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It’s that glorious time of the year again. Please remember that the person of the year does not have to be an actual person (the entire Louisville volleyball team won last year). This isn’t Sports Illustrated, it’s much, much more serious. Here’s a rundown of the winners from previous years: 2007 – Tom Jurich2008 – […]
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Never was able to get into “Mad Men” when it started streaming. Seemed kind of forced, artificial almost. But I’m giving it another shot. Have watched first episode. Will advise. It does have me thinking in the context of bowl season about marketing and advertising and PR. And how the future of non-CFP bowls will […]
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Desperate times mean desperate measures. That’s how the admonition/ homily/ observation has evolved through the eons. Credited to Hippocrates, speaking of how to treat rare illnesses in the days before Theodoric of Yorkick discovered bloodletting. Though some cite Erasmus, another ancient as the first proclaimer. Then there’s Willie the Shakes in “The Tempest.” Misery acquaints […]
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Clicking on the newsletter will allow for full screen viewing and zoom functionality. If ‘readability’ becomes issue may offer option to receive newsletter via email each week. Let me know in comments your feedback. ***************************** (Mobile Friendly Version) College football is incredible. I see the passion in other sports and the tradition, and I respect […]
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If ever there was an appropriate ending to a seriously disappointing season, and to a meaningless bowl game that was laughably inept for a half then a comedy caravan of absurdly disjointed fauxball in the second, the 2025 Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans had one. If ever there was a football game that should […]
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One last time in 2025. For all the beans. Go Cards.
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LOUISVILLE CARDINALS (8-4) vs. Toledo Rockets (8-4) Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans Game Time: 2 p.m. Location: Flagler Credit Union Stadium: Boca Raton, Fla. Television: ESPN Announcers: Jay Alter (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst) and Ashley Stroehlei (sideline reporter) Favorite: Louisville by 8.5 Series: Louisville leads, 5-3 Last Meeting: Louisville won 31-6 on Sept. 12, 1981 in Louisville Series History: Louisville […]
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WHO WILL WE SEE AT RUNNING BACK FOR LOUISVILLE I don’t have any inside sources, but the folks I’ve talked to who do have made it pretty clear that the three top running backs for the Cards are very unlikely to play in the bowl game. I’m still holding out hope that no one announcing […]
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Toledo lost nearly all of its staff when Jason Candle left for UConn. They also lost their defensive coordinator to Syracuse, which left them in more of a unique situation than most, as the playcallers on both sides of the ball have left for new jobs. The Rockets haven’t had many players opt out, but […]
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Louisville will face off against Toledo in the Boca Raton Bowl tomorrow, but it’s anyone’s guess who will be calling the offense and defense for the Rockets. Robert Weiner has been named the interim head coach after Jason Candle headed east to UConn, but Weiner has not been a play-caller in his career. The defense […]
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Asked before tipoff if there was some sort of staff connection with Montana that influenced the scheduling of such an outlier, SID Dana Brown advised, “No, they just met the criteria we were looking for.” So on the afternoon of the last shopping Saturday before Feliz Navidad in front of reasonably robust crowd including a […]
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In the first month of the season Louisville had some games against top-ranked opponents that they lost because they went flat for a quarter and couldn’t recover. Today the Cards flattened #17 Tennessee in the 4th quarter. In the first half both teams were playing evenly in a fast-paced game full of pressing and aggressive […]
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Louisville kicked off the holiday break in style with a 94-54 thumping of Montana Saturday afternoon inside the KFC Yum Center. The Cards dominated inside against their much smaller visitors, out-rebounding the Grizzlies by 23 and out-scoring them by 24 in the paint. Sananda Fru led the charge, scoring a season-high 18 points on 9-of-11 […]
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Let’s head into the holidays on a high. Go Cards.
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Big top 20 matchup this morning/early afternoon. Time: 11 a.m. ETSite: Brooklyn, N.Y. | Barclays Center (19,000)TV: FOX (Jason Benetti, play-by-play; Sarah Kustok, analyst)Radio: 970-AM WGTK (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)Series History: Louisville leads 3-2 (1-1 home, 0-1 away, 2-0 neutral)Last Meeting: W, 76-64 (Mar. 26, 2022 at Wichita, Kan.)
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Louisville Cardinals (9-2) vs. Montana Grizzlies(6-6) Game Time: Noon Location: KFC Yum Center: Louisville, Ky. Television: ACC Network Extra Announcers: Rich Hollenberg (play-by-play) and Emeka Okafor (analysis) Favorite: Louisville by 30.5 Series: First Meeting Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville Montana Statistics: Relevant Videos: Montana’s Season to Date: About Montana: The Montana Grizzlies have made six NCAA Tournament appearances since 2012 and 10 […]
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Bienvenue to the folderol bowls. For years I considered the “achievement” of bowl eligibility absurd. A bar to leap of the lowest order. Testament to mediocrity. Then I discovered my man Joey the Vig’s (RIP) Bowl Pool. To realize how having a little skin in the outcome of a December Tuesday afternoon’s Dandy Dave’s Donut […]
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If all you saw was the final score you might think this game was a cake-walk but if you actually watched the game you probably want to forget the first half. However as Coach Walz said, “This was probably the first game all year that I’ve seen us look as bad as we did in […]
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We’re back to discuss Louisville’s blowout loss at the hands of Tennessee and touch on some football nuggets as well. Direct link here.
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Perspective #1: It was universally believed when Rick Pitino was named as Denny Crum’s successor, he would win another national title for U of L. He’d already won one. Been to the Final Four more than once. Coached two different NBA teams. Was generally regarded as one of the best in the biz. Pitino’s first […]
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When you have two legitimate Top 20 teams testing each other, it’s never inevitable. But this U of L task in Knoxville against tall favorite Tennessee sure seemed close to that heading in. Well coached top level foe at its sold out home. One whose strength — inside scoring and rebounding — made it a […]
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The narrative that Pat Kelsey’s Louisville teams are susceptible to being bullied by more physical opposition isn’t going away. Not after an 83-62 thumping at the hands of big, bad Tennessee Tuesday night in Knoxville. The Cardinals, playing without star freshman point guard Mikel Brown Jr., looked out of sorts from start to finish during […]
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This would be a monster victory. Let’s get it. Go Cards.
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Louisville Cardinals (9-1) at Tennessee Volunteers (7-3) Game Time: 7 p.m. Location: Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center: Knoxville, Tenn. Television: ESPN Announcers: Karl Ravech (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analysis) Favorite: Tennessee by 2.5 Series: Louisville leads, 12-9 Last Meeting: Tennessee won 77-55 on Nov. 9, 2024 in Louisville Series History: Projected Starting Lineups: Louisville Tennessee Statistics: Relevant Videos: Tennessee’s Season to […]
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Isaac Ellis, a three-star combo guard from the class of 2027, has committed to Louisville. The 6’1 junior from North Carolina had previously been committed to South Carolina, but decommitted last month. He committed to U of L while on an unofficial visit to the school over the weekend. Playing for YNG Dreamerz in the […]
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