But the feel-good story around his return to Chapel Hill is now over.
The 50-50 crowd at the historic Cotton Bowl.
Some of them can be chalked up to bad luck, but a lot of them are either self-inflicted wounds born from questionable game management.
Instead, Virginia kept plugging away and the Louisville offense went three-and-out on consecutive possessions.
When Fisch got hired at Arizona, enthusiasm and engagement seemed like his full-time job, and he certainly succeeded in making people notice him.
Virginia finally took the lead on a touchdown with 22 seconds left, but even then Louisville quickly got in field goal range.
Bridgette moved to America in 2004.
Even worse, Louisville led this game 30-13 at the end of the third quarter, which should have given them plenty of breathing room to finish this one off.
Description: Despite being ranked in the preseason top-10, the Aggies had been quite bad this year on offense, scoring just 42 total points in three games against Power Five competition with two losses.