Louisville made a name for itself as a football program known for producing offense.

Coach Jeff Brohm's team opens the season Saturday afternoon against visiting Eastern Kentucky with designs on flexing as a first-rate scoring machine. With a lot of new parts to assemble, results might not come instantly.

"The first (game) sometimes has a lot of turnovers, a lot of fumbles, a lot of miscues, lot of penalties," Brohm said. "We have to try to be as clean as we possibly can Week 1 and not allow that to happen."

Louisville returns just four primary starters from last season's 9-4 Sun Bowl-winning team. Still, the Cardinals are heavy favorites over a Colonels team that fell in the first round of the FCS playoffs in 2024.

Isaac Brown, a sophomore running back for the Cardinals, earned second

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