilltoppers work in a new quarterback against a veteran D, and keeping up with the Ville’s diverse offense is a pipe dream.

The Cardinals are one of the sneaky good teams in the ACC … and nobody seems to recognize it. They have a stud quarterback in Micale Cunningham, a running back in Javian Hawkins who rushed for 1,525 yards last season and a stud receiver in Tutu Atwell who racked up 1,276 yards a year ago. The Over-Under went from 55.5 to 58 over the last three days. I’m not touching that … but there will be points. The vast majority of them will be scored by Louisville.