Spread: Syracuse -21.5 How to Watch:Â 7:00 p.m. kickoff on ESPN2 (Friday) Last Time:Â In a rain-soaked contest at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville piled on the points in a 56-10 onslaught. The Cardinals compiled 772 yards, mostly on a staggering 411 yards on 42 carries. Both Lamar Jackson (111 yards, two touchdowns) and Malik Williams (nine carries, 180…
Author: Justin Krueger
Spread:Â Clemson -39 How to Watch / Listen:Â Noon kickoff on ABC Last Time:Â In front of a national audience, and with College Gameday in town, Clemson blacked Louisville out with a dominant 47-21 win. The Tigers compiled 613 total yards (297 rushing, 316 rushing), and they dominated the game in just about every way you could imagine….
Spread: Louisville -2.5 How to Watch / Listen: Noon kickoff on ACC RSN Last Time: Wake Forest jumped to a hot start and never looked back. The Deacons scored 28 first half points and compiled 625 total yards. Senior quarterback John Wolford had a career day with 461 passing yards and five touchdowns, while receiver…
Spread: Boston College -13.5 How to Watch / Listen: 12:30 p.m. ET Saturday on ACC RSN (Fox Sports South in Louisville), 840 AM Last Time: An unexpected shootout happened last year between Louisville and Boston College. Louisville jumped to an early 21-7 lead in the second quarter, but Boston College turned it around and delivered…
Spread: Georgia Tech -4.5, O/U 58; Louisville +165 money line How to Watch / Listen: 7:00 ET on ESPN Friday, 790 AM Last Time: This will be the first meeting between the Cardinals and Yellow Jackets. The State of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Head coach Paul Johnson is among the longest-tenured coaches in the…
Spread: Florida State -6.5 How to Watch / Listen: 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 / ESPNU, 790AM Last Time: In one of their closest games in 2017, Louisville had a stellar day on the ground, and did surprisingly well on defense. The Cards ran for 293 yards (Lamar Jackson accounting for 178 of them) and…
Spread:Â Virginia -4.5 How to Watch / Listen:Â 12:30 p.m. Saturday on ACC Network (WAVE3 locally) Last Time:Â Coming off a bye week, the Cards fell behind early 7-0 on a seven yard run from Chris Sharp. But Lamar Jackson answered back with a 68-yard touchdown run of his own, and from there the Cards rallied with a…
Spread: Louisville -21 How to Watch / Listen: Kickoff at 7:30 ET on Fox Sports South and 790AM Last Time: The Cards and Hilltoppers last met in 1998, when the Cards were a member of the Conference USA, and Western Kentucky a Division I-AA school. With John L. Smith and Jack Harbaugh coaching the Cards…
Spread: Louisville -45.5 How to Watch / Listen: 7 p.m. Saturday on ACC Network, WatchESPN and 790AM Last Time: Louisville and Indiana State last met in the 2009 season opener, when Cardinal Stadium was undergoing its first major renovation by adding the upper deck to the east side of the stadium.
Justin Krueger: 8-4. The 2018 season is interesting, in that there is a wide array of possibilities given (A) the unknown surrounding the majority of this team, and (B) the general toughness of the 2018 slate. Using what I know, it’s better to give Bobby Petrino the benefit of the doubt than to not. That said,…
Justin Krueger: Alabama 38-24. Alabama gets a much more competitive game from a gritty Louisville offense. But in the end, Alabama’s depth and potency on offense is probably too much for Louisville to overcome in the second half. Mitch Motley: Alabama 27-13. Shawn Barbour: Alabama 35-24. Jeff Nunn: Alabama 38-21. Louisville plays well and opens…
Spread: Alabama -25 How to Watch / Listen: 8 p.m. Saturday on ABC, WatchESPN Last Time: The Cardinals and Crimson Tide last met in the 1991 Fiesta Bowl. The Fiesta Bowl struggled to find teams due to Arizona voters rejecting Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday, resulting in boycotts and teams withdrawing offers from…
Last Season: The Louisville receivers, compounded with Lamar Jackson’s stellar season, led a group that finished third in total offense, and 15th in passing offense (299.8 yards per game). Despite missing three games due to injury, Jaylen Smith finished with 60 receptions for 980 yards and seven touchdowns. Smith also earned All-ACC First Team honors with…
Last Season: After spending the prior two seasons as one of the worst teams in pass protection, Louisville’s offensive line had better results in 2017. The Cardinals finished 104th in the country in sacks allowed (33), which is a 30% drop from 2016. Where it shined, though, was in run blocking. According to footballoutsiders.com, Louisville was…
Last Season: Louisville’s defense was maligned with many issues last season, ranging from injuries and issues in pass coverage to an inability to get a push or make stops in the front seven. Fortunately, though, there was some good with the linebackers unit. True freshman Dorian Etheridge led the team with 83 combined tackles in…
Last Season: Louisville’s pass defense went from 14th in 2016 to 66th overall last season, allowing approximately 225 yards per game. The average was the worst ranking for the Cardinals since 2011, and the third lowest in their last ten seasons. The Cardinals struggled a lot in the first half of 2017 due to a…
It was a long wait for former Louisville forward Ray Spalding to hear his name called, but he was selected in the second round of the 2018 NBA Draft.
After earning their way back into a rematch with host Texas Tech, the Cardinals’ 2018 season came to a screeching end with a 9-1 loss to the Red Raiders.
Plagued by untimely pitching and going 2-for-19 with runners in scoring position, Louisville (44-18) fell short to Texas Tech (41-17) 10-4 in their 1-0 matchup in the Lubbock Regional of the NCAA Baseball Tournament.
Entering this weekend’s NCAA Regional in Lubbock, Tx, one of the big stories for Louisville was if they could get the offense going to keep up with the teams in their pod (Kent State, Texas Tech, and New Mexico State). Needless to say, Louisville came out hot and ready at the plate. The Cards (44-17)…