What happened to the ’05 Redbird squad that looked like a lock for their new conference’s guaranteed BCS spot? West Virginia and an underestimated South Florida team rudely interrupted UL’s BCS dreams, so maybe the Big East doesn’t lack the competitive edge many assume. With QB Brian Brohm (his dad is the QB coach) back as a junior and the entire backfield remaining intact, the future looks bright in Derby-town. That is, until you consider the losses on their lines, which means that tilts with Miami and WVU could easily be losses. New receivers look promising, but departures on the DL (Dumervil, Stanley and Harris are three of their top four tacklers) will probably make for a slow start…how slow should define where these guys will ultimately land. But once UL gets going, the Redbirds will again fly high into the rankings. After overlooking USF (45-14 loss), Brohm led his guys to squashing wins over Florida Atlantic (61-10) and North Carolina (69-14) – this makes consistency a top aim for offensive-minded coach Bobby Petrino’s fourth season. Yes, this means Petrino’s own recruits now come to peak fruition. Keeping expectations down will discipline this group for that needed attitude of taking one game at a time, the only way the Papa John- (old stadium name)/Schnellenberger- (new name) faithful will find themselves in a BCS bowl of any sort.