LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There is added zip for Louisville redshirt senior linebacker TJ Quinn when it comes to playing a Friday night game.

“It's all eyes on us, and I like that,” Quinn said.

These days, there are several more chances in the Atlantic Coast Conference and across the power conferences, for that matter.

Friday nights have gone from being largely about high school football, then mid-majors and Group of Five conferences, to now another showcase for the country's biggest leagues. The ACC has 12 Friday games this season — this week it's Louisville hosting James Madison — to tie last year's league record, while the number of those games has also increased in the Big Ten, Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences.

The leagues have marched toward those TV slots, many vacated by the Pac-

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