According to a Twitter exchange late on Saturday night, Louisville football may have a special guest visitor for their season opener against Notre Dame.
Louisville football is preparing for one of the biggest season openers in school history on Labor Day, and the big game could feature an unusual special visitor.
Cardinals fans have grown accustomed to former athletes from all sports visiting and local celebrities making big-game appearances.
We already know that Louisville and Notre Dame will be the center of attention on Monday with ESPN bringing it’s primetime crew to Cardinal stadium and the ACC Network providing roundtable coverage to watch along with.
However, it appears that a player who never put on a Cardinal uniform could be in attendance.
After a Twitter exchange with first-year Louisville wide receivers coach Gunter Brewer, it appears former Dallas Cowboys superstar Dez Bryant may be in the building.
Yessirr im in the building https://t.co/sGOrvAh2E5
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) September 1, 2019
A little back story is required here. Brewer came to Louisville by way of the Philadelphia Eagles, but before his stop in the NFL, Brewer was coaching offense and receivers in some capacity for two decades in college.
Among Brewer’s stops were stints at North Carolina, where he coached four of the top five wide receivers, stats-wise, in school history, and Oklahoma State, where he guided some of the better offenses in the early 2000s.
Brewer was Bryant’s coach in Stillwater when he accounted for 2,425 yards and 29 touchdowns in only two seasons (and some change) with the Cowboys before moving on the become an NFL all-pro.
Last season, after being released from the Dallas Cowboys, where he is the franchise record-holder for receiving touchdowns, Bryant landed in New Orleans, where he was expected to be a deadly weapon for Drew Brees and company. However, he tore his ACL only two days into practicing with the team.
Now, Bryant is a free agent rehabbing and trying to make his comeback to the league. Until he is healthy and able to get picked up by a team, Bryant is enjoying his time away from competitive football.
On Saturday, the Dallas resident tweeted out that he had a business proposal for Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, who was attending a game at AT&T Stadium in Dallas between Oregon and Auburn, so Bryant decided to swing by.
I made it to the game first step pic.twitter.com/VsCR3GcbGT
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) September 1, 2019
This prompted Brewer to reach out to Bryant and ask him to be on the sideline for the first game at his new gig.
It could just be Twitter fodder, with Bryant paying some respect to his former coach. But, as he showed this weekend, Bryant likes to act spontaneously and take trips. So why not to Louisville?
The ramifications of this interaction should not be overlooked. Coming off of a season where Louisville football failed to draw any positive attention, they need to get some mojo back. Players and recruits see things like this, and having random celebrity-like appearances at games when playing on the national stage can go a long way towards some recruiting momentum in the future.