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Paige Sherrard: My Governor’s Cup Prediction
The Battle for the Governor’s Cup originated in 1912 as a football game played between the two big in-state Universities in Kentucky; the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. Although the rivalry was short lived in the early days and not very exciting, as UK held Louisville scoreless in the first six meetings, former UK player & University of Louisville Head Football Coach, Howard Schellenberger renewed the rivalry in 1994. And it’s been nothing but a War since.
Battle for the Governor’s Cup: Doug Beaumont
All this week, we have been bringing you exclusive write-ups from former UofL football players about the rivalry with UK. We have asked them just their general thoughts about the rivalry, and some mention their best and worst memories. We hope you enjoy these! Go Cards!
Today in our series, we hear from former UofL Wide Receiver and hometown hero, Doug Beaumont!
2011 UofL-UK Highlight Video!
2011
Found this video on youtube from user Mshultsy. If it doesn’t get you pumped up for the game, I am not sure what will!
Battle for the Governor’s Cup: Dave Ragone
All this week, we have been bringing you exclusive write-ups from former UofL football players about the rivalry with UK. We have asked them just their general thoughts about the rivalry, and some mention their best and worst memories. We hope you enjoy these! Go Cards!
Today in our series, we bring you thoughts from former UofL QB Dave Ragone!
Tony Williams: My Governor’s Cup Prediction
It seems like we’ve been waiting forever for Sunday Sept. 2nd to arrive. University of Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich seems to have the modern-day Louisville Cardinal sports departments healthier than ever and running on all cylinders. Our football team is no exception to that assessment, coming into this season ranked in the top 25 for the first time in 5 seasons. In 2010 Charlie Strong was the man who Mr. Jurich hired to put the Cards in this position and he has not disappointed. Instead, Coach Strong has taken this responsibility and ran with it like Usain Bolt did as the anchor of the 4×100 relay in the 2012 Olympics. Recruiting is a large factor for any school that plans to contend for a BCS title, so Strong’s first job was to assemble a staff that could go out and find kids that believed in his philosophy and that could compete at the highest level. Associate Head Coach/Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator Clint Hurtt, Defensive Coordinator Vance Bedford, and Offensive Coordinator/QB Coach Shawn Watson round out Coach Strong’s top three assistants along with several other important coaching staff members. All three previously mentioned coaches bring their own unique bag of stripes and accomplishments to the team, usually starting with the phrase “One of the Nation’s best….” or “Impressive resume consisting of….”. Coach Strong and staff have done their best recruiting job ever with the incoming 2012 class of players that they’ve landed. This accomplishment coupled with last season’s returning talent has the city of Louisville buzzing about football more than ever before.
Rob Jones: My Governor’s Cup Prediction
Cardinal Sports Zone is happy to have Rob Jones contribute to the site! Our hope is to have a weekly write-up from Rob during the 2012 Football Season. Rob used to manage the local 1450 AM sports radio station as well as it’s website, so the man knows what he is talking about! What better way for him to jump into this than to give his thoughts on the UofL-UK game! Check it out…
Battle for the Governor’s Cup: Eric Wood/Lavell Boyd
All this week, we will be bringing you exclusive write-ups from former UofL football players about the rivalry with UK. We have asked them just their general thoughts about the rivalry, and some mention their best and worst memories. We hope you enjoy these! Go Cards!
Up next in our series, we hear from both Eric Wood and Lavell Boyd! We still have a few longer write-ups to post before the game, so we figured we would just combine these two! Enjoy!
Brad Jones: My Governor’s Cup Prediction
The struggles and hardships endured in offseason conditioning programs, spring practices, and training camp become lessons learned for the winner of one of Kentucky’s most famous battles, the Battle for the Governor’s Cup. For the loser, these same struggles and hardships seem like wasted effort. Regardless of each teams season outlook, this game is the most important. A win against the rival marks a successful season regardless of the final record. Currently, we are less than a week away from the start of the college football season and the latest installment of this rivalry. Here are my views on the game:
Battle for the Governor’s Cup: Tony Stallings
All this week, we will be bringing you exclusive write-ups from former UofL football players about the rivalry with UK. We have asked them just their general thoughts about the rivalry, and some mention their best and worst memories. We hope you enjoy these! Go Cards!
Up next in our series, we have Tony Stallings! Tony was a running back from 1998-2001 and played a VERY important role in a certain game in this series! Here is what Tony had to say about the rivalry…
Justin Renck: My Governor’s Cup prediction
I have had the countdown to 3:30 pm on September 2nd in my phone for months now. There is excitement on so many levels. UofL football is starting, we play UK first, and I am finally back in Louisville full-time after being in Auburn for the last 4 years (which when it comes to football season, I can’t complain about being down there!).
I bought season tickets in the upper level when they built the expansion for the 2010 season. I was still in Auburn for another couple of years, and I only made it to about 4 games in the past 2 years, but I knew I was purchasing them for when I got back because we would be back to being good again and I didn’t want to be on a wait list. That time has come, and it worked out perfectly.
Now, about this game…
