There's not much history when it comes to the relationship between Louisville and Duke on the gridiron. Basically, it's just one game (a 40-3 Louisville victory in 2002), a legal issue won by the Blue Devils to get out of playing a second game (more on that later this week), and a viral tweet sent by a (then) backup quarterback.
On Nov. 29, 2012, Teddy Bridgewater put on one of the more heroic performances in Cardinal football history. Despite having a badly injured left arm and left leg, Bridgewater replaced Will Stein in the second quarter and led U of L to a dramatic 20-17 win at Rutgers that sent the Cards to the Sugar Bowl.
It was a performance that wowed the entire country. Except for Duke backup quarterback Anthony Boone, who let the world know that tougher days were on the horizon for Louisville football.
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Naturally, the tweet didn't sit well with the Louisville players who saw it. Several responded accordingly, and Boone -- who had completed 49-of-95 passes as the backup QB on a 6-6 Blue Devil squad -- deleted the tweet a few days later.
Boone would throw for more than 2,000 yards in each of the next two seasons, leading Duke to narrow losses in the Chick-fil-a Bowl and Sun Bowl.
