Louisville Football: 5 overreactions from Week 3 loss to Clemson

5. Did Louisville fall victim to the College GameDay curse?

When ESPN announced that its College GameDay program was going to be come to Louisville, Ky., for a Week 3 showdown of ACC stalwarts, the Clemson Tigers and the Louisville Cardinals, excitement was at an all-time high.

Signs were awesome, people cheered and hope was in the air.

Every college town loves to be placed in the national spotlight and show off their passionate fan base, game day atmosphere and flare in front of the cameras, and hear the predictions of Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Rece Davis and Desmond Howard.

And emotions were almost palpable.

After hyping up the matchup, only the fourth time in history that a former Heisman Trophy winner had faced off against a national champion, the crew prepared for their predictions.

Of the GameDay pundits, Howard, guest picker Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino and Lee Corse, a former Louisville head coach from 1969 to 1972, unanimously predicted that the Cardnials would pull off the upset at home against the Tigers while Corso waved confidently at his jubilant observers while wearing Louie the Cardinal’s mascot head.

And then the Cardinals lost.

Well I’m not saying there is definitely a College GameDay curse, for years fans across the nation have watched their favorite team be selected by Corso and company only to be disappointed the end of regulation.

In the superstitious world of college football, any advantage, imagine or not is crucial to a game’s outcome, and if Louisville has any chance of making it to the college football playoffs in 2017 let’s hope GameDay doesn’t return to Louisville, Ky.