LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The secret’s out now. If it ever was one.

Louisville didn’t sneak into Hard Rock Stadium with a Top 15 defense. It walked in like it owned the place. And when it walked out — with four interceptions, five pass breakups, and a takedown of No. 2 Miami in its back pocket — there was no mistaking the truth:

This defense is the truth.

Everybody knew the front was fierce. That’s been the story all season. What we didn’t know — not really — was that the secondary had this kind of night in it. Against this kind of team.

Against a Miami offense with five-star receivers and a quarterback older than some NFL backups, Louisville looked like the group with the outlandish payroll and the College Football Playoff résumé.

And fittingly, it ended with sophomore linebacker T.J.

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