Louisville football: Three things to watch as fall camp kicks off

The season unofficially starts on Monday as Louisville football opens fall camp.

A college football season being played is not guaranteed at this point, but with everything going on in our country today, it appears as though Louisville football is all set for the kick off of 2020 fall camp – bringing back some normality in a world filled with uncertainty.

Year one of the Scott Satterfield was filled with a ton of excitement and has given fans, players, and those around the program a ton of hope about the future of the Louisville football program and how much can be achieved.

Year two will be all about how high Louisville can go with one of the nation’s top offenses and a defense that could be on the verge of a big breakthrough. Those things, along with plenty of others, are why there’s a ton of hype around the Cards and even talk about them being a top 25 ranked team and ACC Title contender – especially with the new schedule.

This could possibly be the strangest fall camp in program history, considering that new cases of COVID-19 continue to rise around the country and the college football season could all come to an end in the blink of an eye should things get worse.

Around the country programs have had to shut down to multiple cases hitting players and staff, others have seen their fall sports seasons cancelled all together, and as of the last few days players are beginning to evaluate opting out of the season – especially if foundational parts of college sports don’t change

Satterfield and the Louisville staff have all been transparent about how they’ve dealt with the effects of the pandemic, including making sure players mental health is in a good spot, and as of now it appears no players will opt out – at least according to defensive coordinator Bryan Brown.

Regardless, fall camp will kick off on Tuesday and the program will hit the field to prepare for whatever lies ahead. Things won’t like they normally do, but players practicing football means that there will be real sports to talk about.

When camp kicks off here are our three most important things to watch.