This Is The Golden Era For Louisville Football

There have never been times as good as these for Louisville football. They may never again be times as good as these for Louisville football. So long as one of college football's finest upstarts is doing good things on the field, it doesn't hurt to talk about those successes.

Louisville heads into 2007 as a likely top 10 team with a hotshot new coach in Steve Kragthorpe, arguably the nation's best quarterback contending for the Heisman Trophy and an outside shot at the national championship. They've been building towards this the past few years under Bobby Petrino, winning a BCS game last year before their coach bolted for the NFL. However, the pieces are still in place for another championship run.

"We were just three points away last year," said Brian Brohm, who missed two whole games and parts of another with a thumb injury. "This year, we need to stay focused and keep doing what we've been doing. I think we have a shot at the national title."