Louisville Season Hopes

I know that I have never, and hope to never again, leave a blow out over a chief rival so deflated. Thoroughly destroying the hated Kentucky Wildcats is something that can make a person's year. No more, "better, stronger, faster" crap. Nuff Said.

The problem is that I cant stop thinking about Michael Bush's injury for two reasons. First, it is sad to think what is going through his young mind right now. He puts off being a likely 2nd-3rd round pick in this year's draft to come back and improve his stock. Now he is faced with the decision to again pass that same likely draft position up to come back yet again. Lets hope that sanity jumps in and he goes for the paycheck. He deserves to earn some money for his efforts and the risk to coming back is too great.

That leaves the remainder of a very long season for the Cards. I was thinking 11-1 before the season with a split between WVU and Miami to account for the only loss. I now think that 10-2 is more likely with that same split but a slip up somewhere else along the way. Home games will be easy with the fan base playing a vital role of helping to motivate and press on without the hometown hero. Road games are where Bush will be missed the most. A tought 3rd and 4 in the 4th quarter is a run-pass option for U of L before the Bush injury. Now, its a likely pass play and defenses will be more likely to be ready.

Petrino is an offensive genius and I think he can find a way to make this work. The sad part of this is that it shouldnt take a genius this year. Bush could be the engine to drive the team for any coach. Unfortunately, the engine is in the shop now and the genius will need to work overtime to overcome it.