An epic battle took place Friday night between two big time high school programs in south Florida. Miami Northwestern and Miami Central squared off with the winner a virtual lock to win the district title. Why am I talking about Florida high school football you may ask? It’s because in this game, 3 UofL Football…
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Photo Courtesy of Eric Crawford/WDRB.com UofL Football went on the road to Doak Campbell Stadium and earned a hard-fought victory over Florida State University. The defense, after being gashed by Boston College, held FSU to 21 points. Despite missing LB Stacy Thomas and All American CB Jaire Alexander, UofL was stingy. Trumaine Washington came up…
Photo Courtesy of Allen Kee/ESPN Images Lee Corso made a familiar pick for the UofL-FSU football game today on ESPN College Game Day. Corso picked UofL to upset FSU on the road. Corso’s main reason for his faith in UofL pulling off a win? You guessed it, Lamar Jackson. You can see everything Lee Corso…
After all the drama swirling around UofL Men’s Basketball because of yet another tawdry scandal, it’s my pleasure to present to you, my fellow UofL fans, an article about the actual basketball team. That’s right. There’s no death penalty yet. UofL gets to play basketball this year. And boy do they have a God Deng…
Photo Courtesy Greg Paulus/Twitter Today, Acting Head Coach David Padgett and Acting Athletic Director Vince Tyra are set to announce the addition of Greg Paulus to the UofL Men’s Basketball coaching staff per Courier Journal reporter Jeff Greer. Paulus played 4 years under legendary Coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. 3 of his 4 years were…
Photo Courtesy of Timothy D. Easley/AP Photo Coaches and other members of UofL’s Athletic Department are saddened and sullen now that the leader they had all known for so long has been unceremoniously fired. Courier Journal reporter Danielle Lerner wrote an article detailing the general mood of sadness around the UofL Athletic Department formerly run…
Photo Courtesy of Matt Cashore/USA Today Sports Terry Meiners of 84 WHAS Radio and WHAS 11 TV, is reporting that UofL Men’s Basketball employees are being ordered to no longer have any contact with the recently fired Rick Pitino. The person or entity at the University who ordered this is not mentioned by Meiners. It…
Photo Courtesy of WDRB.com All good things must come to an end. I didn’t see Tom Jurich’s tenure coming to an end in such an inglorious fashion. I enjoyed having him as Athletic Director of my Alma Mater because I believe he cared about UofL Athletics as much as I do. I was born here…
David Padgett doesn’t get to sit in the Head Coach’s office at the Yum Center. It remains locked due to the ongoing FBI investigation engulfing the University of Louisville. So too, do the offices of suspended Associate Head Coach Kenny Johnson and former Assistant Coach Jordan Fair. Padgett is still relegated to his old, small…
Photos courtesy 247sports.com Birds of a feather stick together they say. That is the case for 2018 UofL Football commits Robert Hicks III and Chandler Jones. Hicks is the number 18 inside linebacker in the country and Jones is the number 45 cornerback in the country according to 247sports.com. Jim Halley, a USA Today High…
Photo Courtesy of Kenny Klein/gocards.com 15 UofL coaches, among them Bobby Petrino, Dan McDonnell, and Ken Lolla, have signed a letter sent to Interim UofL President Greg Postel in support of Tom Jurich. In the letter, the coaches explain that they empathize with President Postel and other leaders of the University. However, they also said…
Louisville’s own Quentin Snider is one of 20 players around the country named as a preseason candidate for the prestigious 2018 Bob Cousy Award, per ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. The award is given to the nation’s best Point Guard by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Snider is a senior captain and the starting Point…
Photo Courtesy of David Lee Hartlage/Courier Journal The Sports Gods have not graced us UofL fans with much good news these past 2 weeks, but they have chosen to grace us with some today. Teddy Bridgewater, per ESPN reporter Chris Mortensen, has been cleared to return to practice for the Vikings. Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater…
As we all know, Saturday UofL football suffered a debilitating loss to Boston College. After the game, Bobby Petrino, Lamar Jackson, Reggie Bonnafon, Jaire Alexander, Jonathan Greenard, and Jaylen Smith all spoke to the media. Coach Petrino mentioned that he thought the team played well in first half, but a missed 3rd down conversion on…
Photo Courtesy of Michael Reaves/Getty Images Unfortunately, UofL lost the football game against Boston College. It hurt. It was terrible. However, there was just a glimmer of goodness in all the gloom. That glimmer was Lamar Jackson. Lamar once again put up insane numbers, as he nearly always does. He threw for 332 yards and…
University of Louisville football has a few visitors scheduled for today’s game versus Boston College. Check out the list below. Year-Name-Position-High School-State -Richie Hagarty-Cathedral HS-IN 2020-Kalil Branham-WR-Northland HS-OH -Skyelar Johnson- -Woodford Co HS-KY -Ziggy Gill- -Woodford Co HS-KY -Brennon Clark-RB-Woodford Co HS-KY 2019-Jayshaun Coffman-DE-Woodford Co HS-KY -Ben Nash- -Woodford Co HS-KY -Cameron Morgan- -Lafayette HS-KY…
Kenny Johnson photo courtesy 247sports.com. Jordan Fair photo courtesy of gocards.com Kenny Johnson’s and Jordan Fair’s Letters of Suspension were obtained by the Courier Journal through an Open Records request yesterday. The letters were actually composed by Acting Athletic Director Vince Tyra and sent out to both coaches on October 6th. Of course, we all…
Photo Courtesy of Grant Halverson/Getty Images Dez Fitzpatrick was a highly touted, highly sought after high school recruit. A 4 Star Wide Receiver with offers from the likes of Michigan, Nebraska, and Pittsburgh, to name a few. In the end, it came down to UofL and Nebraska. We all remember the very stylish commitment video…
Nik Bonitto, a consensus 4 star OLB/DE, has announced via his Twitter account that he has been officially named an Under Armour All-American. Bonitto is a highly coveted recruit UofL has targeted at a position of need. His offer list is a who’s who of college football’s elite including Alabama, Florida State, and Oklahoma according…
Photo courtesy of prephoops.com After a visit from UofL Acting Head Coach David Padgett yesterday, Courtney Ramey appears to still have a strong interest in UofL despite the FBI bombshell and the suspension of Rick Pitino. Jody Demling, of Cardinal Authority, spoke with Ramey’s father Terrell Ramey about what Padgett said to he and his…