Welcome back to your weekly roundup of everything Cardinal, This Week in Cardinals Athletics! I’m going to keep this brief, so let’s get right into it! Men’s Soccer (2-1) The Cards had 2 games at home last week, first up being against Evansville. The Cards were able to come away with the 2-1 victory for…
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Louisville Athletics released Covid protocols for fans attending games at Cardinal Stadium for the 2021 football season. For all the details, read UofL’s press release below: Press Release From Louisville Athletics: Louisville Athletics Announces COVID-19 Protocols for Cardinal Stadium LOUISVILLE, Ky. – With the threat presented by COVID-19 across the state of Kentucky due to the highly…
With the season opener against Ole Miss at Mercedes-Benz Stadium being a little under a week away, I figured it’d be a good time to name, at least in my opinion, the top 5 players on each side of the ball. There will be some honorable mentions thrown in there as well! It’s fair to…
After a long and arduous fall camp for Louisville Football, it is officially game week. With the football season officially here, UofL released the depth chart for the season opener against Ole Miss. Here are some takeaways from the depth chart: QB is no surprise as Malik Cunningham and Evan Conley are 1 and 2….
Louisville is playing in their second ever Chick-Fil-A Kickoff game against Ole Miss. With a big time game on prime time television, it stands to reason that the Cards would be wearing some razzle dazzle uniforms. And, of course, they are, but they appear to be a mix of razzle dazzle and tradition. https://twitter.com/uoflfootball/status/1432724106030452736?s=21 Take…
Senior Malik Williams and grad transfer guard Jarrod West were named team captains for Team 108. Williams is the first 3-time captain ever for UofL while West has easily transitioned into a leadership role. #Team108 Captains:👉 @Leek_Willi [First 3-time captain in Louisville history]👉 @Jarrod_West pic.twitter.com/cuY2P9hX3d — Louisville Men's Basketball (@LouisvilleMBB) August 31, 2021 Williams has…
The Cards landed a commitment this afternoon from south Georgia 3 Star athlete Maurice Turner! Turner is listed as a wide receiver by 247sports, but I believe he will play running back for the Cardinals. Turner fielded offers from schools like Tennessee, Cincinnati, WKU, Coastal Carolina, and ECU. https://twitter.com/2022maurice/status/1432418524014813193?s=21 Standing at about 5’9 175 ILBs,…
With the fall sports season in full swing, and with the first football game of the year for UofL one week from today, welcome back to another edition of This Week in Cardinal Athletics! Enough chit chat though, let’s jump right into it! #13 Volleyball (3-0) Our Cardinals traveled to Tempe, Arizona for a 3…
On this episode of the CSZ Podcast, coming to you live from the Fitness Market Studios, our guys Jeremy, Shawn, Sam, Wes, Higgy, and Joey talk about what’s going on in the land of the Cards. We each give our Louisville-Ole Miss game predictions, discuss our beliefs about how Louisville MBB season will play out,…
Below, you can hear the full audio of the recording made by Chris Mack during the extortion attempt by former assistant coach Dino Gaudio. (Warning: audio is unedited and contains profanity) You can also watch the press conference held by AD Vince Tyra taking questions regarding Coach Mack’s six-game suspension. Chris Mack/Dino Gaudio Audio: The…
Louisville Men’s Basketball coach Chris Mack has been suspended for six games without pay for the upcoming 2021-2022 season. This comes as a result of the Dino Gaudio extortion situation, though it is not directly related to the extortion attempt itself or the ongoing NCAA review. Coach Mack’s suspension will be served November 6th-November 27th….
When the NCAA sanctions came down after Katina Powell, a most unfortunate thing occurred. The University of Louisville was forced to disassociate some players. One of those players was Louisville Legend and Cardinal Forever Montrezl Harrell. Harrell played 3 season at UofL and created hundreds of memories for Cardinal fans old and young. These usually…
Louisville Football’s 2021 season is close to kick off. In less than two weeks, the Cards will be in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta facing Ole Miss. As the season approaches, I thought I would look at 5 Class of 2021 freshmen and 5 Covid Year freshmen and redshirt freshmen who look to make an…
Former UofL running back Javian Hawkins was cut earlier this week by the Atlanta Falcons despite a pretty good preseason performance. However, he’s landed on his feet and he’s teammates with Dez Fitzpatrick again as he has been signed by the Tennessee Titans per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Titans are signing free-agent rookie running back Javian…
Louisville men’s basketball has made top 75 4 Star guard Rodney Rice a priority in the 2022 class. The staff has been recruiting him hard for the better part of two years and are looking to close the recruitment with a commitment. @teamdurant_AAU (Dematha) Class 2022 @rodneyrice__ #45 @espn will visit VTECH (Sept 3rd) &…
The Big Ten, ACC, and PAC 12 commissioners met with media yesterday announcing an alliance between the three conferences. While it was somewhat lite on details, there is basically a mutual partnership in place to help better the student-athletes of the 41 member institutions through supporting their mental, physical, and academic well being as well…
Teddy Bridgwater will remain a starting QB in the NFL. After being traded by Carolina to Denver in the offseason, Bridgwater beat out former second round pick Drew Lock for the job. 💪Congrats @teddyb_h2o #ProCards https://t.co/0NqnodUj7d — Louisville Football (@LouisvilleFB) August 25, 2021 Bridgewater started 15 games for Carolina last year and did a very…
Well Cards fans, sports are finally starting back up after the summer break, and you know what that means, the return of “This Week in Cardinal Athletics!” Without any further adieu, let’s get into it! #13 Volleyball The Volleyball team will begin the season this week, but had an Exhibition game against last year’s A-10…
Louisville native DL Ramon Puryear is no longer a walk on. The Eastern High School product has earned himself a scholarship. After practice today, Coach Scott Satterfield made the announcement to the entire team. 🚨 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 🚨 Congrats to @RamonPuryear8!!#GoCards pic.twitter.com/CZ27Cgf7R4 — Louisville Football (@LouisvilleFB) August 20, 2021 The video is so much fun….
Former Louisville guard Terry Rozier is getting paid. Rozier played at UofL for two seasons before being drafted in the 2015 NBA Draft 16th overall by the Boston Celtics. After a few years in Boston, Rozier was traded to the Charlotte Hornets. It is here he has begun to truly thrive and where he has…