Duke Head Coach Manny Diaz joins the show

All right, well, let's get to the lead and talk about something good, and that is Louisville.

After beating SMU last weekend, the Cards are up to 16 in the latest AP poll.

Now they're hosting Wake Forest.

Our friends at the Huddle will be there Saturday.

I don't think it's a surprise to us that Louisville is – right here, right now.

I think we had a good feeling that Jeff Braum would work his magic on Lincoln Keen Holtz and get him to a point where he could lead this team combined with their running back duo of Kiwan Brown and Isaac Brown.

So at this point, I know we're only three weeks in.

Are we ready to call Louisville a college football playoff contender?

Yeah, I mean, absolutely.

First, the FPI, for whatever you want to take from that, has limited basically a coin flip on whether or not they're going to make the ACC championship game.

You look at the schedule, the pit game towards the end is one I would circle.

And obviously, Kentucky has looked better than we were expecting.

So I'd circle that.

But I mean, they're going to be a heavy favorite probably in every game the rest of the way um so yeah they should absolutely be in that conversation does it mean that they've arrived no but the the the way they performed against Ole Miss only looks better after Ole Miss beats LSU I came away from that SMU game Andrea that feeling like that was a two heavyweights just trading shots um but a really fun game between two really good teams.

And, you know, I talked to some folks around Louisville this week, and I really think they're still just starting to figure out how best to utilize Lincoln Keenholz and what his skill set does and how that, not just for him himself, but how that fits in with the larger offense.

And the other thing is, that game against SMU, they finally had their two starting offensive tackles, Anwar O'Neal and Carson Henry back, or Kaysen Henry back, That's the first game that they've had.

They're basically the O-line that they want to play with.

And, oh, they ran for, what, 260-some yards in the game.

So, yeah, I mean, a lot of things are pointing in Louisville's direction right now.

Also, Bourbon and Beyond is this weekend.

And I keep telling Josh Hurd I'm going to go out there for it.

And, once again, I've failed.

So I'm sorry about that, Josh.

Well, you obviously dropped the ball there, but we're going to get to Lincoln in a second.

I just want to point out, because you're right, they're going to be a favorite in just about every game or all of them.