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,…
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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…
Mason Faulkner has officially joined the Louisville men’s basketball program. However, before coming to Louisville, Faulkner went to Colorado as a grad transfer. The KY native wanted to come back home, though, and found his way to the Cardinals. After committing to Colorado, Faulkner interviewed with Zach Schumaker. Schumaker is an up-and-coming sports interviewer and…
Louisville football defensive coordinator Bryan Brown joined Packer and Durham on the ACC Network this morning. He discussed the defense coming into 2021 and mentioned a few players that stand out such as Yasir Abdullah and Yaya Diaby. The full interview is a little over 4 minutes long and you can view it below: .@CoachB_BROWN…
The Cardinal Caravan was a wonderful community event that had Cardinal Athletics travel around the city just as fall sports began. It was an opportunity to allow fans to have some fun and allow the Cardinal Athletics to connect with their fans on a more personal level. The pandemic took it away from us in…
The ongoing preseason video series giving an inside look at the Louisville men’s basketball program was released this evening. Episode V features Coach Chris Mack, Coach Mike Pegues, Coach Kahil Fennell, strength and conditioning coach Andy Kettler, Jae’Lyn Withers, Jarrod West, and Roosevelt Wheeler speaking about the program and the experience of the summer workouts…
Numerous Louisville football players are on the Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list. QB Malik Cunningham, OL Trevor Reid, S Kendrick Duncan, S Qwynnterrio Cole, OL Caleb Chandler, and OLB Nick Okeke are all on the watch list. 👀 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗭𝗡 👀@seniorbowl:✔️ @Dunc27_✔️ @Q_COLEtv✔️ @nickokeke✔️ @DatBoyCC✔️ @trevorreid70✔️ @MalikMalikc10 #GoCards pic.twitter.com/zWrd30hGKp — Louisville Football (@LouisvilleFB) August…
Louisville Live has become Louisville men’s and women’s basketball’s version of midnight madness. A recruiting spectacle that has had Jack Harlow, Taylor Rooks, and Donovan Mitchell attend. The first two iterations were held at 4th Street Live. Last season, Card fans were deprived of the event due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. However, it is…
Louisville MBB was looking to add one more piece to the backcourt. They courted Minnesota transfer Marcus Carr, but he ultimately chose Texas. However, Coach Chris Mack was able to find himself an excellent guard. In a way things came full circle as Mason Faulkner, a KY native chose to continue his college career with…
Louisville Football continued with their fall camp press conferences today as offensive line coach Jack Bicknell and redshirt junior offensive lineman Caleb Chandler spoke to the media. To see their pressers in their entirety, click the videos below: OL Coach Jack Bicknell OL Caleb Chandler
